Publications

Decarbonisation of the electricity generation

Can Macedonia make a full switch in its electricity generation process from fossil fuels to renewables by 2050?

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with the Macedonian Center for Energy Efficiency (MACEF) organized a regional conference on the topic "Long-term development of the energy market in Macedonia - opportunities and obstacles".

Rechtsstaatliche und -politische Entwicklungen in Mazedonien

Die Vorbereitungen der mazedonischen Regierung und Verwaltung auf die EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen sind fortgeschritten, allerdings ins Stocken geraten – in ihrem Erweiterungsbericht 2015 spricht die EU-Kommission mehrere „dringende Reformprioritäten“ an, welche für der weiteren Ablauf des Beitrittsverfahrens unerlässlich sind.

Multi-religious Calendar 2016

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with the five religious communities in Republic of Macedonia has issued a Multi-religious Calendar 2016, including the more significant religious holidays from each religious community: Macedonian Orthodox Church, Islamic Religious Community, Catholic Church, United Methodist Church and Jewish Community. This calendar is issued traditionally by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in joint cooperation with the five religious communities since year 2011.

Coordinative mechanisms for development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the justice sector reforms

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Overview of the situation in December 2015

Call for submissions for cartoons/short comic strips

It is our pleasure to announce a call for submissions for cartoons/short comic strips! We are looking for young artists to interpret environmental issues humorously. Submissions are open on a rolling basis.

Flucht und Migration

Weltweite Reaktionen

Die Themen Flucht und Migration stehen bereits seit längerem im Mittelpunkt der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung Deutschlands und Europas und haben mit der jüngsten Zuspitzung der Flüchtlingsproblematik eine rasante Dynamik entwickelt. Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung hat zusammengetragen, wie das Thema in anderen Regionen der Welt wahrgenommen wird und welche eigenen Erfahrungen es dort gibt. Darüber hinaus haben unsere Auslandsmitarbeiter und -mitarbeiterinnen die aktuelle Stimmung und den Tenor politischer Diskussionen in den Mitgliedsstaaten der EU und ihren Anrainer-Staaten eingefangen.

Political Dialogue

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, in cooperation with the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje published a manual on “Political Dialogue” from the authors Nenad Markovic and Misa Popovic. According to the authors, the cross-party political dialogue is not a goal on its own. It should represent an integral part of the political process in the country, occurring in many social areas, including not only the political parties as main actors but also other stakeholders from civil society. Taking this as a starting point, the analysis comes up with several conclusions.

The Balance of Powers: 200 years of the Congress of Vienna

Political Quarterly - POLITICAL TOUGHT 50

The Congress of Vienna represented a turning point in the European political ambience. The defeat of Napoleon and the return of the Great Powers in the process of retailoring the map of Europe was just the initial stage in the processes that derived from it. This issue of Political Thought offers a multitude of texts and analyses reflecting on the question of a new political era in Europe.

Mazedonien – Ein Transitland für Flüchtlinge

Ein Kurzbericht zur aktuellen Situation

Europa gibt in der Flüchtlingskrise momentan ein uneinheitliches Bild ab. Das bisherige Asylsystem bricht gerade zusammen und die Dublin-Regeln, wonach Migranten ihren Antrag im ersten EU-Land stellen sollten, welches sie betreten, sind de facto außer Kraft gesetzt. Es gilt das Sankt-Florian-Prinzip. Jeder versucht, die Verantwortung auf die Nachbarn abzuwälzen. - Und was macht Mazedonien in dieser Situation?

Deliberative democracy in the public sphere and the media

Political Quarterly - POLITICAL TOUGHT 49

The topic of the 49th edition of Political Thought is Deliberative democracy in the public sphere and the media. The authors in this issue of Political, through analyzing the media, touch upon the political, cultural and social relations and, vice versa, through analyzing the social practices they arrive at the aspects of the freedom of speech.