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The tenets of equality and non-discrimination are the basic elements of the international legal framework with reference to human rights. Despite the fact that Republic of Macedonia had ratified most of the international legal instruments, the state does not possess elaborated strategy for promotion of human rights and freedoms as well as capacity building of civil society organizations and state administration, regarding human rights. The civil society in the country on the other hand is quite fragmented and with low level of activism of the civil society organizations and citizens on issues related to non-discrimination. At the beginning of the year, within the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, a working group was formed responsible for preparation of a general Law on Non-Discrimination. The civil society organizations have their own representatives in this body. The overall goal is further development of supportive environment for equal opportunities of all people, i.e. non-discrimination in Macedonia. The objective of the project was improved coordination and joint activities of the civil society organizations and state institutions with aim of promotion of equal opportunities and non-discrimination as well as capacity building thereof. The target group is civil society organizations and representatives from the bodies of the state administration. The target area is Republic of Macedonia.The project implemented the following results: established informal civic coalition for non-discrimination (Macedonia without Discrimination); held seven coordination meetings of the coalitions; held two trainings for the civil society organizations wherein more than 40 participants took part; strengthened capacities of the state institutions, such as the office of the Ombudsman, through realization of three trainings and one training on non-discrimination for journalists. The project consisted of two main activities: - Establishment of civil society coalition for non-discrimination - Capacity building of the civic coalition for non-discrimination - Capacity building of state institutions The assumptions which influenced on and contributed to achievement of the project results were: interest for mutual cooperation of the civil society organizations and interest for increase of the level of capacity of organizations and institutions. The activities were conducted in coordination with the included civil society organizations.
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