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		<title>Fostering good governance in the city of Skopje. Increasing responsiveness in public parking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CRPM team has delivered a workshop on good governance in the public parking company in Skopje with special focus on developing responsiveness practices. The training program included: Introduction to the institutional and legal framework for corporate social responsibility, and customer care The communication models, information sharing mechanisms and the response schemes to citizens requests, [...]]]></description>
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<div>The CRPM team has delivered a workshop on good governance in the public parking company in Skopje with special focus on developing responsiveness practices. The training program included:</div>
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<li>Introduction to the institutional and legal framework for corporate social responsibility, and customer care</li>
<li>The communication models, information sharing mechanisms and the response schemes to citizens requests, claims and complaints</li>
<li>The quality of information provided in response to citizens requests, claims and complaints (precise, clear and prompt responses)</li>
<li>The professionalism and ethics of the service</li>
<li>The citizens satisfaction from the responsiveness of public services</li>
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<div>The training was held from 26-27<sup>th</sup> April 2012 in Ramada Plaza in Gevgelija. The training featured lectures from Marijana Velkova Lonchar and Marija Risteska together with Jeton Kransiqi and Ana Mickovska Raleva. The training resulted with design of a strategy and an action plan for increasing responsiveness practices in public parking companies.</div>
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<div><em>The project is funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation</em></div>
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		<title>Fostering good governance in the city of Skopje. Increasing participation in kindergartens</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CRPM team has delivered a workshop on good governance of child care services with a special focus on amplifying participation of parents in delivery of services in kindergartens from the municipality of Aerodrom . The training program included: The basics of citizens participation Importance and models of parents&#8217; participation in the delivery of childcare [...]]]></description>
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<div>The CRPM team has delivered a workshop on good governance of child care services with a special focus on amplifying participation of parents in delivery of services in kindergartens from the municipality of Aerodrom . The training program included:</div>
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<li>Importance and models of parents&#8217; participation in the delivery of childcare services</li>
<li>Presentation of findings from the field survey with parents and SWOT analysis based on the findings</li>
<li>Preparing instruments for fostering participation of parents</li>
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<div>The training was held from 23-24<sup>th</sup> April 2012 in Ramada Plaza in Gevgelija. The training featured lectures from Besim Nebiu and Ana Mickovska Raleva together with Marija Risteska and Jeton Krasniqi. The training resulted with design of several instruments for fostering communication with parents: brochures, questionnaires and an action plan for activities in which parents can take part.</div>
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		<title>Fostering good governance in the city of Skopje. Increasing efficiency in public transport</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CRPM team has delivered a workshop on good governance of public transport company in Skopje with special focus on boosting efficiency in the operation of JSP Skopje. The training program included: Introduction to making of process based public transport efficiency strategy Increasing efficiency at the beginning of the trip Increasing efficiency in transit between [...]]]></description>
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<div>The CRPM team has delivered a workshop on good governance of public transport company in Skopje with special focus on boosting efficiency in the operation of JSP Skopje. The training program included:</div>
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<li>Introduction to making of process based public transport efficiency strategy</li>
<li>Increasing efficiency at the beginning of the trip</li>
<li>Increasing efficiency in transit between stations</li>
<li>Increasing efficiency at the end of the trip</li>
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<div>The training was held from 24-25<sup>th</sup> April 2012 in Ramada Plaza in Gevgelija. The training featured lectures from Andrej Pulejkov and Marija Risteska together with Jeton Kransiqi and Ana Mickovska Raleva. The training resulted with design of an action plan for increasing efficiency in public transport.</div>
<div><em>The project is funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation</em></div>
