A paper in Economic Annals, regional journal in Scopus

📓 A segment from our #study on Policy 5️⃣1️⃣: Fiscal Space in the Western Balkans: Evidence from the Recent Multilayered Crisis has been published in the regional scientific journal Economic Annals.
“The Fiscal Space and the Fiscal Stimulus During Crisis in the Western Balkans”. Economic Annals, 69(242), p.7-25.
The journal is indexed in Scopus.
🖇 doi.org/10.2298/EKA2442007P
The study was conducted with the support of SMART Balkans.

Blagica Petreski in the podcast “Where’s the Money with Goran Temenugov”

1/4 (quarter) of women are housewives and outside the labor market

Around 250,000 women in the country are housewives and outside the labor market, at a time when companies are importing workers from abroad. A scientific study by “Finance Think” uncovered the reasons why women are not working, but also provided guidelines on how this situation can be changed. For this study, as well as the government’s fiscal policy, Goran Temenugov spoke with Blagica Petreski from Finance Think on the podcast “Where’s the Money?” on Pari.com.mk.

Finance Think at the Forum of Civil Society Organizations and Think Tanks in Berlin

From October 9 to 11, our Marija Bašeska participated in the 2024 Forum of Civil Society Organizations and Think Tanks, organized within the framework of the Berlin Process.

Over the course of three conference days, various panel discussions conveyed the recommendations developed by civil society organizations during the preparatory workshop, addressing topics related to the Berlin Process and other current issues.

The forum was organized by the Aspen Institute Germany and Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft e.V.

#BerlinProcess2024 #WesternBalkans #CSF2024 #WB6

Building Alliances for Responsible Budgeting in the Western Balkans

From October 2-4, 2024, the International Budget Partnership organized a meeting with partners in Belgrade, Serbia, focusing on 🤝💼 building alliances for responsible budgeting in the Western Balkans.
Finance Think is a partner of the International Budget Partnership. Our Despina Tumanoska actively participated in the event. Our commitment includes sharing resources 📚, establishing coalitions 🤲, and promoting budget advocacy initiatives 📊 in our country.
📣 In the coming period, we will release an analysis on fiscal sustainability in North Macedonia.
#FiscalTransparency #PublicAdvocacy #WesternBalkans