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Today, with the sounds of the song, the new inclusive park "Ice Begov" was officially opened in the courtyard of the Pioneer Home in Gevgelija.

Together we find local solutions for local challenges, and we talked about that with the USAID North Macedonia Country Representative, Jeri Dible, with whom we visited the municipalities of Novo Selo and Shtip.

Today we attended the opening of the new retiree club for active and healthy aging in Monospitovo village in the Municipality of Bosilovo.

The new creative community center (work hub) "NEXUS - Creativity Work Hub" started working in Radovish municipality with a promotional event for local stakeholders.

The new multipurpose trail in the municipality of Kumanovo invites tourists and local residents to an adventure.

To mark the International Day of Rural Women, which is celebrated every year on October 15, an event was held today at the Sopot winery in Veles, to highlight the key role of women in rural development.

The members of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) Aber 2015, Belasica-Ograzden, Bojmija, Males-Pijanec and Plackovica presented their local, traditional products from forest fruits, meat, dried vegetables and fruits, honey, nuts, as well as handmade products, natural cosmetics and other products from rural areas.

The US Ambassador to North Macedonia, H.E. Angela Aggeler visited the children in the educational center and talked with the mayor of the Municipality of Bosilovo, Mr. Risto Manchev, and the residents about the challenges they face and how they can be overcome.

This Saturday, on September 16, the second fair in a row to promote local development – LAG Expo 2023, which is the only one of its kind in the country, was held in Gevgelija.

On November 12, under the motto "Taste life, taste tradition" in front of the pond in Skopje's City Park, the First National Food and Beverage Fair was held.

LAG Expo 2022 – a fair for local development was held on September 23, in the Cultural Center “Aco Karamanov” in Radovish. This fair is the first of its kind in the country where, through presentations and panel discussions, representatives of Local Action Groups (LAGs) from North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, and Croatia presented their activities and discussed topics related to local development that affect all rural communities.

More than 30 representatives from the Macedonian Local Action Groups (LAGs) Aber 2015, Belasica-Ograzden, Bojmija, Malesh-Pijanec and Plachkovica as well as guests from LAGs from Albania, Serbia, Kosovo and Croatia were part of a study visit to the municipalities Konche, Demir Kapija and Dojran within LAG Expo 2022.

On June 3, 2022, in Uma village, Municipality of Gevgelija, an event for celebrating the completion of the first community action in Uma village was organized by USAID’s Community Development Program, implemented by the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia, in partnership with Local Action Group (LAG) Bojmija.

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Event celebrating the completion of the first community action in Uma Village

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This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This gallery is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This gallery is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This gallery is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This gallery is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This gallery is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This gallery is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.

This activity is part of the Community Development Program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This gallery is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.

The Barta industrial zone in Bogdanci, which is located on the territory of LAG Bojmija, will receive a modern sewage system, which will improve the management of waste water in the industrial zone and provide better living conditions for the local population.

We present to you the story of LAG Bojmija, one of the partners with whom we implement USAID's Community Development Program, which advocates for rural development led by local residents.

The visits of the cross-sector advisory groups are continuing. Today, January 25th, the USAID Community Development Program team was in Strumica.

Today, January 24, 2023, USAIDќс Community Development Program team attended a cross-sector advisory group meeting within LAG Malesh-Pijanec.

On this year's International Day of Rural Women, we share the inspiring story of Mirjana Dojranlieva from the village of Uma in the municipality of Gevgelija.

On October 14, we were in the municipalities of Bosilovo and Vasilevo, where together with Dawn Carmin, USAID's North Macedonia Director of General Development Office, we visited the enclosed landfill in Bosilovo, as well as the new park in Chanaklija Village.

On September 27 and 28, 2022, two trainings were held in Skopje, namely a training for self-reliance by relying on one’s own resources and a training for strengthening the capacities for mobilization in the community.

