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CRIF M-Media Content Production - 360 Degree View M-Media Content Production - 360 Degree View activity will contribute to more pluralistic and transparent media environment in Macedonia by supporting and strengthening critical processes, practices and systems that enable Macedonian citizens to improve their awareness and knowledge about issues of public interest. The activity will produce and deliver three media products focused on debate, investigative journalism and satire. These products will provide the viewing public a more credible reporting and storytelling approach.
Judicial Strengthening Project Strengthen the role of the judiciary in the separation of powers, and develop broad based support for rule of law and judicial sector reform.
CRIF M-Media Content Production Project - Telma TV The goal of the activity is to increase pluralism and transparency in the media environment through fact-based and cutting edge media content production. The product is the informative political TV magazine titled "Top Theme - On Your Side", which is broadcasted three times a week. The show brings together representatives from different political affinities to analyze and debate issues of public concern, and incorporates new technologies to raise the quality of its reporting. The show contributes to providing more balanced and diverse news content to the Macedonian public.
BREDI Macedonia Microfinance Alliance (MMA) Project Assistance focuses on developing inclusive financial markets through pro-active campaign and reaching out to underserved population. The activity works to increase access to traditional financial services and develop new, innovative services suitable for the specified target groups. Financial literacy capacity building activities focus on advancing the personal finance and debt management skills of these groups. The activity also works on further improvement of the regulatory framework for non-bank financial institutions, their financial products and their integration in the payment services system.
Youthink Activity (North Macedonia):  USAID's YouThink activity, with a new added component to resist disinformation and misinformation, will directly support U.S. government Integrated Country Strategy 2022-2025, Mission Objective 2.3 Increased capability to counter malign foreign influences and helps North Macedonia maintain regional progress toward Euro-Atlantic integration.  It will strengthen the media ecosystem to counter malign Kremlin influence of fake news and propaganda, a key tool the Kremlin uses to sow democratic discord and justify its illegitimate and illegal invasion of Ukraine.  The U.S. government will complement existing activities aimed at enhancing youth resilience to disinformation by increasing their media literacy and critical thinking skills.  It will do so through U.S. government support to reputable media outlets, regulators, the public broadcaster, relevant government ministries and agencies, as well as professional associations and other organizations that work in safeguarding the public from disinformation to create a system for preventing the creation, spread, and harmful effects of malign influence in the information space.  The U.S. government will also seek opportunities to support the finalization, adoption, and implementation of the Government's Action Plan for Combating Disinformation.  The activity contributes to CAATSA Goal 5 for Independent Media and Civil Society, countering malign Beijing influence, and the U.S. Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan FY 2022-2026 goals of promoting global prosperity and shaping an international environment in which the United States can thrive, while also strengthening democratic institutions, upholding universal values, and promoting human dignity.
Strengthening Resource Mobilization Activity (North Macedonia):  To support the U.S. government Integrated Country Strategy objective for North Macedonia to strengthen its capacity to effectively fight corruption, the new Strengthening Resource Mobilization Activity will measurably increase local government resources and access to external funds, and increase budget execution and participatory budgeting in compliance with the government's budgeting and reporting requirements, thereby reducing corruption. The activity directly supports the recently released National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM). It will assist and strengthen the capacity of authorities and institutions to implement transparency, oversight, and accountability measures regarding government programs, policies, and spending. The activity will work with central and local governments to: enhance the quality of municipal tax and fee collection systems; to increase local governments' capacity to access external funds from the national government, international organizations, capital markets, and/or banks; and improve local government abilities to plan, manage, and implement public sector revenues accountability and with civic participation. The activity has developed tailored technical assistance packages for municipalities. The technical assistance includes improvements in the following areas: municipal public financial management; budget planning and execution; fiscal transparency and accountability; own-source revenue planning and collection; access to external funds and enabling environment for private sector engagement. The activity will increase transparency of local government spending, thus countering corruption that is generating vulnerabilities to malign influence.  The activity contributes to CAATSA Goal 2 for Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law and the U.S. Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan FY 2022-2026 objective to prevent, expose, and reduce corruption.
