OHRID Institute - Macedonia

Corruption Perception Index

"Transparency International" has ranked Macedonia on the 62nd place in this year's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) with 4.1 index score, which represents an improvement of places in comparison with 2009. In the 2010 report Macedonia is in the group with the countries that mark significant improvement from 2009, together with Butane, Chile, Ecuador, Gambia, Haiti, Jamaica and Kuwait. Significant decrease in the index is noticed at Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic and USA. more...

Leadership Monitoring 2

The OHRID Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs has the honour to invite you to the final presentation of the results of the Leadership Monitoring 2 Project, a project implemented by the OHRID Institute for second year. With this presentation the Ohrid Institute will mark the closure of the Leadership Monitoring Project 2. The final report covers the period between May 2010 and August 2010. The Leadership Monitoring Project includes ongoing monitoring of the day-to-day work of the Government, benchmarking it against its campaign promises and reporting the findings to the citizens. more...

- Leadership Monitoring May 2010 - August 2010

Macedonian contribution to EU-27 Watch No. 9 published

The new issue of the EU-27 Watch including the Macedonian country report written by the Ohrid Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs is now available at: www.EU-27Watch.org The EU-27 Watch No. 9 gives an overview on the current national debates on European policy in the 27 EU member states and the 4 candidate countries. The topics discussed in the EU-27 No. 9 are: the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy, the financial crisis and economic policy, and climate and energy policy. A comparative introduction gives an overview of the debates in the 31 countries covered by the EU-27 Watch. Pdf version of the EU-27 Watch – here...

Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011

Republic of Macedonia in The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 released by the World Economic Forum is on the 79th place among 139 countries, compared to last year when it was ranked on the 84th. Switzerland is on the first place and tops the overall ranking. The United States falls two places to fourth position, overtaken by Sweden (2nd) and Singapore (3rd). The Nordic countries continue to be well positioned in the ranking, with Sweden, Finland (7th) and Denmark (9th) among the top 10, and with Norway at 14th. Sweden overtakes the US and Singapore this year to be placed 2nd overall. more...

Nations in Transit 2010

The OHRID Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs announces the newest report published and executed by "Freedom House". In the "Nations in Transit 2010" Republic of Macedonia has 3, 79 rating. Freedom House rates countries with points from 1 to 7 - one being the highest and seven being the lowest in democratic development.In eight categories on which the rating is based, Macedonia has made progress in its electoral process from 3.50 to 3.25 and in the fight against corruption - 4.25 to 4.00. Ratings in other categories remain the same as in the previous report - independence of media (4.25), civil society (3.25), national democratic governance (4.00), local democratic governance (3.75) and judicial framework and independence (4.00). more...

Neuwaldegg Summer Seminar 2010

For the last 8 years, every year 70 students from 28 countries of Central and Eastern Europe participate in the Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe's summer seminar at the Neuwaldegg Institute in Vienna, Austria. The OHRID Institute as part of the EICEE, traditionally for the third time is part of the organization of the Summer Seminar. This year, students, graduate students, and assistant professors from a variety of liberal arts disciplines including psychology, philosophy, politics, business, economics, and law are invited to apply for lectures in Economics, Ethics, Bio-Ethics, Political Philosophy and Metaphysics. more...

Call for Internship

Aiming to build a network of young researchers from all over the world who have an interest in the Balkan (SEE) region and Republic of Macedonia, the OHRID Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs launched its internship program for the second year, providing an opportunity to visit, reside, work, be part of the Ohrid Institute team and conduct research in Macedonia and the wider region. The interns will conduct research and actively participating in the work of the OHRID Institute while also gaining hands-on experience of the region and skills in think-tank work. After the completion of their internship, interns remain part of OHRID Institute's community and future cooperation on various projects is encouraged. more...

Quality of Living

The capital of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje is ranked 152nd on the Mercer Human Resource’s annual “Quality of Living” survey, ranking the quality of life in 221 cities around the world. The poll showed that Vienna topped the 2010 Quality of Living Survey. On second and third places are Zurich and Geneva, while tied up in fourth place are Vancouver and Auckland. From the cities in the region, Ljubljana has best ranking, namely it's placed on the 77 rank, Zagreb 102, Bucharest 107, Sofia 111, Belgrade 136. Sarajevo 157 and Tirana 173 are placed behind Skopje. more...

Global Peace Index

Macedonia is ranked 83rd out of 149 countries according to the Global Peace Index, assuming 15th spot out of 27 states in the Central and Eastern Europe region. The Institute for Economics & Peace, which published the 2010 report, says respect of human rights in Macedonia has improved, but the country cannot be ranked higher due to crime and easy access to weapons. The report shows global peace has worsened for the second year running. Best ranked are New Zealand, Iceland, Japan, Austria and Norway, whereas the bottom is occupied by Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan and Pakistan. more...

OI - PEU Macedonia Conference

The OHRID Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs in cooperation with the Pan-European Union of Macedonia, on 29th May, 2010, held a Conference on the topic “EU Enlargement: Between Lisbon Treaty and Economic Recovery.” The Conference was supported by the Secretariat for European Affairs and the Assembly of RM. The Conference focused on the EU enlargement with the countries from the Western Balkan, and especially on the issues and problems that these countries face in the process of their integration in the European Union, and also finding directions for speeding up the integration process, with a special emphasis on the Republic of Macedonia. more...

Report FMRS 2010

Because of the importance of the conference, the OHRID Institute is organizing this event for the second time. Thus, the OHRID Institute develops a tradition for this series of international conferences. The topics for the Conference in Skopje were the current events in the world, the global financial crisis and the world recession. The general topic of the whole this-year “Free Market Road Show®” event is “The Consequences of the High Levels of Public Debts of the European Countries – Consolidation of Public Budgets a Priority.” The event in Skopje was attended by more than 160 participants – active speakers: foreign and domestic experts, state representatives, ambassadors, professors, politicians and business leaders. more...