North Macedonia

MAIN ISSUES

Today ADP – Zid works on different types of projects and activities within the following programs:

Social Policy and Advocacy Program

for changes affecting social exclusion (economic, cultural, political, spatial)
Employment policy with special emphasis on youth employment
Housing policy
Social rights and human security of citizens
Invoking the responsibility of local institutions

A program of positive social change in the community

Community services
National Volunteer Service to encourage the development of volunteering;
Volunteering policy and evaluation of volunteer work; volunteering in the function of change
Development and profiling of sustainable services to other organizations and local governments
Services resulting from policy testing
Programs that contribute to the sustainability of ADP-Zid (hubs, co-creative spaces, Community Center – community center Jusovača, social enterprise)
CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility
Service learning and community faculty responsibility

Community and youth initiatives in the community

EU ERASMUS + contact point
Local Volunteer Center LVC – work and engagement of volunteers in the community
Let’s do it action
Encouraging social engagement in the community – citizens’ initiatives in the function of change, encouraging solidarity and development of social capital
Independent volunteer initiative

Psychosocial programs
Counseling for psychological help and support for people with gambling problems and their family members
Support for help with all forms of non-chemical addiction
Buddy service
Psychosocial support to groups at risk of social exclusion (long-term unemployed, resocialization, violence prevention, children with behavioral problems, young people at risk of poverty …)