To address these challenges, the project will focus on the following specific objectives:

• Developing a comprehensive web platform to facilitate open dialogue and access to state aid data and evidence information.
• Building consensus among stakeholders on strategic directions for state aid policy and practice (deepening the engagement with stakeholders that was successfully initiated in the previous phase)
• Advocating for improved state aid governance through a regularly updated database, targeted briefings, and public engagement.

Donor: Open Society Foundations – Western Balkans

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1. Public financial management – monitoring the implementation of the Organic Budget Law,

2. Formalization of the informal economy,

3. State aid and its transparency,

4. Development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – through rationalization of parafiscal charges.

Through the development and tracking of indicators, combined with quantitative and qualitative analysis and visual presentation of findings, the project will deliver regular monitoring reports and policy recommendations. Ultimately, the goal is to strengthen transparency, accountability, and efficiency in the management of public economic policies, aligned with the country’s EU integration priorities.

Period: July 2025 – June 2027

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Client: Organization of Employers of Macedonia

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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

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Client: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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The overall objective is broken down to the following specific objectives:

1. To identify (map) state aid programs and key measures and relate it to measurable indicators of effectiveness,
2. To produce evidence on the state aid granted to foreign companies in view of its effectiveness and of support to the regional integration,
3. To increase public awareness at regional, national and local level by influencing public discourse on the importance of state aid transparency and alignment with the EU requirements, and as a promotor of regional integration

Donor: Open Society Foundations – Western Balkans

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Donor: International Labor Organization

Duration: September – December 2023

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The specific objectives include:

• To employ and empower the WEBecon network with respect to the national and regional policymaking processes on food- and energy-related policies, by generating evidence on the effects of the crisis on the WB economies and on the regional integration,
• To enhance the policy dialogue and cooperation on energy and food supply security, by creating space for wide stakeholders’ consultations and networking at the regional level,
• To increase the public awareness for the importance, consequences of and solutions to the food and energy crisis, including through regional approaches.

Donor: SMART Balkans Project

Duration: January 2023 – January 2025

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Specific objectives include:

• Generating knowledge about how the free movement of (skilled) labor included in the Open Balkan Initiative will affect the labor market in the country;
• Encouraging evidence-based public debate about the benefits and challenges of the issue;
• Contribution to economic policies related to the labor market and bilateral social security agreements, in the context of the implementation of the requirements of this Initiative.

Donor: Foundation Open Society Macedonia

Duration: September 2022 – September 2023

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Client: Agence Française de Développement

Partner: GFA Consulting Group

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