During the LAG Expo, visitors attended presentations and panel discussions with representatives of Local Action Groups (LAGs) from the country as well as from the region - Albania, Serbia, Kosovo and Croatia, as well as a fair with stands from local businesses and civil society organizations from the territory covered by LAGs Aber 2015, Belasica-Ograzden, Bojmija, Malesh-Pijanec and Plachkovica.

LAG Expo 2022 – a fair for local development was held on September 23, in the Cultural Center “Aco Karamanov” in Radovish. This fair is the first of its kind in the country where, through presentations and panel discussions, representatives of Local Action Groups (LAGs) from North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, and Croatia presented their activities and discussed topics related to local development that affect all rural communities.

More than 30 representatives from the Macedonian Local Action Groups (LAGs) Aber 2015, Belasica-Ograzden, Bojmija, Malesh-Pijanec and Plachkovica as well as guests from LAGs from Albania, Serbia, Kosovo and Croatia were part of a study visit to the municipalities Konche, Demir Kapija and Dojran within LAG Expo 2022.

Thanks to the collaboration of the community and civil activism, the joint community action to clean the riverbed of the Pisa River in the Municipality of Pehcevo was successfully completed.

The joint action to clean the riverbed of the river Pisa in the municipality of Pehcevo as part of USAID’s Community Development Program, implemented by the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia, in partnership with the Local Action Group (LAG) Malesh-Pijanec, was completed.

On July 7, 2022, representatives of USAID’s Community Development Program are part of a Collaboration, Learning and Adapting event organized by USAID’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Project, implemented by the company Indago.

In Uma village, Municipality of Gevgelija, USAID’s Community Development Program celebrated the completion of the first community action in the village within the Program.

On June 3, 2022, in Uma village, Municipality of Gevgelija, an event for celebrating the completion of the first community action in Uma village was organized by USAID’s Community Development Program, implemented by the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia, in partnership with Local Action Group (LAG) Bojmija.

Construction works are underway to place a cobbled path in Uma village that leads from the entrance of the village to the center of the village. This community action envisages the construction of part of the main street by laying cobblestones in keeping with the local tradition in the length of 185 meters as well as the installation of new garbage containers where the population can separate plastic waste for recycling pickup and cleaning the public space at the entrance to Uma which used to be an illegal landfill.

Thanks to the involvement of local actors, the village of Uma in the municipality of Gevgelija will get a more beautiful and cleaner public space as part of advancing local development in the region.

Some of the stakeholders from the private sector in the Radovis region and the village of Lubnica in the municipality of Konce discussed with the team that implements USAID’s Community Development Program.

Towards the end of January, the representatives of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia, as an implementer of USAID’s Community Development Program, accompanied by the representative of LAG Aber-2015 visited several local actors from the business sector

Representatives of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia – implementer of USAID’s Community Development Program held a working meeting with representatives of the Progressive Academy Foundation

USAID’s Community Development Program, alongside the idea behind it, the concept, the expected objectives, and the opportunities for cooperation for advancing rural development, was presented

Meetings with local stakeholders who are part of the development of local communities continue! Representatives of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia as an implementation team of USAID’s Community Development Program and LAG Bojmija spoke with owners and representatives of several successful companies from Gevgelija.

One of the objectives of USAID’s Community Development Program is to demonstrate that equitable and sustainable rural development is possible through the cooperation of all local stakeholders who will participate in identifying and prioritizing the real problems of the community and together will design and implement sustainable solutions in response to these problems.

To acquaint the local stakeholders in the municipalities of Berovo, Pehchevo, and Delchevo with USAID’s Community Development Program, Rural Development Network of North Macedonia’s team that implements the Program visited these municipalities and had numerous meetings.

Representatives of the Rural Development Network of North Macedonia, which implements USAID’s Community Development Program, attended the Agricultural Policy Forum 2021 held in Serbia on October 20 and 21 on the topic of a green agenda for the Western Balkans.

Overview of profiles of municipalities covered by USAID’s Community Development Program