Publications
Informative Brochure for Young Voters in Easy-to-Read Format
Publishing date: 15 October 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections, Good governance, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Informative Brochure for Young Voters presents the content of Manual for Young Voters, prepared by the State Election Commission (SEC) of the Republic of North Macedonia and the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in an easy-to-read format. It aims to present the information related to the political and electoral participation of youth in the country, why elections and voting are important for young women and men, the significance of inclusive elections and instructions for the voting process in format accessible to the people with learning disabilities. Not available in English.
Manual for Young Voters – Second edition
Publishing date: 15 October 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections, Good governance, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Manual, prepared by the State Election Commission (SEC) and the OSCE Mission to Skopje, aims to encourage political and electoral participation of youth in the country. It explains the models and bodies for youth political participation; why elections and voting are important for young women and men and the significance of inclusive elections. The publication also provides step-by-step instructions for the voting process. The Manual was initially published in 2020. This is second edition amended in accordance with the most recent changes of the Electoral Code. Not available in English.
Manual for Local Youth Councils
Publishing date: 28 June 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Good governance, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Manual for Local Youth Councils, prepared in close partnership with the Agency for Youth and Sport, is a practical and valuable tool for both municipal officials and young people regarding their engagement in the Local Youth Councils. It aims to encourage local youth participation in these bodies in compliance with the Law on Youth Participation and Youth Policies. The Manual contains practical steps how to establish Local Youth Council, roles and responsibilities for both municipal officials and youth council members and the handover process between the outgoing and incoming leadership. It was prepared in Macedonian language and translated into English, Albanian, Turkish, Serbian and Romani languages.
Manual for Young Voters
Publishing date: 7 April 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Manual, prepared by the State Election Commission (SEC) of the Republic of North Macedonia and the OSCE Mission to Skopje, aims to encourage political and electoral participation of youth in the country. It explains the models and bodies for youth political participation; why elections and voting are important for young women and men and the significance of inclusive elections. The publication also provides step-by-step instructions for the voting process. The Manual is also designed to assist SEC and youth organizations countrywide in their training programmes. Not available in English.
#OpenYourEyes campaign aiming to raise awareness of the dangers of human trafficking among young people
Publishing date: 29 January 2018
Content type: Poster
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Mission, together with the National Anti-Trafficking Commission, the Bureau for Development of Education, the Skopje-based NGO Open Gate ‒ La Strada, and UNITAS Fund Serbia, launched the #OpenYourEyes campaign aiming to raise awareness of the dangers of human trafficking among young people through the use of new technologies.
Youth Strategy of the Municipality of Kichevo 2017-2022
Publishing date: 24 January 2018
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education, Good governance, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The first Youth Strategy of the Municipality of Kichevo 2017-2022 was developed by the Kichevo Youth Council with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The strategy, which was unanimously adopted by the Kichevo Municipal Council on 23 November 2016, is an advocacy document that aims to establish the strategic commitment of the Municipality of Kichevo and the municipality’s Youth Council to work on the promotion of youth issues.
Manual for access to rights to social child protection
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The guide is intended primarily for employees in Roma Information Centers (RIC) to be a useful tool that will provide equality and accessibility to users of the Roma community to the process of realization of social rights and child protection. It has been developed in order to create a common approach of all stakeholders to the realization of social rights and child protection, to improve understanding of the process of exercising rights and to provide details on the process of realization of rights in the field of social and child protection. This guide is not available in English.
Age, Contact, Perceptions: How Schools Shape Relations Between Ethnicities
Publishing date: 1 January 2010
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A study carried out by among 4,000 students from 40 secondary schools countrywide in 2009. This study focuses primarily on the role of schools in shaping perceptions and the development of awareness of other ethnic groups, of positive and negative feelings towards other ethnic groups, as well as on teachers' comments about other ethnic communities and students' views of the causes of tensions among ethnic groups in schools.