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A Decade for Roma Inclusion 2005-2015
 The Roma emancipation is developing with strong rhythmFrom 21st to 23rd March in Skopje a conference was held titled “Continuous dialogue between the actors and the challenges for implementation”, organized in order to contribute to effective implementation of the Decade for Roma Inclusion in the countries of Western Balkans. It was organized by the civil society organization Association for Democratic Development of Roma “Sonce”, which, according to Aleksandra Bojadzieva, program manager for representing Roma rights and interests, actively contributes to civic and democratic integration, effective participation and equal practice of democratic rights and opportunities for Roma in the society, through capacity building, direct support and representing Roma. |  |
The program “Fund for better home” is being realized in Macedonia
“Habitat” builds homes for happy families“We repaired our house for the first time 30 years after we built it” ,says grandpa Vase proudly, showing us the new roof, which he made with the money from the loan he took from the “Fund for better home” program of Habitat Macedonia. | |
Comment
Events to rememberThe month of April will be remembered for many things that happened for the first time.
For the first time in Macedonia, the Roma population celebrated 8 April as a national holiday in their community. | |
Research
CharityIn the issue 64 the Civic World started presenting parts of the publication “Trust, responsibility for social issues and charity in Macedonia”, published by the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation. The publication is, in fact, a report made on the basis of two questionnaires and the results of four focus-groups. The questionnaires and focus-groups have been carried out by the Institute for Sociological and Political-Legal Researches. The publication in PDF format is available on www.mcms.org.mk | |
First Children Embassy in the World – “Medjashi”
15 years for protecting children’s rightsThe First Children Embassy in the World - “Medjashi” is celebrating 15 years of its founding and work. It was founded on 29 April 1992 in Skopje as a world association and it is the first registered international non-for-profit, non-party and non-governmental organization in the Republic of Macedonia for protecting the children’s rights in the transition period. With its work, “Medjashi” promotes the respect for the children’s personality, the protection of their rights and the representation of their interests. | |
Nenad Jovanovic, manager of Gorenje Ltd., Skopje
In Macedonia there is a need and conditions for companies’ investmentsLast year your company replaced the traditional practice of participation and presentation at a fair with investing funds for building a bridge in Skopje. For promotion of a product, you have engaged the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje. How much is the act of investing in the society your strategic choice or it is initiated by certain actual conditions in the country? | |
The Skopje Red Cross is getting ready to enter the Guinness
Blood donating actions mobilize a lot of peopleBlood donating actions are still events that mobilize the biggest number of blood donors and that is why they are constantly in the agenda of planned activities of the Red Cross and its long-years successful collaborator, the Republic Bureau of Transfusion. | |
Novelties in the Law on accountancy for non-for-profit organizations
Specifics of accountancy of non-for-profit organizationsIn the last months of 2006 the Government of the Republic of Macedonia initiated a series of amendments in the so-called tax legislation. As a result, the surroundings and working conditions of the economic subjects and civil society organizations will drastically change. That is why in the previous few issues the Civic World dedicated this page to the amendments. In this issue read about accountancy of the non-for-profit organizations and about the amendments that have been in force since the beginning of 2007. | |
Tolerant Youth
Young people are the focus of their interestsThe civil society association “Tolerant Youth” is a non-party and non-for-profit organization founded in 2001 in Debar. Its goal is to contribute to the process of building peace and stable democratic community for all citizens, based on the principles of rule of law and social welfare and by promoting the democratic values, human rights, tolerance, interculturalism, peace and peaceful conflict resolution.
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Social responsibility
A Government Assessment System, e-GAMESIn the period between 28-29 March, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the World Bank organized a workshop on exchange of information and knowledge for social responsibility in Europe and Central Asia. Several successful examples were shared at the workshop. In this and the following two issues of the Civic World we will present some of them, originating from the region. | |
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