MCIC Annual Report 2020

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M A C E D O N I A N C E N T E R F O R I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O O P E R A T I O N / / M C I C
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Table of Content
VISION AND MISSION 3
GOALS AND METHODS 3
MESSAGE OF THE MANAGEMENT 4
ROOTED AND INFLUENTIAL CIVIL SOCIETY 5
„CIVICA MOBILITAS“ PROGRAM FOR CIVIL SOCIETY SUPPORT 6
NATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY RESOURCE CENTRE 8
SUSTAINABLE CIVIL SOCIETY - STATE FUNDING OF THE CSOS 10
GOOD GOVERNANCE AND FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION 12
REGIONAL ANTICORRUPTION NETWORK 13
SOCIAL COHESION AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION 15
SUPPORT TO MUNICIPALITIES IN ESTABLISHING SOCIAL SERVICES 16
SMALL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES 17
EURO INTEGRATION PROCESS SUPPORT 18
EURO FOCUS 19
PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND SUPPORT 20
RELATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS 21
SUPPORT - SUSTAINABLE MCIC 21
ORGANIZATION 22
PERSONNEL – EXECUTIVE OFFICE 23
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OPINION 24
FINANCIAL REPORT 25

3 MACEDONIAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPER ATION
The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) is a civil society organization that believes in peace,
harmony and prosperity of the people in Macedonia, the Balkans and globally.
Vision and Mission
Mission
MCIC’s mission is to lead changes with new and alterna-
tive solutions to the societal problems, which influence
other actors to be involved in the main streams.
Vision
MCIC’s vision is based on the universal principles of civ-
il society and participatory democracy, rule of law, eq-
uitable and sustainable socio-economic development,
non-violence, respect, interdependence and cultural
diversity.
Goals
Long-term goals of MCIC are:

» Rooted and influential civil society;

» Good governance and fight against corruption;

» Social inclusion and cohesion;

» Supported process of European integration;

» Readiness for migration challenges;

» MCIC, an independent and credible
organization – quiet, but visible networker;

» MCIC, an attractive and innovative
organization.
ActivitiesandMethods
MCIC implements its activities through:

»
Advocacy (dissemination of information,
awareness raising, education; policy making;
monitoring and requesting accountability);

» Development support (capacities and
infrastructure);

» Social-humanitarian assistance. The
organizational methods are management and
implementation.
The organizational methods are management and
implementation.
Goals and Methods

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This year, MCIC faced the world challenge of functioning at a time of pan-
demic caused by the Corona virus of Covid-19. It took a lot of energy to work
in the so-called new normal, a lot of adjustments and innovation to meet the
new, most often urgent requests of the CSOs and citizens in general.
In these conditions, MCIC implemented a total of 36 projects with a budget
of around 110 million denars.
In “Civica Mobilitas” there were 109 grants. The novelty was the 15 ad-hoc
grants which were approved because of an urgent response to the problems
caused by Covid-19. All planned events took place in an adapted format. The
topics of the events were dictated by the current situation caused by the
pandemic, but the CSOs were ready to help not only the people, but also the
institutions. There were four issues of Citizens for Change newsletter and
there were reviewed and an extra newsletter on the activities of the CSOs
on Covid-19. The Civic Resource Center held seven trainings for 129 CSO
representatives, there were 14 small action grants for advocacy at local level
and dealing with Covid-19, and there were five on-line events for around 250
CSO representatives. The support office responded to 193 requests of CSOs or citizens, and there were 155 events
of other organizations held in the resource centre offices or via ZOOM provided by GRC. The activities of the Sustain-
able Civil Society – State Funding for CSOs programme continued to follow the state funding for CSOs. The organiza-
tions were trained in risk management and improvement of transparency and accountability, and there were three
events organized for more than 150 participants. Grants were awarded to 12 organizations and networks.
The partners of the Regional Anti-Corruption Network programme were active in advocacy for policies and changes
in their states. There were 16 journalistic stories prepared, related to good governance and Covid-19, a commentary
on the proposal of the European Commission on revised enlargement approach and three thematic policy docu-
ments. There were two webinars for around 140 participants and eight issues of SELDI e-bulletin.
In the Mechanism for Support to Tobacco Producers project there were 365 tobacco producers and two day laborers
who asked for help or information from the phone operators. As part of the Small Development Initiatives (MRI) the
municipal organization of the Red Cross for Ohrid was supported for their activities to help the vulnerable categories
of citizens and persons in state quarantine, both related to Covid-19. In the Support to Municipalities for Establish-
ment of Social Services project, there were 65 municipalities supported. Social services will be established in 30 mu-
nicipalities. As part of the Euro Focus project, the current themes related to the Euro integrations of Macedonia were
analysed and discussed in 35 TV Euro Focus programmes, supported by three phone surveys and 12 researches by
third parties. A total of 30 CSO representatives and journalists took part in the Euro integration trainings.
Aleksandar Krzhalovski
Director
Message of the Management