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		<title>Направи чекор-биди креативен!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Од пред некое време ги забележав последните рекламни спотови од кампањата на Владата за претприемништво, на кои се прикажуваат приказни на различни претприемачи кои со силата на ‘добрата идеја’ успеале да направат одличен бизнис и богатство. Некои од нив се: основачот на Амазон он-лајн книжарницата, изумителите на спојувалката за хартија, на ‘фризби-то’ и други.  Помислувам, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Од пред некое време ги забележав последните рекламни спотови од кампањата на Владата за претприемништво, на кои се прикажуваат приказни на различни претприемачи кои со силата на ‘добрата идеја’ успеале да направат одличен бизнис и богатство. Некои од нив се: основачот на Амазон он-лајн книжарницата, изумителите на спојувалката за хартија, на ‘фризби-то’ и други.  Помислувам, секоја чест за луѓево, како се сетиле на некои работи пред сите други и како верувале во својот изум. Си викам, ајде и мене нешто да ми текне генијално и оригинално. Па почнав да шетам низ соба како  Балтазар во цртаниот филм, со надеж дека овој метод ќе ме донесе до оригинален изум, ама – ништо.</p>
<div id="attachment_650" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://policy.mk/policywp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ana_debates.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-650 " title="Ana_debates" src="http://policy.mk/policywp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ana_debates-300x129.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="129" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">„Сеуште дивергентното мислење се занемарува, критичкото мислење се осудува, наставникот и учебникот сеуште ‘господарат’ со информациите а интернетот се користи како извор за потврдување на истите. Нема посебни програми за талентираните и надарените ученици со кои би се негувал нивниот потенцијал. “</p></div>
<p>Па си го вратив филмот назад во времето кога бев ученичка во основно училиште. Секогаш не ‘учеа’ дека секоја задача или прашање имаат еден точен одговор, дека треба да се јавиш да одговараш само ако си сигурен дека го знаеш тој одговор. Ако не – седи и молчи за да не ‘тропнеш’ некоја глупост. Затоа, секогаш кога пишував домашна задача, а мајка ми се обидуваше да ме насочи да додадам нешто повеќе од традиционалниот ‘точен одговор’ и кога татко ми се обидуваше да ми покаже како можам да ја решам задачата преку друг метод од оној кој ни го покажале на училиште, веднаш се бунев: ‘Не, не смеам така, ќе се налути наставничката’. И навистина чувствував страв дека ако покажам креативност и неконвенционално размислување ќе бидам не само неразбрана, туку и критикувана.</p>
<p>Карактеристиките на ‘добар ученик’ и начинот на размислување кој се очекува и толерира од истиот не се сменија ни во средното училиште, ниту пак на факултет. Секогаш се бараше да го знаеме единствениот точен одговор, а креативноста (ако нешто од неа останало) можеше да се искаже само по предметите ликовно и макдедонски јазик и литература, иако и таму знаеја да ‘паднат’ критики ако не си го погодил она што наставникот/професорот си го замислил.</p>
<p>Да се вратам на првичната мисла – како да очекуваме да добијам генијална идеја ако моите обиди за креативно, т.е. дивергентно размислување постојано биле потиснувани во текот на формалното образование. Тој период не беше толку одамна, а одтогаш начинот на работа во нашите училишта не е многу променет, и покрај сите обуки кои наставниците ги поминаа изминативе години. Сеуште дивергентното мислење се занемарува, критичкото мислење се осудува, наставникот и учебникот сеуште ‘господарат’ со информациите а интернетот се користи како извор за потврдување на истите. Нема посебни програми за талентираните и надарените ученици со кои би се негувал нивниот потенцијал. На универзитетите критичкото мислење уште повеќе се задушува со тестовите со повеќечлен одговор и есеите кои најчесто се прават по принципот ‘copy-paste’.<span id="more-647"></span></p>
<p>Тоа не значи дека нема креативни поединци кои успеале да испливаат од морето на едноличноста и да направат изум кој ќе биде ценет. Ама, ако ги проценуваме ваквите личности според формални критериуми, како на пример пријавени изуми во Агенцијата за патенти, податоците се поразителни. Колку за пример, во Македонија во 2009 година се поднеле 37 пријави за лиценцирање патенти наспроти 397 во Словенија и 1933 во Финска. Не случајно ги побарав податоците за овие земји. Се водев од податокот дека Финските ученици редовно ги постигнуваат најдобрите резултати на меѓународните испитувања на знаење  (PISA, PIRLS, TIMSS) на кои првенствено се тестира критичкото размислување и способноста за решавање проблеми, а Словенечките ученици се убедливо најдобри во споредба со учениците од останатите балкански држави. Не ми е познато дали нивните влади ги поттикнуваат со кампањи за ‘изумителство’ но нешто ми кажува дека бројноста на нивните патенти не е резултат на ваква кампања. Напротив, таа се должи на континуирано и систематско поттикнување и негување на креативноста во текот на образованието и охрабрување дека дури и од нешто што на прв поглед наликува на ‘глупост’ всушност може да призлезе генијален изум.</p>
<p>И ајде сега во жицата види спојувалка ако цел живот ти кажувале дека жицата е само жица и не може да биде ништо друго!</p>
<p>Автор: Ана Мицковска- Ралева</p>
