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Filip Stojanovski Metamorphosis Foundation

Intercultural Dialogue, Civic Participation and Human Rights in the Digital Sphere [Experiences from Macedonia]. Filip Stojanovski Metamorphosis Foundation International Round Table: Intercultural Dialogue and Digital Culture , датум. Republic of Macedonia. Population: 2 million

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Filip Stojanovski Metamorphosis Foundation

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  1. Intercultural Dialogue, Civic Participation and Human Rights in the Digital Sphere[Experiences from Macedonia] Filip Stojanovski Metamorphosis Foundation International Round Table: Intercultural Dialogue and Digital Culture, датум

  2. Republic of Macedonia • Population: 2 million • Independence: 1991, UN membership: 1993 • EU candidate status: 2005, no negotiation start date yet • Internet penetration >30% • Workforce with university degrees ~ 10% • eGovernment services sophistication average ~50%

  3. Ethnic and linguistic diversity Macedonians 64% Albanians 25% Turks 4% Roma 3% Serbs 2% Bosniaks 1% Aromanians (Vlach) 0.5 % & including Egyptians, Croats, Slovenes, Jews… Diverse religious heritage Orthodox Christians 66% Muslims 33% Less than 1% includes Catholic Christians, Methodist Christians, Jews… Macedonia, a multicultural society

  4. Elements of Intercultural Dialogue • Acknowledge the presence • Show and receive respect • Know about each other • Work together • Solve problems • Live together

  5. Digital Content Needed! • Software localization • FOSS (Linux, OpenOffice.org…) • Microsoft (Windows, MS Office) • Educational eContent • Insignificant amount of user-generated content in local languages other than Macedonian

  6. Need for educational eContent • Localization of software in Macedonian and Albanian to be used in schools • Adapting of school curriculum • Publishing digital content for the children, esp. textbooks • Implementing Open Access • (only 2 OA journals so far)

  7. Content of Government Websites • In general • Without adopted standards • Sporadic updates • Central level • One-way communication • Macedonian and English language used • Local level • Macedonian, Albanian and some English • Low level of citizen participation • Closing of forums & similar tools

  8. Presenting Macedonia to the World Government websites • Official Website www.gov.mk • Agency for Foreign Investments www.InvestInMacedonia.com • State Statistical Office www.stat.gov.mk Seemingly most authoritative, comprehensive and most quoted source: • CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov Issue of political and nationalist propaganda, cluttering the search results

  9. Commercial Media • Online portals almost exclusively publish in Macedonian • Politics &/ entertainment news • News agencies • Two also use English • One of them also uses Albanian • National broadcaster (www.mrt.com.mk) • website in 10 languages

  10. Citizen/User Generated Media • Around 30,000 blogs (many inactive) • almost all in Macedonian, few in English • Wikipedia • Macedonian ~21,000 articles • Albanian ~ 22,000 articles • Roma ~ 500 articles in comparison • English ~ 2,630,000 articles • Croatian ~ 50,000 articles • Rising tides: • Social networking tools • Online video

  11. Availability of Online Content

  12. Bridging the Language divides • Regularly active bridge blogs and other websites (inactive or dead in parenthesis) • Global Voices Online (www.globalvoicesonline.org) • mk.globalvoicesonline.org • sq.globalvoicesonline.org • Note: Most MK language news media reuse foreign content (without attribution), but not from blogs or other citizen media.

  13. Presenting Macedonian Culture • Active Magazines & News sources • Blesok | Shine www.blesok.com.mk (MK, EN) • Contemporary Arts Center www.scca.org.mk (EN) • Culture in Macedonia www.culture.in.mk (EN) • Mac. Cinematography www.maccinema.com (MK) • Content published under Creative Commons • (CC) Macedonia Portal cc.org.mk • Other: institutions & projects • Museum of Macedonia www.musmk.org.mk • Living Heritage www.zivonasledstvo.org.mk • Exploring Macedonia www.exploringmacedonia.com • Macedonia FAQ (last update in 2003) faq.macedonia.com

  14. Diversity & Intercultural Dialogue Resources NGOs and Projects • Foundation Open Society Institute – Macedonia www.soros.org.mk • Common Values www.cv.org.mk • DIANET (Dialogue for Interaction, Advocacy and Networking Capacity Building) www.dianet.org • Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation www.mcic.org.mk • Bridging Religions in Macedonia http://mcms.powweb.com/MSM

  15. Thank you for your attention Zahvaljujem na pažnjiБлагодарам на вниманиетоfilip@metamorphosis.org.mkwww.metamorphosis.org.mk

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