Full Coverage: Macedonia (FYROM)

31.01.2007 The Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonian (FOSIM) and the Ministry of the Interior signed an agreement for cooperation, which obligates FOSIM to supply technical assistance of total value of 40,000 EUR to the Ministry.

29.01.2007 Last Thursday, January 25, the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities was promoted at the Members of Parliament Club in Skopje.

26.01.2007 The Megjasi Children Embassy launched a campaign to prevent the violence against children in Macedonia. The campaign was provoked by the recent incidents involving beatings of little children that ultimately lead to their deaths.

25.01.2007 At its session of January 23, the Government of Macedonia adopted the Strategy for Cooperation with Civil Sector for the period 2007-2011, with the Action Plan for its implementation.

23.01.2007 This analysis, prepared in late 2005, immediately after the adoption of the current National Information Society Strategy (NISP), attempt to identify the gender issues, obtain information and raise awareness on the gender dimension of Information and Communication Technologies.

22.01.2007 A total of 1,450,000 Denars in grants were allocated to 16 non-governmental organizations from southwest region of Macedonia, at the signing ceremony organized last week by the Centre for Civic Initiatives from Prilep.

22.01.2007 A1 TV won the Annual Civil Society Media Award, presented by the Macedonian Institute for the Media (MIM) for contributions in strengthening of civil society in Macedonia in 2006.

18.01.2007 Metamorphosis Foundation organises OpenOffice.org training for representatives of local self-government units in Republic of Macedonia. The training is held in Riviera Hotel in Ohrid, from 15 to 20 January, 2007. About 100 employees in 25 Macedonian municipalities will be trained during the six day training.

17.01.2007 The Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia, in cooperation with the BCC – Business Cooperation Centre, announces the public competition for selection of participants in the “Training for Roma Trainers” project, implemented under the Economic Reform Programme.

17.01.2007 Metamorphosis and Free Software non-governmental organizations demand from the Government to enable the citizens to choose, if they want, to be trained in the use of free and open source software, for which there is great interest in the public. According to the two organizations, the FOSS alternatives, such as Open Office, in addition to providing the same services as the proprietary software used by the Government, offer other benefits, important in the current economic situation in the country.

17.01.2007 The Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights believes that the proposed Draft-Law on Lustration is defective and shall contribute, albeit indirectly, to new large-scale violations of human rights and freedoms.

16.01.2007 Civic associations must work continuously to strengthen their capacities for self-sustainability and contribution to reforms. This is the message sent by the closing conference held yesterday (January 15) in Skopje, under the Strengthening of Capacities for Select Civil Society Organizations.

14.01.2007 The MOST Civic Association reported, on the bases of reports it received from its observers by the end of the voting, that the Extraordinary Local Elections in Saraj Municipality proceeded quietly and without serious incidents.

11.01.2007 MOST Civic Association will monitor the extraordinary local elections in the municipality of Saraj with 82 accredited observers, in static teams in all ballot stations during the whole ballot day, which will be give logistic support by five mobile teams.

10.01.2007 In its last session prior to the start of the Holiday Season, the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia elected Ivo Ivanovski for the position of a minister without portfolio in charge of information society.

09.01.2007 On.net is one of the most prominent internet service providers now trying to move into other areas of telecommunications. It has already signed the interconnection agreement with incumbent operator of fixed land-lines, Macedonian Telecommunications. Also, On.net has been involved in a variety of corporate responsibility operations and activities. We talked to Predrag Cemerikic, the General Manager of On.net.