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<p>The Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) from Skopje, in partnership with the Centre for European Studies and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung office in Skopje will publish series of timely, well-targeted policy briefs addressing key challenges and opportunities of the future of fyr Macedonia’s EU accession. For that purpose we are announcing the following:</p>
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<h1 align="center"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>CALL FOR PAPERS</strong></span></h1>
<p align="center">On the following topics:</p>
<p align="center">(deadline extended by 11 of April)</p>
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<p><strong>1. Trade, investment and single market in goods and services</strong></p>
<p>•    The impact of trade on both EU27 and accession countries &#8211; e.g. impact on employment levels (&#8220;local jobs&#8221;) and GDP for EU exporters/importers andMacedonia</p>
<p>•    Short-term vs medium-term impact on GDP and other indicators in EU and accession countries, e.g. &#8220;tax burden&#8221;</p>
<p>•    Harmonization of product standards and product safety</p>
<p>•    Terms of trade &#8211; non-tariff vs tariff barriers, equal access to markets vs protectionism (&#8220;fear of cheaper imports&#8221;), including common agricultural policy</p>
<p>•    Overall impact of widening EU market (&#8216;soft power&#8217; of EU standards in food safety, product labeling, etc.)</p>
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<p><strong>2. Mobility: tourism, travel, migration</strong></p>
<p>•    Impact on tourism revenue for both EU27 countries andMacedonia</p>
<p>•    Student exchanges &#8211; raising educational standards and mutual understanding (economic impact, raising professional standards in public and private sectors)</p>
<p>•    Visa-free relations, impact of the new EU visa policy onMacedonia, ease of cross-border travel (&#8220;fear of organized crime&#8221;)</p>
<p>•    Prospects for internal affairs reform inMacedoniain those sectors which have international links, e.g. border management, combating corruption and organized crime.</p>
<p>•    Trends in asylum-seeking/refugees after waves of EU enlargement and impact on public opinion of labor migration and asylum-seekers</p>
<p>•    Minority rights in EU andMacedonia, and trends in anti-immigrant public opinion/political parties in EU</p>
<p>•    Impact of remittances on economic development ofMacedonia&#8221;taking money out of EU economies vs taking responsibility for economic development at home&#8221;)</p>
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<p><strong>3. Gender awareness</strong></p>
<p>•    Analysis of women&#8217;s rights, in particular access to education and health care and scope for EU advice in increasing girls&#8217; equal participation</p>
<p>•    Potential, e.g. through training, for greater women&#8217;s participation in professional life &#8211; both national and local government, private sector, senior management in Macedonia</p>
<p>•    Awareness about understanding of different countries&#8217; efforts/lack of efforts to improve equality of access and participation, and scope for, and limits of, EU &#8216;soft power&#8217; influence</p>
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<p><strong>4. Good governance and democratic reform</strong></p>
<p>•    The EU role in promotion of good governance inMacedoniaand measures of progress on &#8220;good governance&#8221;, in particular public administration reform, judicial reform, capacity of law enforcement etc.</p>
<p>•    Implications for EU support and &#8216;soft power&#8217; in democratization reforms in candidate/post-candidate countries</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>5. EU financial instruments towards candidate countries &#8211; past, present, future</strong></p>
<p>•    Study of impact of different EU mechanisms and agreements &#8211; ENPI, IPA, EIDHR, SAAs, EPA</p>
<p>•    Lessons for review/refinement in terms of civil society support (&#8220;what is there to show for EU funding through taxpayers&#8217; money?&#8221;)</p>
<p>•    Lessons for review/refinement in terms of professionalizing public administration and strengthening good governance</p>
<p>•    Scope for country-driven reform agendas and tailor-made support programs.</p>
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<p>All policy briefs will be subjected to internal and external peer review as part of the CRPM commitment to quality standards in policy work.</p>
<p><strong>Application process</strong><br />
Applicants should submit a completed application form to eupolicybriefs@gmail.com by April 11, 2012. The successful applicants will be notified in mid April, 2012. The application consists of 250-300 word abstract, and a short narrative biography [max 300 words].</p>
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		<title>Programme for the conference “Achieving social and economic sustainability through energy efficiency on central and local level”</title>
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<p style="text-align: left;">The Center for Research and Policy Making invites you to the Regional conference “Achieving social and economic sustainability through energy efficiency on central and local level” The conference will be held on the 20th of March in Hotel Continental, starting at 09:00 am. The conference aims to discuss the issues of energy efficient local communities and energy poverty. You can information about the project, the conference agenda and biographies of the speakers on the following link.</p>