Rooted and Influential Civil Society

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“Civica Mobilitas” Program for Civil Society
Support
The number of active grants was 109. Besides the regular action, institutional and small grants, 15 ad-hoc grants
were also approved, intended for overcoming the urgent needs of the CSO beneficiaries caused by the pandemics.
The mentoring of grantees continued, and with certain delay, all planned events took pace: the national and two
thematic forums, Festival and Networking Meeting. There were four issues of Citizens for Change newsletter issued,
and there were more than 900 CSO activities related to Covid-19 published on the e-Platform.
ImprovetheexchangeofinformationbetweenCSOsandmainCrisisCoordinationHeadquarters
Civica Mobilitas invited d-r Venko Filipche, Minister of
Health, Stojanche Angelov, acting director the Crisis
Management Centre and Zoran Drangovski from the
Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, a representa-
tive of the civil sector in the Main Headquarters for Crisis
Management and all interested CSOs to a debate to talk
about “Crisis Management with (In)Sufficient Resourc-
es”.
“Two moments are very important in management of
this pandemic: intense cooperation and communication
with all stakeholders and frequent communication with
the public to prevent the spreading of fake news, give
correct information and hear some feedback”, said d-r
Venlo Filipche.
Angelov spoke about two aspects in the cooperation
with the CSOs: awareness raising and supervision and
control of the policies. “We expect that the civil sector
will contribute even more to these issues, that the cit-
izens will be more informed, thus improving the pre-
vention in the fight with the pandemic”, he added. For
Zoran Drangovski, it is crucial that the institutions know
what CSOs work so that they know their capacities and
resources.
CSOs presented the needs of their beneficiaries and the
pressing issued such as access to information, access
to services, treatment of people with special needs and
other vulnerable categories, etc. They were interested in
how the institutions will inform the citizens on the vacci-
nation process, which citizens will have the priority and
how they will handle the challenges in the process.
The Minister pointed out good examples of cooperation
with CSOs from before the crisis. “We want to make legal
changes to increase the competencies of the CSOs, thus
using their capacities. They have the knowledge, good
communication with the beneficiaries, appropriate re-
sources that can be of assistance”, he said. Drangovski
stressed that he will insist on a better exchange of infor-
mation from the main Crisis Headquarter to the public

Goal: Achieving social changes in Macedonia which are stimulated by the strong civil sector, active citizens and
good cooperation with the authorities, which results in a more transparent, more accountable and socially inclusive
management at central and local level.
CSOFestivalmarkedbyfightagainstCovid-19
More than 80 CSOs presented their associations before
the citizens in the City Part around Shkolka, as part of
the Civica Mobilitas Festival – “Day of CSOs”. This year,
the festival took place in pandemic conditions, but at the
same time it celebrated the success and response of the
organizations in dealing with it. For the Ambassador of
the Switzerland, H.E. Sybille Suter Tejada, Civica Mobil-
itas Festival is an example of how, despite the record
more than 80 CSOs, it is possible to respect the safety
measures as the results achieved are being presented.
The organizations attracted the attention of the pas-
sers-by via quizzes, games, workshops, exhibitions,
theatre plays and video projections. The citizens had
the possibility to be informed about becoming more re-
sponsible when using natural resources, how to become
donors and contribute to their local communities, where
to seek more information on the various was of human
trafficking, who can give them free legal advice, with
whom to speak about mental health and how to test for
HIV and obtain the results immediately.
The patron of this third Civica Mobilitas Festival was the
wife of the President of the state, Elizabeta Gjorgievska.
“I believe that neither Covid-19 pandemic not anything
else can dissuade us and we should remain active citi-
zens, participate in civic initiatives, be members of the
CSOs and volunteer”, added Gjorgievska.
The Minister of Education Mila Carovska was a guest at
the main discussion of the Festival. The people present
discussed with her about the activities of the associa-
tions in support of the state response to Covid-19 crisis.
“CSOs and partners quickly reorganized with the occur-
rence of the pandemic”, said Carovska. An unavoidable
topic was education during pandemic, the role of the
teachers, students and their families. Minister Carovska
called the CSOs to become involved in the creation and
support of the reform processes for quality education.
This year, the CSO Festival was at the same time as the
World Day of Fight against Poverty, and some of the hu-
manitarian organizations had actions to collect and dis-
tribute food and clothes for the people who need it the
most.
The main topics of this year’s Festival was dealing with
pandemic, but at the same time by celebrating those
who were among the first who went out to the field to
help, those who helped in creating measures for more
successful overcoming of pandemic and those who al-
ways have the needs of their communities in view.

