Projects

Recent Projects

Barriers for Access to Finance

Business environment

The objective of the Project is to identify the main reasons why access to finance remains a key challenge for companies in North Macedonia, especially for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). In addition, the Project will explore policy options and potential actions to increase and improve the access to finance. The Project is supported […]

Towards Reducing the Bureaucracy Burden (Bureaucracy Index)

Business environment

The “Bureaucracy Index” is a simple and transparent quantification of the term ”red tape”, which is mentioned in the media every day, but rarely in any quantitative terms. Globally, there are a variety of indexes and competitiveness rankings methods that comprehensively assess the quality of law enforcement, infrastructure and tax law from a business environment […]

STEM education and career – a challenge for girls and young women (WomenInStem)

Female entrepreneurship

STEM education and career – a challenge for girls and young women (WomenInStem) is a project that will promote careers (professions) in the STEM fieldс (science, technology, engineering and math) with a main focus on young girls / women. Through a campaign to promote STEM careers by women with successful careers in this field, it […]

STEMΞquality – Empowering girls and young women to follow STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and professional careers

Female entrepreneurship

STEMΞquality is a project that will promote education and professional careers in the STEM field (science, technology, engineering and math) of girls/young women. That will enhance the career opportunities for young women, reduce gender inequalities and will increase women empowerment. The early age differences and choices have a long-term effect on the women’s transition from […]

Qualitative Study and Integrated Study of Non Standard Forms of Employment

Labor market

Many non-standard forms of employment are not easily identified in labour force surveys or labour market registries. Disguised employment relationships and dependent self-employment; temporary agency work or other multiparty employment arrangements; platform work; and on call work may all be difficult to discern, or have characteristics that are difficult to discern, through standard labour force […]

PERHOUSE: Personal and household services (PHS) in Central and Eastern European Countries: Improving working conditions and services through industrial relations

Labor market

The PERHOUSE seeks to improve working conditions and personal and household services through industrial relations in Central European countries. The PERHOUSE project seeks to analyze the current characteristics and challenges related to service provision and working conditions in the personal and household services (PHS) sectors in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Demand for […]