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GIZ Local and Regional Economic Development Programme

Main achievements and next steps

Objectives of the RED Programme

  • Implementation of balanced and inclusive regional development in Macedonia that meets EU standards
  • Legal frameworks are established
  • Effective and efficient Institutions are established
  • Efficient coordination and cooperation between all levels

RED is funded by the Swiss Government, the EU, and the German Government.

Main Partners

  • Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs
  • Ministry for Local Self Government
  • Bureau for Regional Development
  • National Council for Regional Development
  • Councils and Centers for Regional Development
  • Business Organisations and Civil Society

Programme Structure

  • The programme has 3 components (National and Regional Focus)
  • Skopje office and strong presence in the regions (3 offices)

Summary of Results

Home for the Elderly in Kochani

To improve the quality of life and care for elderly people for all the municipalities in the east region.

BUDGET:

28.000 EUR for preparation of complete project documentation

3.300.000 EUR for project implementation

Conditions for planning and implementation of such projects

Cooperation between national and regional levels

  • Regular exchange through the national council for balanced regional development
  • Close cooperation through joint development of regional development strategies and action plans
  • Exchange of information on regional activities and budgets

Cooperation and coordination on the regional level

Efficient and competent institutions

  • Feasability study on improving systems for coordination
  • Improving systems for measuring and monitoring regional development
  • Improved systems for cooperation between line ministries
  • Establishment of regional councils in all 8 planning regions
  • Exchange of experience through network of 8 regional centers
  • Developed and updated model for cooperation and action planning
  • Completed regional strategies 2015-2019 by including all stakeholders

Technical support

National legal frameworks

  • Supported establishment of regional centers in all 8 planning regions
  • Supported centers with development of their HR and institutional capacities
  • Developed and updated model for operation and finance of the centers
  • Supported centers with development of projects and implementation of pilot projects
  • New law on balanced regional development and by-laws
  • National strategy for regional development

Thank you for your attention

RED has helped to develop 28 project proposals with a total volume of 54 million Euro - so far 5 projects have secured funding - 11 million Euro

Priorities for the next phase of the RED Programme

  • Improve coordination systems on national and regional levels
  • Support centers to develop at least 10 new large scale project proposals
  • Further improve support to business in the regions
  • Explore other opportunities for local and regional growth (i.e. innovation clusters, business accelerators, social enterprise)
  • Sharing Macedonian experience and lessons learned with other countries
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