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National Civil Society Resource Centre
129 CSO representatives were trained at seven trainings, and 250 participated at the five events. There were 14 small
grants awarded for advocacy at local level and management of the crisis caused by Covid-19, and 12 overviews of
financial opportunities and give monthly reports from monitoring of ENER. The office responded to 193 requests of
CSOs and citizens, and there were 155 events held by other organizations. The analyses of the enabling environment
for the civil society were prepared, as well as for public participation in the preparation of laws.
FastresponseoftheCSOsofthemostvulnerablecommunitiesaffectedbyCovid-19
Covid-19 has mostly affected the most vulnerable groups
of people, those who are in permanent crisis. This heath
crisis has stressed even more their bad living conditions
and the problems that they face on daily basis. There-
fore, for them any support was especially important.
“We have had successful meetings with 20 women who
needed psychological support”, say the people at “Roma
Perspektiv” organization from Prilep. The problems of
their fellow citizens occurred after the start of the crisis
because there were people from all generations living in
one room. “Many of the women follow the on-line classes
with their children only via one smart device. The other
children have to miss their classes that take place at the
same time. Apart from this, part of the women told us
that they are overburdened with domestic obligations,
because the whole family is at home and they need to
work more”, they say. This association worked on allevi-
ating hunger and hygienic needs of the socially endan-
gered families. They distributed 110 packages with food
and hygienic products at the Prilep settlement “Trizla
2”. They also organized on-line meetings with the Roma
community to provide psychological assistance and in-
form them about the Government economic measures,
employment measures, the way of enrolling children in
kindergartens, primary and secondary schools.
The situation in the Kumanovo settlement “Tode Men-
dol” where the humanitarian benefactor association
“Holy Mother Theresa” worked, is similar. From the sit-
uation, they concluded that the population mostly had
problems with hygienic conditions and educational ma-
terials. Bekim Saliu, the President of the association told
about a family with seven children who had no money
to buy simple pencils for their four children at school,
as well as single mothers who had no money to buy dia-
pers and other basic hygienic products. With their action
supported by GRC, they distributed 30 educational and
entertaining products; 40 packages with school sets; as
well as 30 humanitarian packages with basic hygienic
products.
GRC is one of the first ones to meet the needs of the
organizations and their beneficiaries; with urgent in-
tervention grants, it has supported seven CSOs which
helped more than 1,000 socially endangered families,
representatives of marginalized groups, farmers and
victims of domestic violence.

Goal: Provided services for building the capacities of CSOs to be effective and accountable independent actors and to
contribute to the environment that is conducive to civil society.
GRCAcademy
In May 2020, the Citizen Resource Centre (GRC) estab-
lished an Academy, as one of the learning manners,
primarily intended for CSOs but also for everybody who
wants to improve their knowledge and skills on the top-
ics offered.
The Academy is a digital and interactive tool that can be
used by the interested parties to learn whenever they
find convenient. It fits in everybody’s daily schedule. It
makes learning easier, improves personal development
and thus the development of civil society as well.
Those interested in using the Academy can register at
https://rcgo.mk/akademija/ and gain access to all learn-
ing resources: short video lectures, quizzes, resource
materials, and possibility for discussion with other par-
ticipants.
In the establishment of the Academy, the GRC team was
led by the need to make the basic knowledge about the
functioning of the CSOs constantly available. “The train-
ing for which there is always a lot of interest is Project
Cycle Management”, says Valentina Atanasovska, coor-
dinator at the Civic Resource Centre. “We wanted that
the knowledge on this topic does not depend on how
many participants we can accept at one training and
how many of these trainings we can hold annually. Sim-
ply, the basic version of this training is to be always ac-
cessible for our target groups”, she adds.
The launching of this new GRC tool came at the time of
pandemic, when Covid-19 changed the rules of function-
ing at all fields and at all levels. This only strengthened
the need to establish such kind of learning tools. It was
shown by the statistics, i.e. the number of visits to the
training site was 2,670, while 445 participants registered
for the training. The comments on the group made on
Facebook that already has 138 members also indicate
the interest. For Aleksandra Nikolovska, the lectures
were very useful, especially in times of pandemic. “I
honestly hope that even when the conditions normal-
ize, there will be a possibility to have on-line training,
because there is big interest and not everybody is able
to attend”, says she. “The first time I saw the video and
I had 76/96 at the quiz that I took. Today I took the quiz
again and the result was better: 96/96. This on-line train-
ing is great and I hope there will be more like it”, says
Stojan Ovnarski, who us just starting to build experience
in this area.
For Sunchica Sazdova, a trainer at the Academy, the
advantages are also obvious, especially the possibility
to cover more participants. What is missing, according
to her, is networking and the possibility to discuss and
learn from each other. “In some, I believe, recent future,
we could also consider trainings that combine the most
useful aspects of various approaches”, she added.
The GRC team plans to enrich the Academy with other
basic trainings and make the knowledge available to all
interested parties.

