Sustainable energy: How far has SEE come in the last five years? South East Europe Energy Watchdog Report 2016
	Energy Poverty in South East Europe: Surviving the Cold
	Југоисточна Европа: Патот кон ЕУ или на Патот кон никаде? Енергетски план за 2050 година: техничка анализа
	Југоисточна Европа: ПАТOT КОН ЕУ ИЛИ ПАТОТ КОН НИКАДЕ? Енергетски план за 2050 година: Водич кон иднината

	Energy poverty workshop
	Енергетска сиромаштија во Југоисточна Европа: Преживувајќи го студот
	"Energy conference - “The future of energy, where Macedonia and EU meet”

Contribution of SEE SEP programme to EU Progress Reports 2016: South East Europe Energy Watchdog Report 2016

SOUTH EAST EUROPE: THE EU ROAD OR THE ROAD TO NOWHERE? An energy roadmap for 2050: Technical analysis

SOUTH EAST EUROPE: THE EU ROAD OR THE ROAD TO NOWHERE? An energy roadmap for 2050: A guide to the future

Победници и губитници – кој има корист од корупцијата на високо ниво во енергетскиот сектор на Југоисточна Еворпа?

Winners and Losers - Who benefits from high-level corruption in the South East Europe energy sector?

Warm, safe, clean energy. Which path is Macedonia taking

Топла, безбедна, чиста енергија. Кој е патот кој го одбира Македонија

Ngrohtësi, siguri, energiji, e pastër. Cilën rrugë Maqedonia është duke e marrë

ENERGY EFFICIENCY... JUST DO IT!
Act now for warmer homes, local jobs and cleaner air!

ЕНЕРГЕТСКАТА ЕФИКАСНОСТ... СЕГА!
Преземете нешто за потопли домови, локални работни места и почист воздух!

"Energy conference - “The future of energy, where Macedonia and EU meet”

Analytica is proud to present the South East Europe 2050 Energy Calculator!

Our video game is out! Try the Energy Model 2050 for Southeast Europe and create your own scenarios

Energy modeling, climate change and the COP 21

South East Europe 2050 Energy Model – Conclusions on the Call for Evidence process.

A fair, clean, efficient energy system in SEE and the neighborhood

Call for evidence - Breaking the monopoly on non-public data in the energy sector is crucial for the process of transparencyBreaking the monopoly on non-public data in the energy sector is crucial for the process of transparency

Analytica's input regarding the future of the Energy Community

Public Consultation - Regarding the process of identifying Projects of Energy Community Interest (PECIs)

Red flag report: INVEST IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE

Инвестирај набрзина, ќе се каеш полека

As from December 2014, the SEE SEP project entered in the next phase which will last, just like the first phase, for two years. The project's objectives, activities and results for this period are:

Objectives - the overall objective of the action is to enhance the collaborative capacity of SEE SEP partners to engage in fact based dialogue with key decisions makers to influence policy and practice, for a more sustainable energy system in South East Europe aligned with key EU Policies and Directives including 2020, 2030 targets and 2050 Road Map.

Specific Objectives:

i) to increase the CSO networks capacity to engage with policy makers by utilising "best practice" analytic tools such as the OPE2RA energy model, policy products and watch dog reports;

ii) to increase the transparency and strengthen the credibility of the SEE SEP partners, in cooperation with International Partners & Associates, through the development of targeted public advocacy campaigns and engagement strategies;

iii) to strengthen the coordination - to act in synchronisation - of key individuals from Partner organisations and strengthen management by developing baseline assessment, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Results Based Management capacities.

Overview of Activities - key SEE SEP activities include:

Activity 1: – Development and launch of SEESEP Policy Documents: Low Carbon Energy Strategy based on a populated energy model and chosen scenario; Development of Red Flag Reports – two reports will be developed on – Energy Efficiency and Energy Poverty; Watch Dog Report – which will show progress towards fairer, cleaner and safer energy system in SEE in a period 2012-2016; and Energy Community position paper(s)

Activity 2. – Public Advocacy: SEE SEP Public Advocacy Strategy and campaigning developed and executed for each policy initiative

Activity 3. - Results Based Management and Leadership Coaching: Development of SEESEP Monitoring and Evaluation Matrix and ongoing monitoring of the policy reform and measurement of performance based on the M&E Matrix; Leadership Coaching Program including one Leadership Training.

Expected Results:

i.a) increased awareness and acceptance amongst all decision makers regarding "best practice" solutions for a more sustainable energy policies in SEE, which is better aligned to EC Policies and Directives;

i.b) provision of policy products which would allow target audiences to more easily be able to grasp the impact of policy decisions and key decision makers guided to actions which will lead to a fairer, less corrupt, cleaner and safer energy system in SEE.

ii) improved support for and deepened faith in CSOs to articulate clearly and coherently needs and concerns of the 'silent majority' in relation to key challenges in the energy sector in SEE;

iii) thoughtfully designed M&E system and leadership coaching program which would empower and enable SEESEP partners to better monitor the energy policy reform process, to improve its engagement strategies accordingly and act in synchronicity for desired outcomes and impact.

