Goal of this 2I is to inform the community about the responsibility of municipalities to open youth centers in the first 5 years of implementation of the law for youth participation and youth policies, and to inform about the opportunities that these centers will bring for youth.
As this measure is targeting mainly young people, the initiative will conduct a social media campaign on Tik Tok and Instagram with youth aged 14 to 18, and will also organize a panel discussion with municipality representatives, parents and young people. This will provide an opportunity for young people to share what kind of program they want to see in the youth centers. Their ideas and vision will be recorder in short animation video and shared with relevant officials, as well as with the general public via social media.

The purpose of this 2I will be the introduction of gender equality in the governing bodies (assembly, board of directors, supervisory board, etc.) of sports federations that are beneficiaries of funds from the Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia. The initiative refers to the government promise that in 2020 30%, and by 2023 50% in the governing bodies of sports federations will be women.
In that direction, through this initiative, the stakeholders will be mobilized and will be encouraged to ask the entities to introduce gender equality in the governing bodies.
With the realization of this initiative, the greatest benefit will have women athletes, and as one of the biggest ally would be the Agency for Youth and Sports which is responsible for the implementation of this measure.

The 2I will assess the impact of the government efforts regarding prevention measures aimed to stop further spread of the COVID-19. More specifically, the proposed activities will gather public opinion and perceptions on “how the citizens deal with the preventive measures taken by the Government; how the situation with COVID was/is managed; whether the measures were adopted on time and whether the measures were sufficient or restrictive”. The findings and recommendations from the survey will be shared with the general public using various interactive forms. It is expected that this 2I will ‘inspire’ and encourage citizens to be more vocal about their opinions, take actions, demand transparency and accountability from the state institutions.

The 2I initiative is created to increase the transparency of the usage of public funds in municipality of Bitola trough exploring digitalization for number of municipal services. For the purpose of this initiative a survey will be conducted and then civic dialogue among citizens and municipal authorities to measure the level of satisfaction with the services at the local level, the degree of digitalization, the factors that affect their (in) ability to use digital services, their participation in the planning of the municipal budget and information on the implementation of the budget in the municipality. The findings and the recommendations for improvement from the comprehensive research are expected to be used for political party local election program.

The initiative aims to identify the challenges faced by women in rural areas in terms of economic development; potential measures and activities for economic empowerment of women in rural areas and raising awareness of women’s rights and opportunities for participation in decision-making. The initiative will undertake a series of meetings and discussions with the affected groups of women. Based on the findings, the 2I will assist in development of a policy brief for economic empowerment of rural women. The results of the brief will be used for election program of the party for local election and beyond.

This initiative aims to raise the awareness about the pollution of the local Dragon river in municipality of Bitola. It will undertake the research with citizens to understand their opinion about what kind of measures need to be proposed (with regards to waste water treatment plants, collectors, law enforcement, etc.) to improve the water quality of Dragon river. The results will be used for preparation of election program of the party for upcoming local elections.