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Sustainable Civil Society - State Funding of the
CSOs
CSOs have received the web tool for self-assessment in Macedonian, and 12 of them received grants for transpar-
ency, strengthening and self-regulation. More than 50 CSO representatives or networks have improved their risk
management skills and their transparency and accountability. CSOs discussed the Report on Managing Practices for
CSO Transparency and Accountability and the different approaches of CSOs for transparency increasing.
Organizationalchangeshavebenefitsforthetargetgroups
Seven transparency grants have brought significant pos-
itive effects for the internal work of the CSOs, which in
long run roots them into the society and increases their
impact in advocacy for issues that are important for
their target groups and the citizens in general.
Part of the grantees have made changes in their organi-
zational structure which has improved their positioning
of the sector and increased their chances of success.
More significant products are: rulebooks and written
procedures for the internal work of the organizations,
communication strategies, annual narrative and finan-
cial reports, as well as independent audits for their fi-
nancial work, etc.
Some of the grantees have enabled their members to
obtain new skills and knowledge via trainings. For exam-
ple, MEDIUM from Gostivar organized three trainings
where the members improved their skills in using mul-
timedia tools. This helped them to use better the social
media to communicate their results and increase the
number of followers; instead of planned 30% increase,
they increased for almost 60%.
The support helped the association Kult-tranzen from
Strumica become more recognized by its target groups
and donors, including the business sector. At the same
time, it increased their impact in the public, especially
to change cultural policies, make new partnerships and
improve the atmosphere in the overall cultural develop-
ment in the country.
During the project, we adopted a work programme for
the first time in our work and we appointed programme
coordinators”, say the people at “Hope” association.
They are happy to grow into an association with firm
practices for financial transparency and accountability,
with declared gender equality and clear programme pri-
orities.
The total budget for the grants was around 1,660,000
denars, or each one of them had on average around
240,000 denars. Although not so big, these grants, used
in the real way, have made significant changes with
CSOs, and in long run with their target groups and cit-
izens as well.

Goal: Effective, transparent and accountable CSOs that work in an enabling financial environment
Riskscanbeanticipated,andthedamagescomingfromthemdecreased
Do the organizations have a system for risk anticipation
or do they only “extinguish fires”? The clarification of
this question was a result of the two risk management
trainings, held in June and November 2020, where 35
participants obtained new knowledge and skills on this
topic. This would help them prepare in time, find possi-
ble solutions to use the resources better, increase their
effect and decrease the possible damages for the em-
ployees and constituents. According to the trainer Ve-
ronica Voldan, many of them have improved their sys-
tems during the training and they will continue to do this
after the completion.
For Josipa Rizankoska from the association Dialogue –
Centre for Deliberative Democracy, the training is a new
experience. “This was a great possibility to think about
the real risks that we face as a team, which can be man-
aged via good planning and timely and regular revi-
sions”, says she. Vesna Gligorova from the Change Man-
agement Centre says that the training helped her finish
the started risk register in her organization, to easily
define the risk and distinguish between the reality and
potential risk. According to her, each CSO, regardless of
its size, should have a register of risks because it will an-
ticipate the risks and deal with them in an easier way.
“The training crystalized the terms risk and current issue
and it taught me not to mix them up in the future man-
agement and planning in my organization”, said Jovan
Stalevski from CEFE Macedonia. According to him, the
simple matrices for risk anticipation are a significant re-
source for the organizations. “This knowledge was used
to build the capacities of the two new entrepreneurship
centres of ‘CEFE East’ in Shtip and ‘CEFE Strumica’”, he
added.
The participants also had the opportunity to hear about
the dangers of abuse of CSOs for terrorism, as elaborat-
ed by Iskra Damchevska from the Financial Intelligence
Service (UFR). She stressed that abuse can happen by
collecting and transferring of funds to provide logistic
support, encourage and recruit terrorists and other type
of support to terrorist organizations and operations.
Damchevska stressed the importance of promoting the
system for terrorism prevention, protection of CSO in-
tegrity, preserving the trust of the public and the donor
community.
“I was impressed with the enthusiasm and engagement
of the participants even more because the training
took place on-line when it is more difficult to motivate
them for active participation”, said the trainer Veronica
Voldan, a project consultant for CNVOS – National Net-
work of CSOs in Slovenia. Because of the situation with
Covid-19, the work methodology was a combination of
video sessions live and group work on ZOOM.

