SIEC and Humanitarni Akcii have organised a modest family assistance action in the times of corona crisis – both organisations believe in the principles of solidarity, community empowerment and mutual support especially now that we are practicing social distancing and so-called “new normality”.
SIEC finds empowering own team members relevant both for the NGO and the community development – this is the reason why our team has been participating in a 3-day training regarding the useful online tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter etc. and how those can be used for NGO Read more…
On the 2nd of June 2020, TACSO, N.Macedonia organized an online Regional Meet-Up conference for the regional, national and local NGOS from the Western Balkans and Turkey to share their experiences on implementing various community projects during the corona crisis. The 3-day conference offers a general overview of the corona Read more…
Corona Connects! – despite the corona scare and the social distancing measures, the lack of mutual connections, NGOs in the region are trying to connect, even if it is online. The region is trying to find ways to support each other. In this light, SIEC and USPIT from BiH have exchanged collaboration Read more…
Even during the corona crisis, our team is trying to remain active – yesterday, SIEC participated in an online focus group on social entrepreneurship in the region, hosted by the WB6 Lab and attended by SIEC, Ljubeznost, Misla, Mama Organa, Public and Pokrov, Despite the current challenges, the focus group Read more…
Roma children in Suto Orizari are in an urgent need of equal access to education – the corona crisis has widened the education gap as the online learning is not accessible to all children, especially those living in social exclusion. NGOs Ambrela and Social Integration & Empowerment Centre (SIEC) are Read more…
The Roma Education Fund (REF) calls for the attention of the European Commission (EC), governments of respective EU Member States, candidate and other European countries to urgently react on the extremely vulnerable position of Roma communities in the light of COVID 19 pandemic. Read the statement here: Roma Education Fund Read more…
SIEC implemented a workshop on legal literacy practices for the 3rd Age University in February 2020, sharing practical examples on how to deal with legal issues for citizens. More than 50 participants attended and were satisfied with the practical examples that the SIEC legal expert presented during the group discussion.
In February 2020, SIEC participated in the international Visegrad project on social entrepreneurship good practices exchange – Hungary, Poland, Macedonia presented their social entrepreneurship practices and challenges.
SIEC and Ambrela as project partners implemented Roma Education Fund project coordination meetings in February and March 2020 with 26.juli and Braka Ramiz i Hamid schools, Suto Orizari municipality, teachers and tutors in order to discuss the tutoring activities and decide on the process of testing children in mathematics and Read more…