The project aimed to strengthen the Government’s strategic communication capacities by developing a communication strategy, ethical guidelines, crisis communication tools and training for government communicators.
The purpose of the research was to explore the communication practices of the media, activists, and representatives of the state institutions during some of the citizen protests that took place in Macedonia in 2014 and 2015.
A group of experts and civil society organizations, including the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) have prepared a Blueprint for immediate democratic reforms aimed at restoring democratic standards and values in Macedonia, thus restoring the confidence of the citizens in key state institutions.
The Institute of Communication Studies has produced a policy brief assessing the situation in the media sector in Macedonia, in the context of the recommendations made by the Senior Experts’ Group on systemic Rule of Law led by Reinhard Priebe.
The paper analyzes the role of the media in protecting the public interest in Macedonia, and how the Macedonian media treat the public interest in reporting. The document analyzes media legislation of Macedonia and offers recommendations for strengthening the role of the media in protecting the public interest in Macedonia.
The project aimed to encourage citizens’ legislative initiatives on human rights and greater involvement of citizens and civil society organisations in law-making processes. The project “Citizens in Parliament: legislative initiatives for human rights” aimed to strengthen the participation of citizens and civil society organisations in legislative processes, especially on issues related to human rights. The…
The policy paper provides a comprehensive overview of what is considered a public interest, and how this notion is used in different legal and ethical contexts.
SCOPSA was a research project analysing the position, role, funding and future development of public service broadcasters in the Western Balkan countries.
The MODEM project aimed to monitor media reporting and political pluralism in the pre-election and election process, in order to establish how television stations represent different political views, ideas and actors.