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Projects
CIVIC TRACKS Project

Media and Media Activism Trainings

Civic Tracks has organized many media and media activism trainings in North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The trainings are held by the President of Civic Tracks, Aneta Shijakova - a media trainer (with a certificate from the Macedonian Media Institute and the Danish Media Institute, also with a certificate from BIRN for investigative journalism). So far, she has held a large number of trainings intended for young people, representatives of non-governmental organizations, media, state institutions and companies.


Trainings:

[12-2023/01-2024] - Trainings for youth participation, advocacy and youth activism

Lecturer within the program "Communities Inclusive for Youth" with the support of the EU. Trainings for youth participation and activism intended for 10 young activists from non-governmental organizations from the municipalities of Bitola, Novaci, Mogila, Krushevo and Prilep were held in Bitola, Macedonia. The aim of the training was to strengthen the capacities of young people by informing them about the Law on Youth Participation and youth policies in the direction of increased social influence of young people through youth organizing and creating youth policies, as well as greater inclusion in local democracy and in the decision-making process.


[11/2023] - Mentoring and training for journalism, youth activism and advocacy

Mentor and Lecturer in the project "Modern is green - Map for clean Pelagonia" within the sub-grant program of the project "Youth activism for greener municipalities", implemented by the Macedonian Association of Young Lawyers, the Association for Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Go Green Skopje, the Center for Climate Change and the Association of Creative People, with financial support from the European Union, participated in two trainings for journalism, youth activism, and advocacy. Through a mentoring program, the participants were trained to write journalistic articles for an eco blog.
Link: https://rb.gy/vzq7bm


[ 08/2023 ] Training on volunteering, advocacy and communication skills

Lecturer of Training for volunteering, advocacy and communication skills intended for young volunteers in the municipality of Novaci as part of the project "MladiHab - overcoming inequality between young people" implemented by the National Youth Council of Macedonia and Stella Network, with financial support from the British Embassy in Skopje. The goal of the project is to support and encourage girls and young women to be more active in society, to create equal access to opportunities in public life, in the private sector and in the decision-making process at the local and national level.
Link: https://rb.gy/tf7me3


[ 07/2023 ] Training on volunteering, advocacy and communication skills

Lecturer of Training for volunteering, advocacy and communication skills intended for young volunteers in the municipality of Mogila as part of the project "YouthHab - overcoming inequality between young people" implemented by the National Youth Council of Macedonia and Stella Network, with financial support from the British Embassy in Skopje. The goal of the project is to support and encourage girls and young women to be more active in society, to create equal access to opportunities in public life, in the private sector and in the decision-making process at the local and national level.
Link: https://rb.gy/8oa82u


[05/2018 ] Clinical teaching in college: Communication skills training and media relations

Lecturer of Training for communication skills and relations with the media at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies - Bitola, "St. Kliment Ohridski" University - Bitola: clinical teaching. The training was intended for first-year students from the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies in Bitola.


[ 05/2015 ] Clinical teaching in college: Training in communication skills and public relations

Lecturer of Communication Skills and Public Relations Training at Bass Academy, "St. Kliment Ohridski" University-Bitola: clinical teaching. The training was intended for first-year students of the BAS Academy.

[ 04/2013 ] Clinical teaching in college: Training in communication skills and public relations

Lecturer of Communication Skills and Public Relations Training at the Faculty of Administration and Management of Information Systems, "St. Kliment Ohridski" University-Bitola: clinical teaching. The training was intended for first-year students from the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies in Bitola.

[ 09/2011] Training for communication skills and public relations

Lecturer on Communication Skills and Public Relations Training for the National Agency for the Promotion of Agricultural Development in the Republic of Macedonia. The training intended for 20 heads of departments and advisors was held from September 14-16, 2011 in Bitola, Macedonia, with the support of Swedish Statistics.
Link: https://rb.gy/orhwy1


[ 05–06/2006 ] Public relations training

Lecturer of Public Relations Training for the the State Statistics Office of Serbia, intended for 18 heads of regional departments in Serbia and Vojvodina. The training took place from 31.05.-02.06.2006 in Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro with the support of Swedish Statistics.
Link: https://rb.gy/orhwy1


[ 11/2005 ] Public relations training

Lecturer of Public Relations Training for the State Statistics Office of the Republic of Macedonia. The training, which was intended for 20 employees (managers and other staff), was held from November 29-30, 2005 in Skopje, Macedonia, with the support of Swedish Statistics.
Link: https://rb.gy/orhwy1


[ 10/2005 ] Public relations training

Lecturer at the Public Relations Training in Belgrade, Serbia for the State Statistics Office of Serbia and Montenegro. The training intended for 20 employees (top management representatives) was held on October 3-4, 2005, in Belgrade, Serbia, with the support of Swedish Statistics.
Link: https://rb.gy/orhwy1


[ 10/2005 ] Public relations training

Lecturer at the Public Relations Training in Belgrade, Serbia for the State Statistics Office of Serbia and Montenegro. The training intended for 20 employees (representatives of sectors) was held on October 5-6, 2005, in Belgrade, Serbia, with the support of Swedish Statistics.
Link: https://rb.gy/orhwy1


[ 10/2003 ] Training in the field of volunteering

Trainer on "Volunteering - our contribution to the community" organized by the Resource Center for Non-Governmental Organizations-Prilep. The training was intended for members of non-governmental organizations with special emphasis on motivation, coordination, support, monitoring and rewarding of volunteers. For recruiting volunteers, a media strategy and a public campaign were developed. The result was the initiative to solve local problems - with volunteer participation to lobby for the construction of accesses for disabled people in Prilep.


[ 05/2003 ] Training on the role of journalism in the protection of human rights

Trainer for media and human rights at workshops held in primary and secondary schools in the municipalities of Bitola and Demir Hisar, Macedonia. The trainings were supported by the local governments of Bitola and Demir Hisar. In the same project, trainer for human rights at the international seminar "Miramida", organized by the Youth Council of Ohrid, intended for activists of non-governmental organizations from Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.