Open Data

With the support of USAID’s Civic Engagement Project and the National Endowment for Democracy, the Metamorphosis Foundation, in collaboration with partners from the Regional Network of NGOs – Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness of South East Europe (ACTION SEE), prepared an evaluation of the state of good governance of the assemblies and executive branches of the central governments of the four Western Balkan countries – North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The assessment is the result of a comprehensive empirical survey based on the Openness Index, which aims to determine the extent to which the principles of good governance in the region are respected.

The visualization has been prepared in Macedonian, Albanian and English language.

The entire assessment is available at the following link.

Towards a Feasible Implementation of the Digital Services Act in the Western Balkans

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The topic of climate is fertile soil for spreading disinformation. Denying the existence of global warming, conspiracy theories claiming the climate change is a tool in the hands of secret societies or powerful individuals in order to control or harm the populations, allegations that human influence on the climate is not as big as scientists […]

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