Antonie Grubisic 2/2
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
- Human rights
The European Policy Institute was founded in 2011 as an association of citizens under the Law on associations and foundations. EPI’s mission is, through high-quality research and proposals on European policy, to provide a sound base for debate and solutions, targeting decision-makers and the wider public. We currently have 11 team members and a yearly budget of around 400 thousand euros. We are mostly project-funded, but we also do consultancy and we are the research-partner organization for the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. All our donors and projects are available at https://epi.org.mk/%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8?lan….
Mission
EPI’s mission is, through high-quality research and proposals on European policy, to provide a sound base for debate and solutions, targeting decision-makers and the wider public.
Objectives
Creating a public space for an exchange of opinions involving decision-makers and stakeholders in creating European strategies and policies
Raising awareness of the public and decision-makers of the EU integration policy
Promoting critical thought, research and analysis in creating and implementing strategies and policies for EU integration
Promoting regional cooperation and contribution to the debate on enlargement and Europeanization in the region and wider
Development of the dialogue on EU integration in the civil society in the Republic of Macedonia, in the region and EU
Our main projects are focused on Rule of Law and Human Rights. We have organizational support from the Delegation of the European Union, for our work on rule of law. As part of the project we prepare quarterly briefs on rule of law, as well as a Shadow Report on Chapter 23. We have another project funded by DEU, focusing on Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review. The objective of the project is to advance the promotion and protection of human rights in North Macedonia by supporting parliamentary and CSO engagement in the area. As part of the regional group Think for Europe, we are partners in the project WeBER 3.0 focusing on Public Administration Reform. We also have a project in which we organize a deliberative poll. This project is funded by NED.
We are a research partner organization for EU FRA and work on following the EU integration of the country and the region.
As a think-tank organization we can contribute to intercultural dialogue and to research on the EU accession.