Today, our partners from the EHO Educational Humanitarian Organization Association, within the framework of the project "Through women's activism and initiatives to gender-inclusive and responsible municipalities", signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Municipality of Shtip. We are implementing this project together with the EHO Educational Humanitarian Organization Association and the INI Initiative of Unemployed Intellectuals Association.

With this partnership, we are taking an important step towards the realization of the project "Through women's activism and initiatives to gender-inclusive and responsible municipalities", which offers practical solutions for transformative changes in the community.

The Memorandum aims to:

  1. Assessment of the current priorities and needs of women and girls in the local community;
  2. Mobilizing women and girls in creating gender-sensitive policies and programs in the community;
  3. Support in the organization of 1 local Forum of
    the community, as well as participation of representatives from the municipal administration in the implementation of other activities related to the presentation and determination of priorities for the preparation of gender budget initiatives;
  4. Participation in a regional conference;
  5. Support in mobilizing and creating a core of female activist leaders, including female activists from political parties and heads of municipal administration;
  6. Active involvement of municipal employees in
    activities/workshops on gender responsive budgeting;
  7. Involving women and girls from the community in creating municipal programs and projects;
  8. Support in mobilizing women and girls from the community to participate in open days to promote project activities and gender-responsive budgeting;
  9. Advocacy and advocacy for the implementation of gender budget initiatives proposed by the project team.

Together we build a more just and inclusive community!


The project "Through women's activism and initiatives to gender-inclusive and responsive municipalities" is financially supported by the Government of Switzerland through Civica Mobilitas.
Civica Mobilitas is a project of the Swiss Government to support civil society in North Macedonia, implemented by the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC), NIRAS from Denmark, and FCG from Sweden.
The goal of the program is social changes in North Macedonia that are driven by a strong civil sector, active citizens and good cooperation with the authorities, resulting in expanded civic space, more sustainable civil society organizations and more transparent, accountable and socially inclusive governance at the central and local levels.
The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Swiss Government, Civica Mobilitas or the organizations implementing it.

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