Mera Vlade: New Portal Assesses Government Work on Implementation of Campaign Promises
Dejan Georgievski
08/01/2021 - 12:52
Civil society, Corruption and Transparency, Democracy, E-democracy, EngageMind, Freedom of information, Governance, Headnews, News, Rotator, Serbia

The Serbian office of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN Serbia) launched the new portal www.meravlade.rs, which evaluates the extent to which the parties of the Government coalition met the promises made during the Election campaign in the Spring of 2012.

FTX – Feminist tech exchange and the Launch of Macedonian Platform for Mapping of Violence
Dejan Georgievski
11/12/2020 - 06:34
Civil Rights, EngageMind, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Gender, Headnews, ICT, Internet, News, Women's rights, Rotator, Take Back the Tech!, Internet prava, Macedonia

The Macedonian version of the mapirajnasilje.net platform for mapping of violence against women was launched on December 6, 2020 in Veles, under the auspices of the regional "Take Back the Tech" campaign, part of the global 16 Days of Activism Campaign.

APC: Proposed Conference on Internet Governance Must Commit itself to Maintain Links with IGF Process
Dejan Georgievski
22/11/2020 - 13:56
Digital newsroom, E-democracy, EngageMind, Headnews, Human rights, International cooperation, Internet, Internet rights and openness, News, Rotator, Internet governance

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) welcomed, in an open letter to the organizers of the International Conference on Global Internet Government announced by the Brazilian government for 2014, the initiative that should address the current...

Civil Society Presented Principles for Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
Dejan Georgievski
23/09/2020 - 12:08
Communications, EngageMind, Freedom of access, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Governance, Headnews, Human rights, International cooperation, News, Weekly report, Rotator, Southeast Europe

A huge international coalition presented, on Friday, September 20, 2013, the set of 13 principles against unchecked surveillance, endorsed and supported by more than 200 organizations and associations, at a side event of the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

Popismonitor: There are No Wrong Answers to Questions about National Identity
Dejan Georgievski
11/09/2020 - 05:53
Activism, Democracy, Digital newsroom, E-democracy, EngageMind, Headnews, Law, News, Population, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Under the auspices of the civic information campaign “Popismonitor” (Census Monitor), which aims to inform the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina about the coming Population Census, the Association “Why Not” (Zašto ne) and the Unity Coalition (Koalicija Jednakost) organized a street action on September 9, 2013, in Sarajevo.

Women in Tech Serbia Association Established
Dejan Georgievski
06/09/2020 - 07:20
Digital newsroom, Economy, EngageMind, Gender, Gender(s), Headnews, ICT, Intermediate technology, News, Rotator, Serbia

The Women in Tech Serbia, non-governmental organisation that gathers women involved in technology and promotes innovation, products and services in technological areas, was presented on September 3, 2013, in a press-conference held at the...

Web-application prepared by Fokus Foundation Nominated for the WSA Awards
Dejan Georgievski
09/08/2020 - 09:19
EngageMind, Headnews, ICT, Internet, Internet rights and openness, News, Rotator, Macedonia

The www.prioriteti.focus.org.mk web-application, prepared by the Fokus Foundation from Veles, was nominated for the World Summit Award on e-Content and Creativity for 2013.

Necessary and Proportionate – Principles in Decisions on Communications Survellance
Dejan Georgievski
31/07/2020 - 18:40
Civil Rights, Civil society, Communications, Digital newsroom, EngageMind, Headnews, ICT, Internet, Law, News, Rotator, Internet prava

The Foundation OneWorld Platform for Southeast Europe signed the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, prepared to deal with the changing digital environment and the...