This summer, we are bringing the heat of the season! #ScardusFest, organized jointly by Scardus Hotel and LAI, will bring to the region a different style of #summerfestival, highlighting the eco-tourism of #SharrMountains, the traditional food of the region, locally sourced bio products, concepts of green economy/tourism, accompanied by music, movies, traditional dances, outdoor […]
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We are super excited to announce that we are starting with a new project “Reflective Memories: From Remembrance to Reconciliation” as a subgrant of the project “RECOM Recondciliation Network” funded by the European Union. The very first activity in the framework of the project is the workshop “Culture of Remembrance and Reflective Memories”
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We are dedicating the March edition of #CoffeeTalks to women rights. Under the moderation of Iva Nasufi ( @ivanasufi ) we will be talking to Arta Selmani (@arta_selmani_ ), Prodean of Faculty of Law at SEEU, and Elmedina Abdulai (@elmedinamahmudi), a feminist activist and Council Member at Tetovo Municipality Council from the movement @pertetoven, on
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We are very happy to have featured as one of the ten partners of Atlas Network that show perspective in 2022. “Atlas Network’s community of partners is growing! Two organizations in Eastern Europe are especially exciting. Liberal Alternative Institute (North Macedonia) and Free Russia Institute (Lithuania) are both promising groups dedicated to human freedom and
Funded by: German Federal Foreign Office The main goal of the “Youth Combating Hate Speech” project is to equip the participating youth with needed tools, knowledge, information, competences and attitudes related to combating hate speech, both online and offline. The project also aims to train the participants on becoming active citizens by helping them
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Happy Birthday to Liberal Alternative Institute Liberal Alternative Institute is 9 years old! It’s been 9 years since we started promoting freedom, liberties and human rights. It’s been 9 years since we have worked towards youth empowerment and civic activism. We are celebrating 9 years of great partnerships and friendships in North Macedonia and elsewhere.
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TOGETHER is one of the local initiatives aiming at bringing ethnic groups together and providing a meeting space for high school students to learn about each other. 13 participants of the “Together Project” exhibited their work through a performance in front of an audience of all ages. The performance included songs in Albanian, Macedonian
Metamorphosis: From Chaos to Art The last local initiative of the project “Youth Combating Hate Speech” was the “Metamorphosis: From Chaos to Art” exhibition which tried to transform the hate speech stories from their chaotic nature to pieces of art by bringing the storytellers and the artists in a collaboration to build transformation and raise
LAI organizes Tetovo Interfaith Youth Week In the framework of the #TetovoInterfaithYouthWeek, yesterday our activist Ms. Clirime Saiti with the support of her mentor Merita Saiti kicked off the activities of their project part of the “Youth Combating Hate Speech” funded and supported by the German Embassy in North Macedonia. Students from different faiths and ethnicities
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Zoom Webinars and physical events: BRAVE! Online Webinars Brave, tackled the issues of bullying, cyberbullying, hate speech and hate crimes through online workshops, a human library informal meeting, and research presented through infographics. The first topic “Cyber Bullying and Hate speech online: legal framework and mechanisms” was presented by the guest speaker Arta Selmani, Pro-dean
