Македонски центар за меѓународна соработка - МЦМС

The organization Cenzura Plus from Croatia included MCIC, as well as other organizations from the Western Balkans and the European Union, in the implementation of the project “Sustainability of humanistic values and democratic principles = Sustainability of the EU" whose activities took place from 2017 to 2019.

Within this project, on April 24, 2019 MCIC organized lecture on the topic "Access to EU and other funds" at University Mother Teresa in Skopje. Students had the opportunity to be informed about the funding opportunities available in the country and current donor policies and strategies. They expressed interest in funds available for universities that would allow them to enrich their research portfolios and willingness to build partnerships with other international research institutes, universities and CSOs.

On April 25, 2019, at MCIC premises coordinative meeting for reforming the state funding system for CSOs was held. The meeting was attended by representatives of 17 CSOs who discussed the two main topics:

1. Challenges regarding the state funding of CSOs;
2. Key guidelines for the development of the state funding system CSOs.

The meeting represents a joint effort by the civil society organizations to advocate about the reform of the state funding system of CSOs.

These activates were conducted within the project: “Sustainability of humanistic values and democratic principles = Sustainability of the EU" implemented by the organization Cenzura Plus from Croatia in partnership with organizations from the Western Balkans and the EU. The project is supported by the EU - Europe for Citizens Programme under the Decision number 2017-1484/001-001.

More information about the project and the implemented activities can be found at the following links:

• http://cenzura.hr/vijest/sustainability-of-humanistic-values-and-democratic-principles-sustainability-of-the-eu/974
• http://cenzura.hr/sadrzaj/pdf/Information_template.pdf