Starting from 15th of January 2013, Analytica as a partner joined 16 other organisations from the region of South-Eastern Europe in a regional partnership called South East Europe Sustainable Energy Policy or SEE SEP for the purposes of conducting a 2+2 years project granted by the European Commission through its Partnership Programmes for Civil Society Organisations.

Partners in the project: Coordinators – SEE Change Net from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Other partners: Environmental Center for Development Education and Networking (EDEN), The Ekolevizja Group from Albania; CZZS Centar za zivotnu sredinu, Centar za zastupanje građanskih interesa (Public Interest Advocacy Center –CPI) from Bosnia and Herzegovina; Society for Sustainable Development Design (Društvo za oblikovanje održivog razvoja - abbr. DOOR), Forum za slobodu odgoja (Forum for Freedom in Education) from Croatia; ATRC – Advocacy Training and Resource Center from Kosovo; Eko – Svest, Environmental Citizens’ Association “Front 21/42” from Macedonia (apart from Analytica); NGO Zeleni dom - Green Home,  MANS – Mreza za afirmaciju nevladinog sektora from Montenegro; NGO Fractal (Fraktal), CEKOR – Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development from Serbia; Nativa, Institute for Sustainable Growth from Slovenia; WWF European Policy Programme Rome Branch; CEE Bankwatch Network Czech Republic.

Objectives of the action: To enhance the collaborative capacity of CSO networks and empower citizens to engage in fact based dialogue with key decisions makers to influence policy and practice for a more sustainable energy system in South East Europe, aligned with key EU Policies and Directives. Specific Objectives: i) to increase the CSO networks efforts to go “beyond protest” by utilising, in conjunction with European Partners & Associates, “best practice” analytic tools for energy modelling and scenario building for a costed alternative low carbon energy sector; ii) to increase the transparency and credibility of the SEE CSO energy network, in cooperation with International Partners & Associates, through the development of targeted public advocacy campaigns; iii) to improve and professionalise the level of shadow monitoring & reporting in relation to key energy sector challenges, including energy poverty, corruption, environmental damage and poor application of EU laws and directives.

Stakeholders: The following stakeholders will be affected by the action: citizens of SEE, Governments and energy providers, the European Commission, international financial institutions, CSOs.

Results: Expected Results are: i) increased awareness and acceptance amongst all decision makers regarding “best practice” solutions for a more sustainable energy policies in SEE, which is better aligned to EC Policies and Directives; ii) improved public support for and faith in CSOs to articulate clearly and coherently needs and concerns of the „silent majority‟ in relation to key challenges in the energy sector in SEE; iii) public more easily able to grasp the impact of policy decisions on their lives and key decision makers guided to actions which will lead to a fairer, less corrupt, cleaner and safer energy system in SEE.

Main Activities: The following activities will be implemented within the 6-month Inception Phase: 0.1: Establishment of Project Management Structures and Network Co-ordination Mechanisms, 0.2: Review and Selection of Most Applicable Energy Model and Scenario Building Techniques for a More Sustainable Energy Sector Development, 0.3: Identification & Prioritisation of Key Stakeholders, Drafting of the SEE SEP Advocacy Strategy by Exchanging Experience in Advocacy Practices, 0.4: Preparation and Presentation of the Inception Report. Inception Phase will be followed by implementation of key SEE SEP activities, which are: 1. Development and launch of the Low Carbon Energy Strategy based on a selected energy model, which produces material for policy options based various scenarios, 2. Public Advocacy Strategy development and campaigning, 3. Launch of Watch Dog Reports (3 Reports on: Corruption, EIA/SEA, IFI investments) and development of Yearly Monitoring Reports.

SEE SEP Kick off meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12/02/2013 - 14/02/2013. This kick off meeting was the official launching of the regional project: South East Europe Sustainable Energy Policy (SEE SEP) from the Partnership Programmes for Civil Society Organisations of the European Commission. The objectives and outcomes of this meeting were to: get to know each-outer in the consortium; create clarity on common goals within the framework of SEE SEP project; lay foundations for collaborative, efficient and effective functioning of SEE SEP partnership and network; create clarity on the main outputs and tasks in the framework of SEE SEP project; intro to OPE2RA energy model, its application in the SEE context and next steps. More info on the project will follow.

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Analysis of the national policies and practices for dealing with illegal migration and asylum seekers

The fight against illegal migration is a question of high priority for the Western Balkans. Macedonia with its central location within the Balkan region is vulnerable to illegal migration. From the evidence on the ground it can be concluded that Macedonia is not their final destination, but a transit route to the EU countries. However, many of them also decide to stay and seek better life within Macedonian borders. Although this issue is one of the biggest threats for the region, it is not clear why the EU has not addressed it sufficiently by now. The capacities of the Western Balkan (WB) countries to deal with this issue are questionable as well.

Macedonia is lacking an independent insight into the issues and there has never been an analysis made by independent CSOs tackling the illegal migrations and the asylum seekers in the country.