Youth Ethnic Integration (YEI) Activity The Youth Ethnic Integration (YEI) activity works to improve the ethnic cohesion among youth in primary and secondary schools by fostering positive interactions among diverse students and strengthening their civic skills, attitudes, and behaviors. In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science, the activity will review current civic education curricula and practices and propose improvements to help students become active and responsible citizens. In addition, the activity will train teachers and school administrators to support both curricular and extracurricular civic skills-strengthening activities, such as how young people can identify community problems and communicate those to their municipal authorities, how to participate in student body elections, and how to engage in mediating and resolving conflict. It will support direct involvement of ethnically diverse students in school- and community-level service learning and volunteering initiatives on issues of common concern. Through these efforts, YEI will bring together students of different ethnic backgrounds and also engage teachers, school administration and the community at large in efforts to create a common experience among youth; thus helping them build trust and positive relationships that will help them work together in a school setting and in their communities. The activity directly supports Embassy Skopje's Integrated Country Strategy goal of realizing a resilient, stable Macedonia that embraces an inclusive democracy, citizen responsive governance, and rule of law, and that is able to withstand malign influences. It also contributes to the U.S. Department of State and USAID's "Joint Strategic Plan FY 2018-2022" goal of supporting U.S. prosperity and security objectives, of increasing the capacity and strengthening the resilience of our partners and allies to deter aggression, coercion, and malign influence by state and non-state actors. Objectives for Macedonia: EXPECTED RESULTS:  Local and central governments initiate actions for systemic interaction among ethnically diverse youth, school staff and parents; Youth in Macedonia equipped with knowledge and skills necessary to be active and productive citizens in their community and society; Over 50 schools renovated to create positive conditions for learning for tens of thousands of youth.
Microenterprise Funding and Learning for Growth Project (Development Grants Program Cooperative Agreement) Microenterprise Funding and Learning for Growth Project (Development Grants Program Cooperative Agreement)
Strengthening Media in Macedonia Project - Enhancing Civil Service Organizations and media cooperation & strengthening investigative journalism Strengthening Media in Macedonia Project - Enhancing Civil Service Organizations and media cooperation & strengthening investigative journalism
Interethnic Integration in Education Project Build the awareness and capacity of school boards, principals, teachers, and administration officials to deal with diversity and multi-ethnic issues. Provide diversity training and incentives in support of the central and local government efforts for ethnic integration. Objectives for North Macedonia: Working through a grant to Search for Common Ground, the program works to: Strengthen interethnic interaction among children and advance intercultural education in public kindergartens and primary schools by providing training on multicultural education to preschool and primary school teachers, inspectors from the State Educational Inspectorate (SEI), representatives of the Bureau for Development of Education (BDE), and pedagogical students who will become future preschool teachers. It will also organize workshops for parents of children from multi-ethnic preschool groups, and outreach and sport activities for students from primary schools in target municipalities. Increase public awareness of positive ethnic integration and social cohesion through 24 episodes of an innovative reality TV show demonstrating the positive role which youth of different backgrounds can play when working together in addressing common youth issues in their communities. The participants in the show will represent youth population age 13 - 18, of different ethnic, religious, and social groups including young women, religious minorities, disabled persons and other vulnerable groups.
Partnerships for Giving Partnerships for Giving aims to a) create an enabling environment for philanthropic giving using legal and tax frameworks to reward the corporate, community, and individual philanthropy of entities both present in the country and from the countrys diaspora; b) increase levels of philanthropic funding raised by local stakeholders from companies, communities, and individuals for development activities; c) support companies to develop corporate philanthropy strategies and operational plans to implement them; and d) catalyze the establishment of sustainable fund-raising platforms and tools that can easily be upscaled in times of emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Private Sector Economic Growth The activity will support economic growth driven by the private sector. it will increase micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) productivity; create demand driven professionals; improve access to finance for micro, small, and start-up firms and facilitate investments for msmes; strengthen existing public-private dialogue (PPD) mechanisms; and to improve north macedonias regional economic integration.
Roma Education Program The purpose of the Roma Education Program in Macedonia is to address the problems of retention and school achievement of Roma at all levels of education.
Macedonia Agribusiness Activity (AgBiz) USAID AgBiz is a Task Order awarded under the RAISE Plus IQC to enhance the competitiveness of Macedonian agricultural businesses, improve productivity, increase trade volumes, and support agricultural policies. The project seeks to increase economic growth in Macedonia through expanded, environmentally-sustainable production and sales of value-added agricultural products by enabling producers and processors to compete regionally and globally. The focus is on supporting the development of two primary value chains: Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, consisting mainly of peppers, tomatoes, and other field vegetables, table grapes, apples, and other top fruits; and Processed Vegetables. In addition, during the first phase of the project (2007-2011), AgBiz was very successful in supporting the Macedonian Wine Sector.
Private Sector Productivity - Business, Trade Unions, and Professional Association Development Private Sector Productivity - Establish a framework for business, trade unions and professional associations to organize and offer services to their male and female membership, with particular emphasis on training, greater inclusion of women in leadership roles, and providing information on competitiveness, analytical capacity to examine constraints on growth and introduce or advocate changes, and work with media to improve reporting on competitiveness issues and commercial information. Support competition and profusion of private associations to reduce likelihood and incidence of vested business interests having disproportionate, non-competitive influence on competitiveness reforms. Promote research, training, advocacy, technology transfer roles and public-private dialogue.
