The project aims to increase the effectiveness and usage of poverty-reduction programs by increasing the transparency of the associated budget lines and informing the citizens about them.
Short-term goals:
- Identification and mapping of the weak links between the budget lines and the poverty-reduction programs;
- Increasing citizens’ awareness of the programs for poverty reduction they can be eligible for;
- Increasing the awareness of the civil and research sector of the effectiveness of poverty-reduction programs’ implementation (budget expenditure).
Provider: USAID and Foundation Open Society Macedonia
Duration: 2013-2014 (10 months)
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Response by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
Booklet: Mind the gaps between the budget lines and the programs of the National Strategy for Poverty Reduction MKD version – ALB version
Thematic web site: www.siromastija.mk
