CeSID in cooperation with the Institute for Strategic Research and Education – ISIE (North Macedonia) and IDRA – Institute for Development Research and Alternatives (Albania) will implement a 20–month project (2023-2024) aimed at strengthening the capacities of universities, student organizations and students for corruption prevention at the universities in Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia. Through diverse set of activities including the preparation Joint Report on corruption perception, organization of roundtables, capacity building seminars, summer school and development of virtual assistant (chatbot) digital software, the project will boost a corruption prevention enabling environment in the field of higher education in the targeted countries of the Western Balkans.
This project is being implemented in the framework of SMART Balkans – Civil society for shared society in the Western Balkans, which contributes to strengthening participatory democracies and Euro-Atlantic integrations in the Western Balkans by empowering civil society organizations and CSO networks for stronger and active role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The project is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway.