Project Duration: 01/07/2016 – 31/03/2018 Sources of funding: Civica Mobilitas, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation project, implemented by NIRAS from Denmark, the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) from Macedonia and the Swedish Institute for Public Administration (SIPU) from Sweden

Overall objective: Promoting the treatment of gender issues in programme and budget planning on the local level.

Expected Results : Enhanced knowledge and skills of 4 women’s NGOs (One Can! – Skopje; Association for Advancement of the Status of Women in Macedonia „Women’s Action“ from Radovis; Organization of Women Vizija Kavadarci and Organization of women Strumica) for monitoring and advocacy for women’s specific needs within the LSG processes; Providing relevant information on the priority needs articulated specifically by the women in the community and their treatment in the budget processes; Promoting the relevance of gender equality in managing public finances among the women in the community and the local stakeholders..