The overarching goal of the analysis is to generate an in-depth map about the various facets of child poverty and establish sound and thorough empirical evidence.
Follow-up to the assessment of the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on children
The goal of the follow-up to the assessment of the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on children, is to generate scenarios and expanded policy proposals in a situation where it is certain that this will be a protracted crisis, both from a health and from a socio-economic perspective, and where we can verify the validity of the initial assumptions of its nature and duration.
Client: UNICEF
Employment diagnostics in the municipalities in North Macedonia
The aim of the project is to diagnose the labor market in nine municipalities in North Macedonia.
Client: International Labor Organization
Bridging measures to alleviate Covid-19 consequences
The aim of the project is to develop proposed measures to mitigate the consequences of Covid-19, as a form of operationalization of the United Nations document “North Macedonia: UN Covid-19 Response Framework (CRF)”.
Client: UNDP
Duration: July – November 2020
Responding to the socio-economic effects of COVID-19 by supporting vulnerable groups of low-paid workers, workers who are part of the informal economy and temporary workers
The main goal of the project is to reduce the socio-economic consequences of the crisis caused by Covid-19 on vulnerable categories of workers.
Short-term goals of the project include:
- To measure the socio-economic effects of the Covid crisis on vulnerable categories of workers,
- To examine the views and experiences of the target groups on the socio-economic effects of the crisis and the utilization of government measures and assistance,
- To help policymakers make informed decisions based on evidence, data and recommendations, ie new measures and interventions to mitigate the effects of the crisis on vulnerable categories of workers,
- To increase the representation capacities of the local associations, in order to timely and informed representation of the vulnerable categories of workers before the policymakers,
- To increase public awareness of the socio-economic effects of the crisis, the measures available to deal with it and the need to introduce new measures and policies aimed at these categories of workers.
Donor: Open Society Foundation Macedonia
Duration: July 2020 – June 2021
Socio-economic assessment of the medium- to long-term effects of Covid-19 on child-related sectors
The aim of the project is to conduct a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the mid- to long-term effects of Covid-19 on the sectors related to children, namely: social protection, education and health care.
The analysis will perform a quantitative simulation, using micro-data, on the effects of the crisis on child poverty and related indicators. In a separate section, the analysis will focus on the implications of and on public finance in relation to these sectors.
Client: UNICEF
Duration: May-June 2020
Assessment of the needs of social services at the municipal level
The aim of the project is to assess the needs of social services in all 80 municipalities on the territory of Northern Macedonia.
Client: Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (Social Services Improvement Project)
Duration: August – November 2019
360o monitoring of the provision of social services at the local level: Experiences from the municipalities of Prilep and Dolneni
The overall goal of the project is to improve the delivery of social services at the local level by increasing the capacities of local stakeholders and involving citizens in this process in the municipalities of Prilep and Dolneni.
The short-term objectives of the project are:
- To analyze and monitor the provision of social services from local public institutions in all aspects (hence, 360 degrees monitoring), with a key emphasis on the PI Inter-municipal Center for Social Work – Prilep.
- To understand the extent to which the provision of public services is assisted by the private and civil sector.
- To assess the level of cooperation of local stakeholders and public institutions in delivering social services.
- To understand the perceptions and experiences of the local population regarding the delivery of social services.
- To encourage local policy-makers to make informed decisions based on evidence.
- To strengthen the capacities of all stakeholders for better delivery of social services.
- To increase public awareness about the impact of social services on personal and social well-being.
Duration: November 2018 – March 2019
Donor: European Union through the Foundation Open Society Macedonia and Eurothink
Analysis of resources allocated for child-related policies and programs in the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia
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
Social Pillar of the European Integration of Western Balkans
This Project intends to initiate policy platform dealing with the welfare state issues to strengthen cohesion, stability and growth in the Western Balkans and its sustainable European perspectives.
The specific objective is to support effective regional advocacy on issues of critical importance for the welfare state area, through long-term regional cooperation and learning from EU experience, as preconditions for inclusive evidence-based policy making.
Duration: January – December 2018
Donor: European Fund for the Balkans
Project partners: Center for Social Policy – Belgrade, Qendra Economic Social Analytics – Tirana