The workshop “Culture of remembrance and Reflective Memory” has brought together youth from high school and university, from different ethnic bacgrounds coming from Tetovo and the surrounding areas to learn more and discuss on issues of reconciliation, remembrance and acceptance. Through nonformal education tools , discussions, roleplays they are exploring identity, perceptions, prejudice, stereotypes, individuality, […]

  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

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

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

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. 

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