<p><a title="Conference programme" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/85859205/Conference-Programme">http://www.scribd.com/doc/85859205/Conference-Programme</a></p>
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		<title>Call for papers: &#8220;EU Enlargement &#8211; Challenges, Benefits, Opportunities for Macedonia&#8221;</title>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>About:</strong> The Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) from Skopje, in partnership with the Centre for European Studies and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung office in Skopje will publish series of timely, well-targeted policy briefs addressing key challenges and opportunities of the future of Macedonia’s EU accession. For that purpose we are announcing the following</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><strong>                                                                  CALL FOR PAPERS  </strong></h2>
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<p>On the following topics:</p>
<p><strong>1. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Trade, investment and single market in goods and services</span></strong></p>
<p>•    The impact of trade on both EU27 and accession countries &#8211; e.g. impact on employment levels (&#8220;local jobs&#8221;) and GDP for EU exporters/importers and Macedonia</p>
<p>•    Short-term vs medium-term impact on GDP and other indicators in EU and accession countries, e.g. &#8220;tax burden&#8221;</p>
<p>•    Harmonization of product standards and product safety</p>
<p>•    Terms of trade &#8211; non-tariff vs tariff barriers, equal access to markets vs protectionism (&#8220;fear of cheaper imports&#8221;), including common agricultural policy</p>
<p>•    Overall impact of widening EU market (&#8216;soft power&#8217; of EU standards in food safety, product labeling, etc.)</p>
<p><strong>2. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mobility: tourism, travel, migration</span></strong></p>
<p>•    Impact on tourism revenue for both EU27 countries and Macedonia</p>
<p>•    Student exchanges &#8211; raising educational standards and mutual understanding (economic impact, raising professional standards in public and private sectors)</p>
<p>•    Visa-free relations, impact of the new EU visa policy on Macedonia, ease of cross-border travel (&#8220;fear of organized crime&#8221;)</p>
<p>•    Prospects for internal affairs reform in Macedonia in those sectors which have international links, e.g. border management, combating corruption and organized crime.</p>
<p>•    Trends in asylum-seeking/refugees after waves of EU enlargement and impact on public opinion of labor migration and asylum-seekers</p>
<p>•    Minority rights in EU and Macedonia, and trends in anti-immigrant public opinion/political parties in EU</p>
<p>•    Impact of remittances on economic development of Macedonia &#8220;taking money out of EU economies vs taking responsibility for economic development at home&#8221;)</p>
<p><strong>3. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Gender awareness</span></strong></p>
<p>•    Analysis of women&#8217;s rights, in particular access to education and health care and scope for EU advice in increasing girls&#8217; equal participation</p>
<p>•    Potential, e.g. through training, for greater women&#8217;s participation in professional life &#8211; both national and local government, private sector, senior management in Macedonia</p>
<p>•    Awareness about understanding of different countries&#8217; efforts/lack of efforts to improve equality of access and participation, and scope for, and limits of, EU &#8216;soft power&#8217; influence</p>
<p><strong>4. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Good governance and democratic reform</span></strong></p>
<p>•    The EU role in promotion of good governance in Macedonia and measures of progress on &#8220;good governance&#8221;, in particular public administration reform, judicial reform, capacity of law enforcement etc.</p>
<p>•    Implications for EU support and &#8216;soft power&#8217; in democratization reforms in candidate/post-candidate countries</p>
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<p><strong>5.</strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong> EU financial instruments towards candidate countries &#8211; past, present, future</strong></span></p>
<p>•    Study of impact of different EU mechanisms and agreements &#8211; ENPI, IPA, EIDHR, SAAs, EPA</p>
<p>•    Lessons for review/refinement in terms of civil society support (&#8220;what is there to show for EU funding through taxpayers&#8217; money?&#8221;)</p>
<p>•    Lessons for review/refinement in terms of professionalizing public administration and strengthening good governance</p>
<p>•    Scope for country-driven reform agendas and tailor-made support programs.</p>
<p>All policy briefs will be subjected to internal and external peer review as part of the CRPM commitment to quality standards in policy work.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Application process</strong></span> :Applicants should submit a completed application form to  <strong>eupolicybriefs@gmail.com</strong> by <strong>April 1, 2012.</strong> The successful applicants will be notified in mid April, 2012.  The application consists of 250-300 word abstract, and a short narrative biography [max 300 words], and a request for travel/accommodation support.</p>
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