Good governance and fight against
corruption

Regional Anticorruption Network
The partners have prepared a commentary to the European Commission proposal on revised approach to enlarge-
ment and three thematic policy papers related to judiciary, hidden economy and state capture. There have 16 jour-
nalist stories covering themes related to corruption. A total of 140 participants followed webinars on “State Capture”
and “Hidden Economy in the Western Balkans”, while MCIC and CID prepared eight issues of SELDI’s e-bulletin.
WesternBalkanscountriescapturedbycorruption
South East Europe Leadership and Integrity Network
(SELDI) has established an implemented safety meas-
ures for monitoring the state capture in the Western
Balkans. The State Capture Assessment Diagnostics
(SCAD) provides an insight into enablers of state cap-
ture, affected economic sectors and risks of monopo-
lization throughout the region. According to the policy
document “Assessment of State Capture in the West-
ern Balkans 2020: Risks and Policy Options”, this is the
mechanism that should be used by policy makers.
The results of the research show that there are a num-
ber of economy sectors in the region that show symp-
toms which can be related to state capture. Albania and
Serbia are the worst ranked according to most indica-
tors, especially in the critical field: conflict of personal
interests, and the non-efficient anticorruption policies
are a problem in all of these countries. The anticorrup-
tion policy is considered especially inefficient in the state
institutions related to construction in Albania and North
Macedonia, in the labour inspectorates in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia, in the state
organizations related to media in Kosovo and Serbia, as
well as the mobility and transport and agriculture in Al-
bania.
The findings were discussed at the web seminar “State
Capture: Bridging the Gap between Diagnosis and Prac-
tical Solutions for the Western Balkans”. Misha Popovikj
from the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis pointed
out that the gap between the diagnosis and the solution
is that the reforms and their results and not related. Ac-
cording to him, the question is if the reforms really give
the desired results and if the energy can be used differ-
ently. Apart from this, according to Popovikj, without in-
dependent judiciary there be no success in dealing with
state capture.
State capture, which is more and more a burning issue,
is actually institutionalization of the corruptive relations,
which brings to privatization of management. It takes
political courage which the leaders can have if they
maintain the close relations with the civil society and
CSOs in the region.

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Goal: To expand and deepen the anticorruption actions from legal procedures towards more justified economic activity,
Publicpressureforcedtheinstitutionsmaketherightsteps
On 5 February 2020, the Parliament of the Republic of
North Macedonia, in a shortened procedure, adopted
the change in the Law for Waste Management, which
prohibits the import of waster that is used as energy,
or the so-called RDF waste. This is a step forward in pro-
tecting the health of the people and the environment.
The success is a result of several stakeholders, but the
biggest pressure still came from the CSOs and media.
When the issue about import of waste to the country
was open, the CSOs Green Institute from Skopje and the
Roma Centre for Democracy from Bujanovac (Republic
of Serbia) under a SELDI grant had already worked with
journalists from the two countries on research of the
corruption with the funds for environment protection.
“The cooperation of CSOs on one side and the media on
the other is very important when we open such issues”,
says Natasha Amdiu, the President of Green Institute.
According to her, it is not easy to find journalists who
know the topic well and have the skills and knowledge
to research corruption related to it. “We have decided to
cooperate with the people from the TV programme KOD
because they are thorough in their approach and they
have excellent viewership. We believe that the topic will
move the public and influence the policy makers”, says
she, pleased with the effects of the cooperation.
The programme was completely dedicated to the import
of waste, especially RDF waste. It was broadcasted at the
time when the issue started to be open. The programme
additionally increased the interest of the general public
on what kind of waste is imported in Macedonia, which
in turn resulted in a broader discussion on the import
and consequences on the health of the citizens and envi-
ronment. “We have conducted this research at KOD with
great enthusiasm, not only as journalists whose obliga-
tion is to protect the public interest, but also as citizens
who are personally affected by the issue”, says Snezha-
na Lupevska Sozen. “We believe that this kind of cooper-
ation between the journalists and civil activists can move
things forwards, which was also shown in this example.
Both parties had the role of keepers of the public inter-
est, and the association came naturally”, she adds.
The discussion was especially lively on the social net-
works and it moved the institutions. Several days after
Kod was aired, the trucks transporting RDF waste were
stopped at “Bogorodica” border crossing between North
Macedonia and Greece. Samples were taken from the
waste and sent to an accredited laboratory in Estonia,
because there is no such a lab in the country. Until then,
it was usual to only check the documentation for entry
in the country. The public interest in the import of waste
and landfills has grown, and the media try to come to
the answers that affect everybody.
The well-used support can increase the effect several
times. The public pressure has led to changes in the law
but it also alarmed and educated the citizens. If this is
the way to a healthier environment, the pressure should
continue to grow further, and CSOs should be the front-
runners of these changes, looking for the real allies
along that road.

