We-Go Interoperability Framework

The We-Go project aims at identifying the most recent interoperability status in Western Balkan Countries compared to the European Interoperability Framework guidelines and at developing recommendations of practical use when eGovernment services will be developed and deployed locally in order to achieve pan-European compliance. The deliverable describes in detail per Western Balkan Country – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia and Serbia – the status of interoperability for each relevant layer like technical, semantic and organisational as well as governance aspects. The compliance analysis provides the basis for concrete recommendations and for dissemination activities in order to address and to overcome the identified gaps and where actions are recommended to be taken.

STATE FUNDING IN NORTH MACEDONIA: MAKING THE SYSTEM FAIRER, STRONGER, AND MORE TRANSPARENT

This policy document builds on the findings of an in-depth study on paid political advertising during the 2024 parliamentary elections.[1] It aims to identify sustainable and realistic, long-term solutions to improve the system of political financing in the country. And, whilst we have focused on the use of indirect state funding through media – inclusive […]

Towards Inclusive Internet Portals and Election Advertising in North Macedonia

This Policy document is based on findings from the research that explored the 2024 Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia from a social inclusion perspective, with a particular focus on persons with disabilities and ethnic communities. Persons with disabilities were considered within a socio-economic conceptual stream, as a multiply vulnerable group, socially and politically deprived due […]

BRIDGING THE GENDER GAP: STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN POLITICAL ADVERTISING AND COVERAGE ON INTERNET PORTALS IN NORTH MACEDONIA

This policy document builds on the findings of IFES North Macedonia in-depth study on paid political advertising during the 2024 parliamentary elections. It aims to identify sustainable, long-term solutions to improve the inclusion and representation of women and gender issues in internet portals. The in-depth study noted that in the short term some practical improvements […]