Македонски центар за меѓународна соработка - МЦМС

Authors: Dejan Misevski, Darko Buldioski, Boris Ristovski, Marko Trosanovski, Misa Popovic, Miso Dokmanovic, Sanja Gicevska, Bojana Jovanovska
Date: June, 2011
ISBN 978-608-4617-37-2
PDF:   civic-practices-12-civic-engagement-2011.pdf

MCIC after almost eight years since the first issue of Civic Practices renew their publication, this time just in electronic version, but in two more languages (Albanian and English).

The new Civic Practices came as a result of Civicus – Civil Society Index. They are a result of the effort to have an in-depth view of the civil society. This 12th issue of Civic Practices is dedicated to civic engagement. Eight authors in total researched five topics related to civil engagement. On the pages of this issue you could read about the participation of the citizens in the political non-partisan activities through current examples, such as the protests against the change of the constitutional name, the protests and petitions about Skopje 2014 project. The social media are a subject of interest in two of the case studies. How are they used by the civil society organisations, what messages are sent via them, is there an interaction? Mobilising the citizens via the social networks is elaborated through the example of "Ploštad Sloboda" initiative. The last two case studies refer to volunteering: What is the current state of affairs in the development of volunteering, especially after the adoption of the Law on Volunteering? What is the general profile of the persons that volunteer in the social and humanitarian organisations? What are the main motives that encourage the people to be involved in volunteering activities?

You have an excellent offer of texts in front of you. We believe that you will enjoy reading them and, moreover, we believe that they will help you in the current activities and the planning of your future activities.