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Support to municipalities
in establishing social
services
The municipalities and their partner organizations have re-
ceived support in the process of preparation of their appli-
cations to establish social services, which resulted in 62
applications to the address of the Ministry of Labour and
Social Policy (MLSP) by 30 April 2020. A separate com-
mission led by MLSP selected a total of 24 applications,
and by the end of the year, agreements were signed
with them. This will enable the establishment of so-
cial services in 30 municipalities in the country.
Goal: Strengthening the system for public service provision in the area of
social protection

Small Development Initiatives
The activities this year were directed to support the health care workers and the CSOs in managing the Covid-19
crisis. MCIC has financially supported the municipal organization of Red Cross in Ohrid for activities to protect the
health of the socially vulnerable population at the territory of the municipalities of Ohrid and Debrca and the person
in self-isolation in the state quarantine of Desaret Hotel in Ohrid. Apart from this, MCIC has checked the views of the
citizens on the new Corona virus.
Donationforhealthcareworkers
More than 700 health care workers from the University
Clinics for Children’s Diseases and Gynaecology and Ob-
stetrics received 1,462 medical suits as a donation from
the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation
(MCIC), Macedonian Enterprise Development Founda-
tion (MEDF) and the savings house Mozhnosti. In this
way, the organizations met the growing needs of the
health care workers for protection gear resulting from
the crisis caused by Covid-19.
“We wanted the aid to have more effect, and therefore
the medical gear was made in a textile factory in Berovo;
in this way we believe that we are also helping maintain
the jobs of the employees”, said Tetjana Lazarevska,
MEDF Executive Director. The organizations will not ask
for VAT reimbursement, according to the regulations for
public interest donations, with which they will also con-
tribute to the state budget.
The solidarity in general, and especially the solidarity
to those that are most exposed in the fight against the
pandemic caused by the Corona virus is one of the key
values that we should follow when working in these cri-
sis times. We believe that this donation will contribute at
least a bit for the practicing of this value.
Goal: Creation of a basis for activities of CSOs and municipalities for fact-based advocacy,
financial sustainability, cooperation and sustainable development.

Supported Process of European Integration

Euro Focus
The current topics related to the Euro integration of Macedonia were analysed and discussed in 35 TV programmes
of EUro Focus, supported by three phone surveys and 12 researches by third parties. A total of 30 CSO representa-
tives and journalists participated in the Euro integration trainings conducted at the end of the year.
Citizens’pulseforEurointegration
One of the biggest aspirations of the citizens of North
Macedonia is by all means the full membership of the
country in the European Union. MCIC checked some of
the aspects of the support and perceptions of the cit-
izens on some issues. Why do they matter? Because
they decrease the assumptions, face us with the realistic
views of the citizens and make the planning of future
steps easier.
In the first half of the year, there was optimism on Euro
integrations with the citizens. More than one third of
them (36.7%) said that Macedonia was the first of the
Western European countries to enter the EU. This view
was not discouraged by the fact that two of the coun-
tries (Serbia and Montenegro) had already started the
negotiations for EU, unlike North Macedonia which is
still waiting for this step. More than half (56.4%) think
that the beginning of the negotiations will improve the
reforms in the judiciary. There is concern when it comes
to emigration.
Several months later, the citizens ranked the most sig-
nificant reforms for the country. Those in the health and
education system are at the top of the list of the most
significant reforms. The third place according to the im-
portance is for the fight against corruption (12%). The
results were surprising if one takes into consideration
previous research where the first several places were
reserved for the so-called existential issues. For the ma-
jority of the citizens the reforms are necessary to create
better life in the country.
Then, at the end of October and beginning of Novem-
ber, under the influence of the Bulgarian demands that
disputed the Macedonian identity, the enthusiasm de-
flated. Around two thirds think that there will always be
someone blocking the negotiations of Macedonia with
EU, because they simply do not want us to become their
member. More than half (52.3%) think that there is no
point why to discuss these issues with Bulgaria outside
the Euro integration process.
The researches, although checking perception only, are
still a more stable indicator about the issues that should
be paid attention and the gaps that should be filled. It
is only necessary to read them carefully. All the surveys
have been made following a national representative
sample, via telephone interviews conducted by M-Pros-
pect agency.
Goal: Improvement of the active participation of media and CSOs in the process of
European Union accession of the country

