EUROPEAN UNION
Partner organisations Implementers: Foundation Open Society – Macedonia in partnership with the Foundation for Educational and Cultural Initiatives “Step by Step” and the association Centre for Educational Support “Dendo Vas”.
Location: Republic of North Macedonia
Duration: October 2019 – October 2022
Project Activities:
Stipends:A total of 1545 stipends for 615 Roma pupils enrolled in the first, second and third grade will increase the number of Roma pupils in primary education by decreasing the financial burden related to school costs for the Roma families. The stipends are 400 Euros per annum per Roma pupil whose family receives social support. The renewal of the stipend depends on the regular attendance at school of the pupil as well as the level of success in passing from one grade to the other.
Supporting the Roma Community: Securing 60 assistants in the municipality mostly populated with Roma who will collaborate closely with the Roma families and the schools thereby helping in the process of identifying the children who are outside of the educational system, their enrollment in school, regular attendance of classes and successful passing to the following grade.
School Support: Providing grants to maximum 50 schools for implementing small projects that will inspire interaction and exchange of knowledge between pupils through games and joint participation in school activities, enabling transformation of the classroom into an inclusive environment attractive for learning and respecting diversities thereby encouraging the development of all children equally and implementing training for education and social justice for teachers and other professional school staff.
Educational and Motivational Campaign: As part of the project, several educational activities and distribution of material are planned, including an educational media campaign that aims at informing and encouraging Roma families to enroll their children at school, their regular attendance at school and promoting the general benefits of education on the future quality of the life of the children.
Key stakeholders and collaborators: The Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, local governments and schools.
Budget: 1 363 516 Euros 1 225 528 Euros from the European Union 137,988 - co-financed by the Foundation Open Society - Macedonia
Time frame April 2019 – April 2022
Implementer: Foundation Open Society - Macedonia
Partners: Eurothink, Reactor and Centar for Civic Communication
Expected outcomes:
Project Budget: 640.439 Euro
USAID
Project: “Enhanced Integrity Systems on Local Level”
Project Objective:
To contribute to the enhancement of good governance at the local level by strengthening its resistance against corruption and conflict of interest by (1) introducing an integrity system in five municipalities; and (2) increasing civic engagement in the fight against corruption and conflict of interest, especially in relations to the vulnerable categories of citizens, by means of increasing the number of reported cases and enabling legal aid and information.Partner organisations: ECHO Stip, Station Five Prilep, Choice Strumica, KSPS Skopje, Multi-Culture Tetovo.
Location : Municipalities: Ohrid, Prilep, Dojran, Karpos and Zelino
Expected Results:OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP
Supporting the Open Government Partnership Co-creation Process of the National Action Plan 2021-2023
Project objectives: The general objective of the project is strengthening the co-creation process of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) thereby ensuring a more ambitious National Action Plan (NAP) for the period 2021 - 2023. Specific objectives: Improving the design and level of ambition of the NAP through focused thematic consultation workshops (online); Improving the quality of engagement and co-creation dialogue through involving new members of the government, the CSO network of organisations dealing with OGP issues and the international partners, especially those encouraging the inclusion of groups of people with fewer opportunities, women, young people and the Roma community; Strengthening the consultation process and prioritizing actions to be taken; Development and monitoring of the adopted NAP through the working groups of the network of civil society organisations dealing with OGP issues.
Partner-organisations: Centre for Civic Communications and the Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women – ESE, with the support of the Ministry for Information Society and Administration (MISA)
Expected Results:Budget: 10.000 dollars