Tripartite meeting for the first conclusions related to the appetite for #green financing

1️⃣ The need for green financing is growing as a result of growing trends and awareness, but currently mostly due to the pressures of the current energy crisis
2️⃣ Social financing has a smaller space, but can be a significant complement to green financing, with a special emphasis on the gender perspective
3️⃣ Multiple bottlenecks in the system require a systematic and timely approach to maximize the effect of greater financing of green investments
These are the main #conclusions from our probing of the absorptive capacity of the Macedonian market for new green and social credits, which we presented today at a tripartite meeting. We are conducting the analysis together with our partner GFA Consulting Group GmbH, with support from AFD – Agence Française de Développement.

Our #regional initiative WEBecon kicks off

A novel initiative that onboards six influential economic think tanks from the Western Balkan has been launched today. We inaugurated the network through a strategic workshop whose gallery could be seen here.

What are the main motives for running an #unregistered enterprise?

Тhe conclusions of our study that provides an answer to this question, together with a set of #recommendations, we presented today to the working group for dealing with the #gray economy at the Ministry of Finance.

The policy study will be published soon.

The project is supported by GIZ North Macedonia.

Finance Think, a part of the global coalition to make democracy more inclusive

Finance Think become becomes a part of a new global initiative led by People Powered and funded by the National Endowment for Democracy. While government reformers are increasingly securing public participation in decision-making, marginalized groups are too often left out or excluded. This limits the impact of democratic innovations. The program will make participatory democracy more inclusive of youth, women, and displaced people (including refugees, immigrants, and internally displaced people).

The initiative’s activities, which will extend through the first quarter of 2024, will include:

  • Workshops and in-person convenings among People Powered member organizations to identify best practices for making participatory democracy inclusive.
  • Creation of online courses and resource materials to help organizations implement the best practices.
  • Development of multimedia stories that bring to life the human impact of this work, to persuade more governments and organizations to make participation more inclusive.

More on the project on the following link.