Partnerships, Public Relations and
Support

Accesstofunds
MCIC prepared and submitted 10 project concepts, pro-
ject applications or applications for expressions of inter-
est for participation at calls for delivery of services. One
was approved, two are still pending and the remaining
seven were rejected.
Volunteering
MCIC continued with their activities to connect the civil
sector with the academy by volunteering and practice. In
the beginning of 2020, a volunteer from France joined;
he worked on his Master thesis and researched the re-
lations between Macedonia and Greece, especially after
the signing of the Prespa Agreement. In March, three vol-
unteers joined the work of MCIC and they were assigned
activities related to “My Choice” project. Nevertheless, in
the beginning of the pandemic, the volunteers had tasks
related to the newly occurred crisis situation, as well as
the activities related with the needs of the current pro-
jects.
Relations with stakeholders
In 2020, the cooperation with the local and foreign CSOs, ministries and state institutions, was done within the regu-
lar programs of MCIC, with a significantly decreased dynamics due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
MCIC representatives participated in several consultative sessions organised by the government and ministries and
government representatives participated in MCIC events.
There was intensive cooperation with the municipalities
via the project for support of the municipalities for es-
tablishment of social services. With the business sector,
the cooperation has been more intense with Philip Mor-
ris, Sokotab and Alliance One Macedonia with which
MCIC had been working on school rehabilitation for 12
years already.
The collaborators also participated in events in the
country, region and broader. Most of the events, be-
cause of the current health crisis, took place on-line.
Support - Sustainable
MCIC
Publicrelations
MCIC regularly informed about their activities via sever-
al information channels. In 2020, there were 12 issues
of MCIC e-bulletin. The Annual Work Report for 2019
was prepared and published and MCIC web page was
fully functional and it was constantly updated. Part of
the contents is published on other social media enabling
in this way big visibility of the work of MCIC. In 2020,
the web page had 38,842 visits where the visitors saw
74,980 articles.
MCIC regularly communicated with the media via press
releases, direct contacts at presentations and promo-
tions. The contacts resulted with 248 news items. Most
of them concerned the research related to parliamenta-
ry elections, crisis caused by Covid-19, 100 days of the
Government, EU integration and relations with Bulgaria.
Part of the posts concerned Civica Mobilitas events.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020
22
MCIC’sCouncil

» Aleksandar Zarkov (SSK)

» Boban Mitevski (MOC)

» Vancho Stojanov (Vasilevo municipality)

» Viktor Arnaudoski (ZELS)

» German Filkov (CCC)

» Dragan Sekulovski (AJM)

» Elena Kochoska (Polio Plus)

» Irsal Jakupi (IRC)

» Lulzim Haziri (ADI)

» Marija Ackovski (Evangelical-Methodist Church
(EMC))

» Marko Troshanovski (IDSCS)

» Nazim Rashidi (Diversity Media)

» Nikica Kusinikova (Konekt)

» Rizvan Sulejmani (SB of MCIC)

» Samet Skenderi (InSok)

» Sanja Vasić (Telma)

» Sasho Klekovski

» Sonja Stefanovska-Trajanoska (UNDP)

» Toni Zatkovski (Krivogaštani municipality
Organization
MCIC’s Council held one session where 2019 MCIC’s An-
nual Work Report was adopted, along with the Finan-
cial Report and the Independent Audit Report. Apart
from this, in view of the elections for a new Council
composition, there were decisions made on the num-
ber of Council members, Nomination Committee for
election of the Council and a List of Authorised Nomi-
nating Parties for membership of MCIC Council.
There were five sessions of the MCIC’s Governance
Board.
GovernanceBoard
1. Rizvan Sulejmani, Chairman, Doctor of Political
Science, Director of the Institute for Political
and Intercultural Studies in Skopje
2. Elena Kochoska, Deputy Chairperson, Polio
Plus
3. Samet Skenderi, member of the HDZR
“Mesečina” – Gostivar
4. Naser Selmani, former President of the
Association of Journalists of Macedonia
5. Goran Mihajlovski, editor of the Internet portal
“I want to say”
6. Boban Mitevski, Macedonian Orthodox Church
7. Sanja Vasić, editor of the national television
Telma and a Voice of America correspondent