BREDI Macedonia Small Business Expansion Project (Europe and Eurasia Regional):  .This will be SBEP's final year of funding to provide tailored support services to MSMEs so they can create great jobs and grow their businesses. The project helps firms and farmers in four regions in the country to capitalize on their potential in agro-processing, light manufacturing, tourism, and other fields. SBEP's approach dovetails with the Government of Macedonia's decentralization agenda and the European Union's emphasis on regional economic development as part of the accession process. Building regional alliances around specific opportunities clears the way for future cross-border cooperation and funds for regional development. In its final year, the project will focus on transferring the know-how and building the capacities of local government institutions and non-governmental organizations to carry on the activities initiated by the project. .
Reducing Human Rights Inequalities The purpose of this program is to promote social, economic, and political inclusion for all individuals, reducing human rights inequalities. It will establish an ecosystem of improved access to justice and legal protection; increased variety, quality, and access to services; and facilitate an enabling and supportive environment for LGBTQI+ persons and victims of gender based violence. Such an approach will promote equality throughout society, ensuring that all vulnerable communities and individuals can fully participate and thrive.
Investment Development and Export Advancement Support (IDEAS) Project Improve the business policy environment to increase private sector investment and promote increased exports of Macedonian products.
PARTNERSHIP WITH ECONOMIC CHAMBER OF NORTH MACEDONIA partnership with local economic chamber contributing to the development of the Macedonian economy, mostly for vocational training of employees, the improvement of production quality and the development and affirmation of the countrys economic potentials through advertising, promotion and representing individual specialized organizations
Strengthen Microenterprise Productivity - Microenterprise Business Development Services Strengthen Microenterprise Productivity - Increase the accessibility, availability, relevance, and sustainability of business services, training and extension, inputs, equipment, and technologies that equitably respond to the needs and capacities of female and male-owned micro-scale firms. Improve laws, regulations, and policies that limit the availability of business services for women- and men-owned micro and small enterprises. Objectives for North Macedonia: USAID’s Factoring Project aims to accelerate the growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) by increasing their use of factoring, a financial transaction in which a business sells a credit-worthy accounts receivable (usually an invoice) at a discount to a financial services firm.
Activity for Civic Engagement (ACE) This activity will provide support Macedonian civil society through strengthening the influence of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and sustained youth engagement.
B-REDI North Macedonia Business Ecosystem Project (BEP) (Europe and Eurasia Regional):  .The Business Ecosystem Project (BEP) aims to increase productivity, business revenues, and jobs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), in support of EUR/E&E JRS Objective 2.3, by promoting market-oriented economic reforms, thereby expanding opportunities for U.S. businesses and investors in Macedonia.  BEP will continue to focus on helping existing business support organizations (BSOs) to provide better services to their members, increasing access to finance for MSMEs, and promoting private sector engagement on economic development activities.  This project will help Macedonia increase economic integration with the West, which supports EUR/E&E Joint Regional Strategy Goal 2 by strengthening and balancing the Transatlantic trade and investment relationship..BEP provides grants and technical assistance to BSOs to implement initiatives that will improve the competitiveness of their member MSMEs. These initiatives include advocacy, B2B and regional networking, workforce development activities to provide SMEs with skilled employees, introduction of international standards and advocacy for policy improvement.  The project will continue to support MSMEs to develop investment proposals likely to receive support from alternative sources of finance.  The project will continue to work with selected financial institutions to develop more SME-friendly financial products.  Special focus will be placed on helping start-up companies to leverage growth funding.  Finally, the project will co-finance activities with larger, usually export-oriented companies, to improve supply chains and train future workforce.  The project will scale up successful pilots in the dairy and apparel sector, where lead firms have helped their suppliers obtain new equipment and improve the production processes.. . Objectives for Macedonia: Objective 1: Improved Business Support Organizations’ Services to MSMEs; Capacity Building of BSOs to better design and implement sustainable MSME services; Grants to BSOs to introduce services that will improve the performance of the MSMEs; Inter-BSO networking and partnerships for joint implementation of activities. Objective 2: Improved MSME Access to Sources of Financing; Improve financial literacy and management of MSMEs, prepare “bankable proposals”, and access appropriate financial resources; Work with traditional and alternative sources of finance to develop new financial products for MSMEs; Conduct information campaign for MSMEs, on the different types of financing. Objective 3: Increased Investment by Lead Firms In Supply Chain and Labor Force; Raise awareness of lead firms of the benefits of private sector engagement in economic development; Provide technical assistance and co-financing for MSME-development, workforce development, and/or LED activities implemented in partnership with lead firms.
