The objective of this project proposal is to provide a comprehensive overview of the policies and programs related to children, in Macedonia, and their allocated financial resources by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, in two mutually-reinforcing programmatic domains: quality of life (social policies) and education.
Donor: UNICEF
Period: June – December 2018
The objective of the project is to provide background calculations in Stata to feed the preparation of two studies: Country Diagnostics and Public Finance Study by the world bank, based on data from LFS, SILC and HBS.
Donor: The World Bank
Duration: December 2017 – June 2018
The project aims at increasing the engagement of external stakeholders (citizens, civil society organizations and local media) in the design and monitoring of local budgets and public procurement.
The main activities of the project include: 1) Analysis of the existing budget documents, practices and civic engagement; 2) Devising recommendations for policymakers; 3) Capacity building for implementation and monitoring of local procurement; and 4) Advocacy in public.
The planned activities are expected to result in: 1) Qualitative assessment of the design and transparency of local budgets in the three municipalities; 2) Familiarizing key stakeholders with the need to reform the process of drafting and publication of budget documents; 3) Building capacity of the civil society, local media and public administration for implementation and monitoring of public procurement; 4) Increased public awareness for the need of and the possibility for civil society participation in the process of devising local budgets and the way municipal money is spent.
Duration: 2017-2018 (12 months)
Donor: Project WEBER through the European Policy Institute, Skopje
The overall purpose of the project is to enhance local-stakeholders’ practice and participation in the local budgeting process and to increase the effectiveness of the municipal-money spending.
The particular objectives/tasks of the project include:
For attaining project’s purpose, 6 members of the network (plus Finance Think) will represent the core of the entire network. These were carefully selected from the pool of the FISCAST network, based on two criteria: 1) FISCAST members who have had experience with particular municipalities; and 2) FISCAST members who have had a decent cooperation with Finance Think (and within the network in general) in the past (in terms of quality of deliverables, timeliness, responsiveness and so on. The following FISCAST members provided their written consent and these are the initial municipalities to be covered:
Duration: May 2017 – May 2020
Donor: USAID Civic Engagement Project through the East West Management Institute
The objective of this policy research is to identify corruptive practices that influence the economy of Macedonia and to offer real already-implemented similar measures in the EU to tackle and resolve these kinds of practices.
The method implemented in the policy study is quantitative based on data that captures corruption and informal practices. This kind of research is one of the first that implements quantitative analysis in researching how the corruption influences economic growth in Macedonia. One of the primary missions of this policy study is to provide evidence-based and data-driven analysis that will offer objective overview of how corruption actually influences the economy. Additionally, this overview essentially provides real and objective policy recommendations for alleviation of corruption based on impartial and unbiased analysis.
Donor: TRAIN is funded by the Federal Foreign Office and run by the Berlin-based German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
Duration: March – December 2017
The objective of this project is to provide credible estimates of the sustainable level of the Macedonian government and public debt.
The specific nature of the project involves hiring an employee who obtained master’s or PhD degree in Western Europe or USA and who is willing to spend six months in Finance Think. The employee will be responsiblefor the following tasks:
Donor: Think Tank Fund – Young Professionals Development Program
Duration: 6 months (2016-2017)
Policy brief 16 – Are Macedonian government and public debt sustainable?
Policy study 7 – Estimating the sustainable level of the Macedonian government debt
The objective of the project is to address efficiency and quality of selected policies in quality of life, education and health through public debate and policy options derived from data and evidence.
The project is expected to bring the following changes:
The project will deliver the following outputs:
Donor: British Embassy, Skopje
Duration: July 2016 – March 2018
Call for EoI (NGOs) – Application form (NGOs)
Call for EoI (My story) – Application form (My story)
Call for focus group participation`
Call for еxperts – Application form (experts)
Debate club of experts, Skopje, 26 October 2016 – Gallery
Interim expert meeting, 26 April 2017
The overall objective of the project is twofold: first, to improve the capacity of civil society and media to contribute to evidence-based economic dialogue in the country, enabling more participatory and transparent policymaking, with strong focus on fiscal policymaking; and, second, to increase the public awareness for the process of spending public money.
Supported by the British Embassy Skopje
Duration: August 2015 – March 2016
The main objective of the project is to increase the transparency and efficiency of the use of budget funds within municipalities.
Short-term goals include:
The research covers the 15 largest, according to residents, municipalities in Macedonia.
Donor: Metamorphosis Foundation, in partnership with MCET and Reactor, within IPA Civil Society Facility.
Duration: 2014 (5 months)
Web tool “Sledi gi parite”
Analysis – Working paper
Policy brief 8: Local development or current consumption: For what purpose are municipal money spent for?