• Equality for Sustainable Community Development

• Donor: CRPM
• Implementation Country / Region: Veles, North Macedonia
• Duration (years): 0.6
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• Target Groups

• Students from primary school.(f/m)
  Students from secondary school. (f/m)
  Ethnic communities.
  Teachers from primary school.(f/m)
  Teachers from secondary school.(f/m)
  Parents of students.

• Main Activities

• – Announcing a public call for hiring an expert(f/m);
  – Announcing a public call for hiring three interviewers (f/m);
  -Preparation of an electronic survey questionnaire and conducting a survey in schools;
  – Preparation of a survey questionnaire and conducting a field survey between parents;
  – Establishment of an informal gender coordination body;
  -Creating a database based on the survey results;
  -Preparation of Analysis with recommendations for creating local policies, gender budgeting and specific services based on gender issues in educational institutions by the expert;
  -Organization of a final event for presentation of the project results and signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Municipality of Veles;

• Short Description

• Using gender budget analysis of users, the Foundation “Focus” from Veles within the Gender Budget Network will work with ethnic communities in the Municipality of Veles in order to detect the needs and challenges faced by students, especially during a pandemic caused by Covid-19.Additionally, the foundation will work with the members of the Municipal Commission for Equal Opportunities, Services, the Mayor and the Council of the Municipality of Veles in order to distribute the education budget for 2022 in accordance with the needs of students from several ethnic communities living in Veles. .

• Achieved or to be Achieved Results

• Selected expert by public call;
  Three interviewers hired through a public call;
  Online questionnaire prepared;
  Conducted online survey;
  Prepared a questionnaire for a field survey;
  Conducted field survey;
  Organized and realized meetings with the Mayor of the Municipality of Veles and the following focus groups:
  – Directors of primary and secondary schools, Commission for Equal Opportunities for Men and Women in the Municipality of Veles and a representative of the Bureau for Development of Education – PE Veles
  – Department for public activities in the Municipality of Veles, administrative officials authorized in the field of education
  – The President and the members of the Council of the Municipality of Veles
  – Parents of students
  – CSOs, Youth Council, business sector and media;
  Prepared Reports with analysis and recommendations;
  Developed database for the needs of the Foundation “Focus”, CRPM and the Municipality of Veles;
  Comprehensive analysis with recommendations for local policy making, gender budgeting and specific services based on gender issues in educational institutions;
  Successfully completed final event for presentation of project results;
  Signed Memorandum of Cooperation with which the Municipality of Veles will undertake to apply the recommendations from the Analysis and to use the prepared database.

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