Urban Resilience and Earthquake Preparedness

Skopje to host international conference commemorating 60th anniversary of the devastating Skopje earthquake

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As  the country looks towards the European Union, UNDP supports the government to build an inclusive society—where everyone has access to services and can participate in making decisions that affect their lives. Our support involves developing human and institutional capacities, providing knowledge, demonstrating solutions, building partnerships, and raising funds for development.

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Solidarity - From Overcoming Crisis to Sustainable Development

In the year that marks six decades since the devastating Skopje earthquake, UNDP prepared an extraordinary publication that addresses the topic of solidarity from various aspects

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45 Civil Society Organizations Received Grants Through the Regional Program ReLOaD2

The CSOs from eight municipalities in the country presented their projects for youth, social cohesion and inclusion, human rights, environmental protection, culture, and tourism, which they are implementing within the Regional Program on Local Democracy in the Western Balkans 2 - ReLOaD2

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Policies for Disability

Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Republic of North Macedonia

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From Paper to Pixels – The Digital Transformation of Municipalities

Digital transformation is not just about technology, but also about transparency and improving the quality of life of the citizens

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Solidarity, to tackle the development challenges of today

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Skopje earthquake, an anniversary suitable of reminiscing about the role ‘solidarity’ has played in the aftermath of disasters

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Betting on people

The focus of our Labs is to learn about bottom-up solutions to trigger action, and since the beginning of 2023, we have been working specifically on triggering climate action, as a part of a collective intelligence process together with 14 other UNDP offices and Labs

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Competitive call for civil society organizations

The purpose of this call is to support five local CSOs or coalition of local CSOs' project concepts for tackling air pollution in Strumica, Kavadarci, Kumanovo, Struga and Gostivar

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Hey youngster! Wanna be a change-maker? Go for it!

Imagine that you are a young man or woman in your 20s and you live in one of the less developed municipalities in the country. What would be the reason that would encourage you to stay and build the future in your hometown instead of moving to Skopje or to one of the Western European countries?

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Lessons Learned: Flash flood simulation builds disaster preparedness in the Polog Region

The municipalities from the Polog Region with support of the “Improving Resilience to Floods in the Polog Region” project funded by the Government of Switzerland embarked on a transformative flood resilience-building journey transitioning from “first responders” to “first preventers”.

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Прв повик за финансирање техничка документација за инфраструктурни проекти

Ги повикуваме општинитe и центрите за развој на планските региони да поднесат барања за обезбедување финансиска помош за изработка на техничка документација за приоритетни инфраструктурни проекти во рамки на Фондот за техничка документација

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President Pendarovski participated in a civic forum in Novo Selo within the program “Empowering Municipal Councils”

Pendarovski, together with the Swiss Ambassador Veronique Hulmann and UNDP Resident Representative Armen Grigoryan, attended the third session of the Community Forums in this municipality

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Healthy Forests for Healthy People

In the midst of increasing ecological problems in urban areas, communities throughout the Western Balkans are increasingly actively fighting for the preservation of forest and green areas

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UNDP North Macedonia and EBRD have partnered together to implement the Green Finance Facility (GFF) project

By developing and operationalizing the Green Finance Facility project, access to finance for SMEs and households to purchase renewable energy (RE) and energy efficient (EE) investments will be significantly enhanced

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The Journey of Women in STEM

UNDP country office in North Macedonia commissioned two assessment studies aimed at understanding more about the experiences and stories of women that are involved with work in tech, biotechnology and light manufacturing.

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Gender Equality

Accelerate the achievement of gender equality in North Macedonia

In line with the new SDG 2030 Agenda, UNDP CO North Macedonia is placing gender equality and the empowerment of women in the center of its work in order to ensure that commitments on gender equality are translated into actions in all thematic areas: Inclusive Prosperity, Democratic Governance and Environment.

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Recent development news

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Republic of Moldova has set ambitious targets for the transition to a more sustainable energy system

Interview with Ion Muntean, Director of Agency for Energy Efficiency

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New entrepreneurship initiative to boost job creation in Libya

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Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy receives new server equipment from UNDP and Japan

Servers will help ensure the smooth operation of the ministry's information systems providing social services to citizens.

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UNDP and UNFPA jointly with the Working Group on educational courses on human rights are developing the Special Courses for Civil Servant on Gender-Responsive Governance

UNDP and UNFPA jointly with the Government of Turkmenistan started the two-day workshop - Development of Special Courses for Civil Servant on Gender-Responsive Go...

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What is intersectionality? And why is it important for gender equality?

Intersectionality is important for gender equality because it helps us understand how different forms of discrimination interact and exacerbate inequality. The Bo...

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Our Impact

37.5%

Women in Parliament

21.8%

below the poverty line

22.6%

unemployed

97.3%

Adult literacy rate

19%

Gender Inequality Index

39.6%

Area covered by forest