Finance Think with initial activities in the European Economic and Social Committee

A productive start to the week in Brussels! 🇪🇺🌟 Reflecting on our initial activities and contributions to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Our Executive Director Blagica Petreski met with colleagues and partners from Finance Think at the institutions of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, on April 22, 2024.

🌍🚰🏡  Participating in the meeting of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the critical aspects of accessibility and adequacy of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services for economic development and household well-being were discussed. We take pride in supporting policies for sustainable development and improving living standards.

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Fostering critical debate in evidence-based budgetary processes and fiscal transparency

Goal: Scaling democracy by expanding fiscal transparency at the national and local level in North Macedonia.

The proposal aims to contribute to the International Budget Partnership’s (IBP) objectives by fostering transparency in the country. This overarching aim is broken down into specific objectives involving concrete interventions on two fronts.

  • Specific outcome 1: To advance data-driven policymaking.
  • Specific outcome 2: To increase municipal transparency and strengthen citizen engagement, by making publicly available and updating 3-digit Budget data for all 80 municipalities in North Macedonia.

Donor / Partner: International Budget Partnership

Unlocking female economic potential – beyond gender boundaries

The objective of this action is to empower and enable women to reach their full potential in the labor market, with a particular focus on productivity.

Specific objectives include:

  1. To identify drivers of low female participation in the labor market and female productivity, by producing evidence and generating knowledge;
  2. To emphasize the importance of decent jobs, a stimulative environment, working conditions, and systemic support as drivers of productivity and women’s potential, by piloting measures at “Comfy Angel” and in collaboration with the business sector;
  3. To stimulate policy dialogue among relevant stakeholders (policymakers, business sector, Federation of Trade Unions);
  4. To advocate for policies that enable decent jobs and a stimulative environment that will boost female productivity.

Donor: British Embassy in Skopje