{"id":3708,"date":"2026-02-10T11:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/2026\/02\/10\/programa-za-razvo%d1%98-na-zaedniczata-community-development-program-cdp\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:58:49","slug":"community-development-program-cdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/2026\/02\/10\/community-development-program-cdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Development Program \u2013 CDP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Location:<\/strong> Three planning regions in North Macedonia: Eastern, Northeastern and Southeastern, through 5 Local Action Groups covering 18 municipalities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donor:<\/strong> United States Agency for International Development \u2013 USAID<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total budget:<\/strong> USD 1,904,511.39<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partners:<\/strong>
LAG Plachkovica
LAG Malesh-Pijanec
LAG Belasica-Ograzhden
LAG Bojmija
LAG Aber-2015
SEG Holding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main Objective<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The main objective of the project is to support the sustainable development of rural areas in North Macedonia by increasing the involvement of local stakeholders in identifying and prioritising the real needs of their communities. The project builds on local resources and encourages cooperation between the public, private and civil society sectors through joint socio-economic and environmental initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Target Groups \/ Key Stakeholders<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Municipalities
\u2022 Private sector stakeholders
\u2022 Civil society organisations
\u2022 Local civic initiatives
\u2022 Policy makers
\u2022 Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Beneficiaries<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The population living in the target areas of the three planning regions \u2014 Eastern, Northeastern and Southeastern \u2014 covering a total of 18 municipalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Components<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Component 1: Networking and Strengthening<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Providing local support by connecting local and national stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local stakeholders use the acquired expertise to lead and take ownership of the future development of their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Component 2: Mobilisation of Local Resources for Sustainable Development Models<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Local stakeholders cooperate to identify and prioritise community needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Development and implementation of solutions that mobilise the necessary resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Component 3: Outreach and Knowledge Transfer<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Replication of sustainable, locally led development models in other communities and regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing good practices and promoting local initiatives through innovative technological solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objectives and Expected Results<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Objective 1: Local stakeholders cooperate to lead local development<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Increased capacities of local stakeholders to engage citizens and other relevant actors
\u2022 Increased number of local partnerships
\u2022 Improved civic participation at local level
\u2022 Establishment of locally led development in selected communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objective 2: Local stakeholders mobilise resources to address community priorities<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Greater involvement of local stakeholders in identifying and prioritising local problems and opportunities, including pollution, public health, unemployment, migration, local economic development and other key issues
\u2022 Improved mobilisation of resources and activities for implementing local solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objective 3: Development of replicable and sustainable models<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Effective replication of sustainable, locally led development models in other communities and regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Location: Three planning regions in North Macedonia: Eastern, Northeastern and Southeastern, through 5 Local Action Groups covering 18 municipalities Donor: United States Agency for International Development \u2013 USAID Total budget: USD 1,904,511.39 Partners:LAG PlachkovicaLAG Malesh-PijanecLAG Belasica-OgrazhdenLAG BojmijaLAG Aber-2015SEG Holding Main Objective The main objective of the project is to support the sustainable development of rural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[474],"tags":[475,476],"class_list":["post-3708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-completed-projects","tag-cdp","tag-prz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4568,"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3708\/revisions\/4568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralnet.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}