Projects to support the parliamentary administration​

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has supported the Parliament of North Macedonia since 2010 by financing the activities of a new parliamentary institute responsible for conducting analyses for members of parliament and informing citizens about the role and functioning of the parliamentary assembly.

In November 2016, during a study visit in Switzerland, a delegation from the Parliamentary Institute of North Macedonia expressed interest in receiving support from the Parliamentary Services (PS) in the areas of civic education and guided tours of Parliament. The resulting collaboration with the PS led to the development of an online booking system for visits as well as the creation of a virtual tour of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia. Furthermore, based on the role-playing game 'Mon point de vue' (website available in German, French and Italian) developed by the PS, the Parliamentary Institute of North Macedonia created a new civic education programme, which was launched in March 2019. To promote its own role-playing game for schools, it produced a video on its collaboration with the PS for this project.

In 2021, two missions were carried out in Skopje: one on an exchange of information in the field of information technology (ticketing system), the other aimed to share with the Public Budget Office (PBO) and the Secretariat of the Finance Committee of the Assembly of North Macedonia the experience of the PS on the budget process, financial planning, the debt brake and financial oversight.

In February and September 2024, the two parliamentary administrations continued their discussions on financial topics and in particular discussed how financial policy is conducted in the two countries and how the budget is drawn up by the government and then examined by Parliament. The Secretariat of the Finance Committees of the Federal Chambers (FC) also explained how it supports the committees, in particular by drawing up a questionnaire for them. In the area of financial supervision, a presentation outlined the work and methods of the Finance Delegation of the Federal Chambers (FINDEL), in particular its very intensive and fruitful collaboration with the Federal Audit Office. This aspect aroused great interest on the Macedonian side, as there is no similar system of collaboration in the country. Finally, after a presentation on the FC handbook, the PBO expressed interest in developing a similar document for the Assembly of North Macedonia. The PS will provide their support if this project goes ahead.

  PS evaluation mission for the Parliament of North Macedonia (May 2017)

 ​ Study visit in Bern by a delegation from the Parliament of North Macedonia (November 2017)

Follow-up mission to implement the Swiss Parliament’s recommendations in Skopje (March 2018)

Exchange in Skopje on the ticketing system (September 2021)