THROUGH REGIONAL INITIATIVES TO SUCCESSFUL REFORMS IN JUDICIARY AND FIGHTING CORRUPTION

[foogallery id="11373"] Proper implementation of reforms and rule of law as condition for faster EU membership are some of the points from today’s Fourth Regional Expert meeting on Cluster 1 “Fundamental values” within the project "Let Justice Rule the Region", which marks the completion of the annual activities of the National Convention for European Union in the Republic of North Macedonia (NCEU-MK), supported by the EU Delegation and SlovakAid and the Regional Initiative “"Let Just ...

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15 SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP 4, ‘JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY’ (CHAPTER 24): STRENGHTENED INTERINSTITUCIONAL COOPERATION AS A PRECONDITION FOR MORE EFFICIENT FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS

[foogallery id="11008"] Increasing the operational and strategic exchange of data and coordinating joint actions with international organizations and local bodies in the field of interinstitutional and international cooperation in fighting financial crime is needed. Developing intelligence-led policing (ILP) in the agencies for better strategic leading the cases, as well as increasing the capacities for trainings of the personnel, introducing specialized teams and technical strengthening of t ...

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SEVENTH PLENARY CONFERENCE OF NCEU-MK: IT IS TIME FOR LEADERSHIP AND WISE DECISIONS ON THE PATH TO EU

“Geopolitcs has created new possibilities for EU enlargement, but these windows can not stay open forever. My advice is not to repeat the mistakes from the past. Now you can use that possibility. It is time for leadership”, Miroslav Lajčák, special EU representative for the dialogue Belgrade-Prishtina and regional matters of Western Balkans said at today’s Seventh Plenary conference of the National Convention for European Union in Republic of North Macedonia (NCEU-MK) on topic “Cluster ...

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GREATER INVESTMENTS IN AGRICULTURE AND IN HUMAN POTENTIAL TOWARDS EU

[foogallery id="11203"] Devoted process for implementation of quality agricultural policy based on human capacities with their expertise, who have to be well educated and trained on the way to EU is needed. Greater intersectoral cooperation and dialogue involving all stakeholders, as well as investments and consistency in the cycle of policies is also needed. These are part of the recommendations of today’s 12 session of the Working group 1-“Agriculture and rural development” (Chapte ...

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Digitalization and reorganization in judiciary will contribute towards more qualitative judiciary and efficient court procedures

The Government and the relevant institutions should foster the process of developing and full implementation of the Platform for interoperability among courts and other relevant institutions. Mechanism for fast securing necessary information and data through appointing intern contact persons with security certificates and privileged access to data from relevant institutions should be established, who can get the necessary information for court procedures without sending formal requests in a form ...

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EMMK and ZMAI signed Memorandum for cooperation

[foogallery id="10779"] The European movement in the Republic of North Macedonia (EMMK) and the Association for research and analyses (ZMAI) have signed Memorandum for cooperation. With this Memorandum a frame for joint cooperation and support of activities that promote European integration, regional cooperation, research, analyses and other projects connected to this topics will be established. EMMK and ZMAI with the Memorandum commit themselves to support the activities of the platform for d ...

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QUALITY AND RELIABLE DATA-CRUCIAL FOR REALIZATION OF THE REFORM PROCESSES NECESSARY FOR EU

[foogallery id="10752"] Institutional strengthening of the systems for collecting and analyses of data in the public sector, integration of indicators for rule of law and control of the corruption in the state strategies, as well as introduction of mandatory transparency of all state institutions through publishing data in an open format, development of program for education for managing data in the public sector and promotion of the portals for open data with improved visualization for analyti ...

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JOINT MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUPS

On 21st of august 2024 in hotel “Panoramika” joint meeting of the working groups was held, whereas representatives of the 5 working groups were present as well as the state counsellor in the Ministry of European affairs, Dragan Tilev, who presented the actual conditions with which we face in regards to euro-integrations. At the beginning prof. Gurovska, the national coordinator of NCEU-MK and president of the European movement addressed, thanking all present and highlighting that this str ...

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BIGGER AVALIABILITY TO PUBLIC DATA FOR DIGITALIZATION OF THE PROCESSES

[foogallery id="10617"] Public data should be free and available for all citizens. The institutions that possess public data must accept that these data belong to the public and not the institutions themselves. Business models based on selling public data should be reformed, the policy of open data should be obligatory for all institutions on central and local level. Centralized planning of data infrastructure under unique entity is needed so that consistency, efficiency and interoperability am ...

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FOURTHEENTH SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP 3 “JUDUCIARY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS”: THE AMANDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE FROM SEPTEMBER 2023 ARE NOT IN LINE WITH THE EFFORTS FOR FIGHTING CORRUPTION

[foogallery id="10323"] The changes in the Criminal Code from 2023 have harmed the judiciary system and the outcome of the criminal proceedings connected to the high corruption cases because most of them have stopped because of obsolescence. Legal mechanisms are needed to  in order for the harmful consequences from the law changes to be mitigated. These are the points from the 14th session of the Working group 3 “Judiciary and fundamental rights” (Chapter 23) on the following topic: � ...

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14 SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP 4-JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY: BIGGER ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY OF THE POLICE FOR ENCREASED CITIZENS’ TRUST

[foogallery id="10422"] The Ministry of interior should follow actual efforts of the European Union for strengthening the mechanisms for police acting with integrity, ensuring transparency for its’ work in the community. The starting pre-condition for the development of the police integrity is to protect the procedure for accepting new police officers, that will guarantee that the employment contract in the Ministry of interior will be offered to the best candidates. The test for integri ...

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Eleventh session of Working Group 1 – Agriculture and Rural Development (Chapter 11): “Transfer of Knowledge and Innovation: Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS)”

"Transfer of Knowledge and Innovation: Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS)" was the topic of the eleventh session of Working Group 1 - Agriculture and Rural Development (Chapter 11) of the National Convention on the European Union in the Republic of North Macedonia (NKEU-MK), which took place on March 5, 2024 in the Club of Members of the Parliament. Within the session, a panel discussion was held in which the participants highlighted the role and benefits of the Agricultural ...

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