Projects

Recent Projects

Assessment of Policies in Combating Informal Employment and Rapid Appraisal of Applicability and Transferability of EU Policies to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Business environment

The project aim was to develop a Background study on the causes and effects of the high informality and undeclared work in Macedonia, using a holistic approach developed by Prof. Colin Williams and used in the EU countries. The background study was then sued to develop an Action Plan for Combating Undeclared Work which was […]

Assessment of the Performance of Macedonia on the European Pillar of Social Rights (including the Social Scoreboard)

Social policy

The main purpose of the project was to assess the performance of Macedonia (as an EU candidate country) on the European Pillar of Social Rights. The aim of the country reviews is to provide DG EMPL (of the European Commission) with a synthetic overview on the current situation and trends regarding the performance of Macedonia […]

Improving the Quality of Primary Education across the Western Balkans through Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Coding Skills for Students

Education and skills

Macedonia2025 is tasked to conduct an evaluation of the British Council, project titled “21st Century Schools”. In particular, British Council is implementing and sponsoring a 36 month programme supporting up to 1million 10-15 year olds across the Western Balkans with, coding, critical thinking and problem solving (CTPS) skills to enable better opportunities for youth employment, […]

Female Entrepreneurs and Canadian Experts: Mentorship, Development and Sustainability

Female entrepreneurship

The aim of the project was to empower female-led business associations by assigning CESO Volunteer Advisors who intensively worked with them to strengthen their organizational capacities. Namely, three Volunteer Advisors provided technical assistance to Macedonian female-led associations, working in the sphere of advocacy for female entrepreneurship, gender equality and empowerment of women by providing increased […]

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 […]