Analytica have started a project on analyzing national policies and practices for dealing with illegal migration and asylum seekers. The project will be implemented until September 2013. The main objectives of the project are:

-          Assessment of the national solutions dealing with illegal migration and asylum and the capacities of the country to handle illegal migration;

-          Providing recommendations for improvement of the Government policies in the field of migration and asylum;

-          Raising awareness about challenges for dealing with illegal migration;

-          Analysis of the security risks for the country due to the increased number of illegal immigrants.

The project is funded by the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of the Armed Forces from Switzerland (DCAF).

For more information, please contact Ms. Magdalena Lembovska at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Public debate / Dealing with illegal migration and asylum seekers – Macedonia as a transit country

Analysis of the national policies and practices dealing with illegal migration and asylum seekers

 

Communications interception oversight in Macedonia - making the impossible possible

 

Comparative analysis of regional practices for parliamentary financial oversight of intelligence services

Analytica Think Tank together with its partner Nansen Dialogue Center Skopje was awarded the project “School green action for better future”. The project is being financed by the Regional Environment Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) with support of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia. This awarded grant is part of the area of education for sustainable development and will be implemented in two primary schools – “Rajko Zinzifov” – Skopje and "Shemshevo"-Jegunovce. The goal of the project is to contribute to awareness raising among the pupils of I-V grade and to support acquiring eco-friendly habits with the overall aim of contributing to sustainable development and developing greater sensitivity towards the environment from youngest age. The project activities will include practical and field lectures about the environment and will include topics and activities from the Green Pack Junior, which is a specially designed tool for education on environmental issues for pupils of I-V grade.

Училишна Зелена Акција за Подобра Иднина – Проектен билтен

School Green Action for Better Future – Project Newsletter

Aksioni I gjelbërt shkollorë për një të ardhme më të mirë - Buletini i projrktit

Promotion of the School Green Action for Better Future project.

Information about this project can be also found at website of the Regional Environmental Center Office Macedonia and at the website of Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje

SEAC Advocacy ExeSummary V. 1.1 FINAL 

SEAC Advocacy Paper V. 1.1 FINAL 

Case study - Gas sector in Macedonia 

South East Europe stands at a crossroad in terms of sustainable development, with enormous natural and human potential, but operations in the fields of energy production, consumption and efficiency in most cases lack efficiency. Already regional energy trading and large energy development projects have soaked up resources, expertise and political leadership, which might be better used to increase the efficiency of existing infrastructure, reduce the cost for citizens in terms of basic human energy needs, and do less damage to the environment. The economic solutions which are being offered are often large, financially risky projects, which are at best hugely expensive and have already been subject to scrutiny regarding damage not just to state budgets - but also damage to the environment and social fabric. All this is grossly impacting the potential for the region’s sustainability as indicated in their recent surveys by both NEF (http://neweconomics.org/projects/happy-planet-index) and the Global Footprint Network

(http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/world_footprint/), not to mention the looming challenges of climate change.

On the other side, probably the most problematic part of CSO activism in South East Europe is networking and cooperation on the issues of common concerns such as energy. It is sometimes stated “networks... don't work”, because a) CSO see each other as competitors to donor resources and they hesitate to cooperate, b) that donors have tended to focus on resourcing the networks as processes rather than supporting the delivery of products.

SEA Change Network (Synergy for Energy Awareness Change) is an alliance of media, NGOs and universities in the region, committed to discuss key energy issues, examine patterns, identify issues for common action, develop and engage in joint advocacy. The network aims at promoting regional perspectives and cross-border cooperation based on common interests and needs. One of the key findings of the initial network meetings was that while the CSOs all faced similar patterns of development challenges in their countries – often with the same network of 'actors' - their expertise were different but complimentary (technical expert, watch dog, environment protector, analyst, citizens participation) and that this complementarity would strengthen a regional advocacy campaign. Specifically one of the joint actions agreed upon was the regional energy advocacy campaign which would strengthen cross border cooperation & dialogue through a network based initiative aimed at advocating for shared objectives using independent analysis to creating culture of accountability amongst decision makers and funders regarding the sustainability of energy projects and policies.

Fortunately, the countries of SEE countries are uniquely positioned to learn from each other (e.g. Croatia is candidate country, Serbia potential candidate and Kosovo and Albania on EU path). Further the, former socialist countries, now members of EU, have substantial knowledge of transition and positive lessons of the shift from communist to the market oriented economies, which they could offer to their counterparts. In order to leverage the experience of new and 'old” EU member states, SEE Change Net has developed links with several prominent European Sustainable Development Institutions, including The Polish Sustainable Development Institute (Warsaw), The Institute for Environmental Systems Management (Amsterdam), The New Economic Foundation (London) and the Sustainable European Research Institute (Vienna) who will assist the network in transfer of knowledge.

The goal of the initiative is a first-step for the SEA Change network to contribute to improved awareness regarding sustainability of development within the energy sector in South East Europe, through regional cooperation amongst civil society actors.

Objective 1: network of various NGO's in the region with a variety of skills and knowledge related to energy to develop a base line on patterns of energy production, consumption and savings/efficiency in the context of EU accession and Sustainability

Objective 2: using the strengths and capacities of the network to develop a synergistic advocacy campaign to highlight energy challenges in the region.