Center for Environmental Democracy Florozon, organizes trainings within the project "Equal Access for Effective Justice". The trainings on the thematic area of Advocacy & Lobbying are intended for the CSOs which work in the area of environment and free legal aid.
The project is finance by the European Union through CFCD within the Ministry of finance, as part of the grant scheme "Strengthening the impact of the civil society in effective justice sector reforms".
This training is expected to strengthen the CSOs capacities in the area of advocacy and lobbying with regard to environmental justice and legal mechanisms for access to environmental justice.
The participants of the training will be introduced to the principles of the civic participation in the decision-making process as one of the main pillars of the Aarhus Convention. They will then move on to definition of the concepts of advocacy and lobbying, terms distinction, the key stakeholders in the process and the rules of the procedures.
The participants will have the possibility to practically apply the concepts through a creation of a strategy concerning important social affairs. The training will be finalized by analysis and elaboration of the legal framework in Republic of North Macedonia which relates to both advocacy and lobbying.
The expert trainers will be prof. d-r Nenad Markovikj, Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus and the Insitute for Democracy "Societas Civilis" - Skopje and prof. d-r Dragan Gocevski, Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus.
The training will is foreseen for 08.10.2019 - 10.10.2019 in hotel Aqualina - Ohrid.
All participants will have their costs for accommodation and travel covered.
The participants should be representatives from active CSOs and meet the following criteria:
Actively work in the area of environment;
Be familiar with the disposal legal mechanisms for access to environmental justice;
To have basic knowledge of the Aarhus Convention.
CED Florozon will conduct the selection of participants based on the aforementioned criteria. The deadline of this call is 04.10.2019.
If you would like to apply, please find the Application form on this link, fill it in and kindly send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The project is finance by the European Union through CFCD within the Ministry of finance, as part of the grant scheme "Strengthening the impact of the civil society in effective justice sector reforms".
This training is expected to strengthen the CSOs capacities in the area of advocacy and lobbying with regard to environmental justice and legal mechanisms for access to environmental justice.
The participants of the training will be introduced to the principles of the civic participation in the decision-making process as one of the main pillars of the Aarhus Convention. They will then move on to definition of the concepts of advocacy and lobbying, terms distinction, the key stakeholders in the process and the rules of the procedures.
The participants will have the possibility to practically apply the concepts through a creation of a strategy concerning important social affairs. The training will be finalized by analysis and elaboration of the legal framework in Republic of North Macedonia which relates to both advocacy and lobbying.
The expert trainers will be prof. d-r Nenad Markovikj, Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus and the Insitute for Democracy "Societas Civilis" - Skopje and prof. d-r Dragan Gocevski, Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus.
The training will is foreseen for 08.10.2019 - 10.10.2019 in hotel Aqualina - Ohrid.
All participants will have their costs for accommodation and travel covered.
The participants should be representatives from active CSOs and meet the following criteria:
Actively work in the area of environment;
Be familiar with the disposal legal mechanisms for access to environmental justice;
To have basic knowledge of the Aarhus Convention.
CED Florozon will conduct the selection of participants based on the aforementioned criteria. The deadline of this call is 04.10.2019.
If you would like to apply, please find the Application form on this link, fill it in and kindly send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.