building infrastructure for an engaged and giving society (BIEGS) he purpose of the community self reliance activity is to establish sustainable systems for building infrastructure for an engaged and giving society (biegs) activity.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and  Learning (MEL) activity - Local Works This activity prioritizes learning, with a dual focus on managing for sustainable results as well as accountability to local people and communities. It supports well-thought-out engagement with local sources, owners, and users of data. The MEL Activity has four components: a) Monitoring at a higher level and across USAID LW activities. b) Evaluating individual activities. c) Collaborating, learning, and adapting. d) Building the capacity of USAID partners to jointly. develop measurements of success with their communities.
Non-security Executive Authority - Function and Processes Foster and maintain a culture that is generally law-abiding, including through legal literacy, public awareness, constituency building, and citizen engagement in legal processes. Ensure that the public is educated about laws and regulations, perceives laws as legitimate and worthy of adherence, and respects the authority of law and legal institutions. Develop citizen demand for an effective and accountable justice system, and develop associations to advocate for all citizens. This includes programs that spur a culture of lawfulness by changing beliefs and attitudes by socializing people into a rule of law culture and changing norms so that people abide by the law. This includes ROL programs or civil society programs with a very specific focus on rule of law related citizen awareness and education, i.e., supporting civil society organizations to participate in public hearings as part of a larger effort to strengthen the parliament or working with a civil society organization to provide legal representation of indigent populations as part of an overall judicial strengthening strategy.
Primary Education Program USAIDs five-year Primary Education Project will provided a portion of the funding needed to renovate up to 100 primary schools to upgrade their energy efficiency; boost the use and maintenance of computers; improve the teaching of mathematics and science; and strengthen school-based assessment.
International Media Support AFG Phase II - Media support IMS AFGHANISTAN FAS II
New Bridges New Bridges The activity does not have a description. You can contact Sida for more information. Call +46 8 698 50 00 or send an e-mail to sida@sida.se. Aktiviteten saknar beskrivning. Kontakta Sida för mer information. Ring +46 8 698 50 00 eller skicka e-post till sida@sida.se.
GJLOS,STPP - STPPworkshops,meetings GJLOS,STPP 2004-2005 The activity does not have a description. You can contact Sida for more information. Call +46 8 698 50 00 or send an e-mail to sida@sida.se. Aktiviteten saknar beskrivning. Kontakta Sida för mer information. Ring +46 8 698 50 00 eller skicka e-post till sida@sida.se.
IDEA.basbudgetbidrag för 2011,2012 IDEA. Coresupport 2011,2012 Yearly support to International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. IDEA 2011. Basbudgetbidrag till internationella institutet för demokrati och fria val (International IDEA år 2011.
Joint Country Support Str Joint Country Support Str Aktiviteten saknar beskrivning. Kontakta Sida för mer information. Ring +46 8 698 50 00 eller skicka e-post till sida@sida.se. Sida has decided to co-finance a senior consultant to perform certain services in connection with the elaboration of a Joint Country Support Strategy (JCSS) in Tajikistan. This project is being undertaken by 12 development partners in collaboration with the Government of Tajikistan. This technical support is cofinanced by the Department for International Development (Dfid) and Sida.
Citizens Network Citizens Network för stöd till rwandiska rättsväsendet för påskyndande av handläggning av mål mot personer misstänkta för delaktighet i folkmordet The activity does not have a description. You can contact Sida for more information. Call +46 8 698 50 00 or send an e-mail to sida@sida.se.
Vaccination Programme Vaccinationsprogram Vaccination program through UNICEF in Anglola Vaccinationsprogram via UNICEF i Angola
School of grad. Studies School of Grad. Studies - MSc, PhD training The activity does not have a description. You can contact Sida for more information. Call +46 8 698 50 00 or send an e-mail to sida@sida.se. Aktiviteten saknar beskrivning. Kontakta Sida för mer information. Ring +46 8 698 50 00 eller skicka e-post till sida@sida.se.
Konsultinsatser Demo/MR/FoS 2012 Consultancy Fund 2012 - Consultancy fund Demo/MR/FoS Consultant Fund for financing small consultancies assignment, such as studies and evaluations. Ämnesgruppen för Demo/MR/FoS har behov att inrätta en konsultfond för finansiering av mindre konsultuppdrag 2012. En sådan fond skapar möjlighet att på ett snabbt o effektivt sätt få tillgång till nödvändig expertkunskap som inte finns inom Sida.