The Standard Eurobarometer
public opinion survey is conducted twice a year. The 72nd survey of the Standard Eurobarometer (EB72) was carried out in the 27 member states of the European Union and in the three candidate countries –
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Turkey, between 23 October and 18 November 2009.
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On 16 December at the Government building the EU Special Representative and Head of Delegation of the European Union, Erwan FOUÉRÉ and the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Vasko NAUMOVSKI signed the Financial Agreement of the Human Resource Development component of the pre-accession assistance (IPA). Financing Agreements of the Cross Border Cooperation Programmes with Greece and Albania were signed, as well.
Story from the field
Local governments and
citizens benefit from decentralization
On
28 April, the Delegation of the European Union in Skopje
organised a Closing ceremony to highlight the results of
two of its projects that support the decentralization
process in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:
the 2008 Municipal Awards project and the Municipal
Infrastructure project.
The 2008 Municipal Awards project objective was to
recognize outstanding and sustainable achievements and
best practices of the municipalities which have tangible
impact on improving the livelihood of people living in
the municipality.
The 1st prize amounting to EUR 333,000 has been awarded
to the Municipality of Resen for the project: Reducing
environmental impacts of agriculture in the Prespa
region.
The 2nd prize of EUR 200,000 has been awarded to the
Municipality of Ilinden for the project: Local economic
development of Ilinden Municipality.
The 3rd prize, amounting to EUR 133.000 has been awarded
to the Municipality of Chair for the project: New
Municipal Building complex.