Personnel – Executive Office
At the end of 2020, there were 22 people working in MCIC. Almost half of the employees (10) have indefinite period
contracts. In 2020, they attended 11 trainings, individually or as a group; three were group ones and eight for indi-
vidual training.
Emina Nuredinoska (until March)
enr@mcms.mk
Valentina Atanasovska
vat@mcms.mk
Jasmina Ristovska
jrs@mcms.mk
Snezhana Kamilovska Trpovska
skt@mcms.mk
Aleksandra Savevska
asv@mcms.mk
Valentina Chicheva
vch@mcms.mk
Simona Ognenovska (until March)
sog@mcms.mk
Darko Dimov
ddm@mcms.mk
Jasmina Chaushoska
jch@mcms.mk
Sara Mustafa
sms@mcms.mk
Natasha Dimova
niv@mcms.mk
Fanija Ivanovska
fiv@mcms.mk
Aleksandra Siljanovska (until No-
vember)
asl@mcms.mk
Aleksandar Kostadinov
aks@mcms.mk
Jelmaz Dervishi
jdr@mcms.mk
Blinera Rexhepi
brd@mcms.mk
Florian Mehmeti
fmh@mcms.mk
BoardofDirectors
First Executive Director
Aleksandar Krzhalovski
akr@mcms.mk
Executive Director
Gonce Jakovleska (until July)
gjk@mcms.mk
LocalDevelopmentGroup
Goran Stamatoski
gst@mcms.mk
InformationGroup
Boris Ristovski
brs@mcms.mk
AdministrationGroup
Milka Bozhinovska Miova
mmv@mcms.mk
Adis Rahikj
arh@mcms.mk
Borche Jakimovski
bjk@mcms.mk
Danilo MItov
dmv@mcms.mk
CivilSocietyGroup

ANNUAL REPORT 2020
24
Independent Audit Opinion

REVENUES 2020 2019
DONATIONS AND GRANTS
European Union 10.617 37.908
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooper. 77.512 22.025
Swedish Agency for International Develop. 2.136 0
Tobacco companies 440 5.602
Other donors 1.694 2.720
Total donations and grants 92.398 68.256
OWN REVENUES
Macedonian Enterprise Development 1.674 2.169
NIRAS (Civica Mobilitas) 13.772 12.155
Other own revenues 2.840 381
Total own revenues 18.287 14.705
Interests and positive exchange rates 2.445 2.280
Extra revenues 2.053 525
TOTAL REVENUES 115.183 85.766
EXPENDITURES 2020 2019
CHARITY EXPENDITURES
Civica Mobilitas (PCM) 68.895 26.305
National Resource Center (NRC) 5.059 5.003
State Funding for CSOs (DFG) 3.727 5.249
Regional Anti-Corruption Network SELDI 337 12.470
Good Governance and Anti-Corruption (DVK) 786 0
Social Inclusion and Cohesion (SIK) 0 1.729
Supported Euro integration process 1.423 6.456
Expenditures for completed projects 221 0
Total charity expenditures 80.449 57.212
Total operational expenditures 29.189 29.773
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 109.638 86.985
BALANCE prior to taxation 5.546 -1.219
Tax on surplus of revenues over expenditures 198 165
BALANCE 5.348 -1.384
BALANCE STATEMENT 2020 2019
ASSETS 149.566 128.193
Capital Assets 8.138 8.090
Non-material Investments 960 960
Housing Funds 3.210 3.210
Total fixed assets 12.309 12.261
Cash and Cash Equivalents 28.913 1.654
Advance Payments 45 45
Accounts Receivables 3.983 6.771
Short-term Receivables 90.185 92.475
Other Receivables 14.131 14.987
Total Current Assets 137.257 115.932
LIABILITIES AND FUNDS 149.566 128.193
Accounts Payables 181 2.305
Other Short-term Liabilities 1.128 3.824
Total Liabilities 54.607 38.531
Funds 89.611 91.046
Assets/Liabilities ratio in current period 5.348 -1.384
Financial Report

Publisher
Macedonian Center for
International Cooperation
Address of the Publisher
Nikola Parapunov str., no.
41a, PO Box 55, 1060 Skopje,
Republic of Macedonia
Contact
Теl.: 02/3065-381
mcms@mcms.mk
www.mcms.mk
facebook.com/mcms.mk
Executive Director
Aleksandar Krzalovski
Responsible editor
Gonce Jakovleska
Preparation
Gonce Jakovleska
Photos
MCIC Photo Archive
Graphic Design
Boris Ristovski

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