FOSIM and OSCE Needs of informing on local level   The ways in which citizens get the information on their local communities; the type, the quantity, the quality and the regularity of such information; how interested in it the local population is; how capable the local communities are to support financially the local media – are the questions which were the subject of the research “The citizen needs of informing on local level”. The research was financially supported by the Foundation Open Society Institute – Macedonia and the OSCE Mission in Skopje, and it was carried out by the BRIMA GALUP Office in December 2005. The research was carried out in Debar, Makedonski Brod, Demir Hisar, Berovo, Krusevo, Delcevo, Kriva Palanka, Kocani, Vinica, Kratovo, Probistip, Resen, Valandovo, Sveti Nikole and Negotino. The results from the research were publicly presented in March this year.   M.I.