„Quick” and „cheap” loans for expensive and aggravated capital project implementation
Concluding direct agreements on capital infrastructure projects without public bidding, increases the risk of corruption. This could be observed...
Video: Berlin Process Think Tank Forum Skopje 2020
https://youtu.be/6nLDSJ1Ka6E
The Institute for Democracy and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Sofia organised the 3rd Think Tank Forum,...
Parliamentary Elections Handbook 2020
The Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis – Skopje (IDSCS) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) office in Skopje present the first volume of...
Podcast: Marie Jelenka Kirchner – Making Europe Strong Again in its entirety. The German EU Council Presidency 2020 and its implications for North Macedonia
Podcast with Marie Jelenka Kirchner, Associate Researcher at IDSCS.
Germany takes over their “Corona Presidency” of the Council of the...
A comparative overview of the role of parliaments in anti-corruption oversight in the region
The oversight role of the Parliament is key to ensuring increased accountability and transparency of the executive branch. Given...
Podcast: Marie Jelenka Kirchner – Global change starts at the doorstep: Why the Western Balkans matter for Ursula von der Leyen’s geopolitical Commission
Podcast with Marie Jelenka Kirchner, Associate Researcher at IDSCS.
Marie Jelenka in this podcast explains how the connected futures of...
Role of the Assembly in the European integration: anti-corruption
In early February 2020, the European Commission presented a new negotiating methodology. The key novelty is the grouping of...
North Macedonia in NATO: a chance for an increased oversight role of the Parliament
The recent membership of North Macedonia in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is expected to mark increased activity...
Uniformity and Differentiation in the Fundamentals of EU Membership: The EU Rule of Law Acquis in the Pre- and Post-accession Contexts
The paper discusses the nexus between the EU pre-accession conditionality and membership obligations to guarantee respect for the rule...
Institute for Democracy’s reaction on the outcome of the 2020 EU-Western Balkans Summit in Zagreb
Amidst the uncertainty and upheaval of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, heads of states and governments from EU member states...
