The City of Skopje in North Macedonia
Skopje is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia (with 0.54 million inhabitants) and its academic centre.
population: 2,077,132
Capital: Skopje
Area: 25,713 km2

In the Skopje planning region in North Macedonia, Science Education and awareness raising for educators with a focus on STEAM (Science, Technology, Arts, Mathematics), and in particular Information Technologies, is in focus. Particular importance is put on the encouragement of female students (Gender Equality).
Based on results from the development of the Smart Specialisation Strategy, there is a lack of experts in Information and Communication Technologies in Skopje while digitalisation is a challenge. The shortcomings from digital challenges concurrently need to be addressed, mainly by employing a multidisciplinary approach.
In the WBC-RRI.NET project, we raise awareness in relation to science education as well as gender equality and inclusiveness in particular for the ICT field. The STEAM approach emphasizes the cultural and societal aspect of science and attempts to increase youth employability leading to the region’s economic development and to general innovation development by fostering students’ scientific skills. Moreover, we aim to transfer all future changes at national level and to reach the wider public.
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The future of education lies in the development of STEM disciplines, gender equality and development of green competences among the young population
On 27.01.2023, the workshop titled "The Future of Education: STEM Education, Gender Equality and Green Innovations in Vocational Education and Training" took place in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Read More POLICY BRIEF Co-creating Responsible Research and Innovation activities: Experiences from the Western Balkans
Initial WBC-RRI.NET policy brief.
Read More Update on the activities of the Working Group 3 Open Access and Open Science
A brief overview of what has been done by our WG3 members in the previous period.
Read More Update on the activities of the Working Group 2 Public Engagement and Science Education
A brief overview of what our WG2 members have been up to in the previous period and the future plans.
Read More Update on the activities of the Working Group 1 Gender and Ethics
A brief overview of what our WG1 members have been up to in the previous period.
Read More Co-design of anchor initiatives: form needs to vision
Brief summary of the visions each WB territory wants to pursue according to the realised co-design workshops.
Read More Gender Equality Plans in the Western Balkans
Mapping Gender Equality Plans in the Western Balkans.
Read More Event review: 2nd co-design workshop in Skopje planning region
This event focused on co-creation of activities for achieving future scenario envisaged through the reflection and co-design process for RRI 'anchor' activities targeting territory of Skopje planning region (North Macedonia).
Read More Event review: 1st co-design workshop in Skopje planning region
This event gathered together appreciated quadruple helix stakeholders whose involvement is of great importance for development of “anchor” RRI initiatives in the Skopje planning region.
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