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Intercultural Dialogue, Civic Participation and Human Rights in
the Digital Sphere[Experiences from Macedonia]
Filip StojanovskiMetamorphosis FoundationInternational Round Table: Intercultural Dialogue and Digital Culture, датум
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Republic of Macedonia
• Population: 2 million• Independence: 1991, UN membership: 1993 • EU candidate status: 2005, no negotiation start date yet• Internet penetration >30%• Workforce with university degrees ~ 10%• eGovernment services sophistication average ~50%
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Macedonia, a multicultural society
Ethnic and linguistic diversity• Macedonians 64%• Albanians 25%• Turks 4%• Roma 3%• Serbs 2%• Bosniaks 1%• Aromanians (Vlach) 0.5 %& including Egyptians, Croats,
Slovenes, Jews…
Diverse religious heritage• Orthodox Christians 66%• Muslims 33%• Less than 1% includes
Catholic Christians, Methodist Christians, Jews…
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Elements of Intercultural Dialogue• Acknowledge the presence• Show and receive respect• Know about each other• Work together• Solve problems• Live together
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Digital Content Needed!
• Software localization– FOSS (Linux, OpenOffice.org…)– Microsoft (Windows, MS Office)
• Educational eContent• Insignificant amount of user-
generated content in local languages other than Macedonian
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Need for educational eContent• Localization of software in
Macedonian and Albanian to be used in schools
• Adapting of school curriculum• Publishing digital content for the
children, esp. textbooks• Implementing Open Access
– (only 2 OA journals so far)
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Content of Government Websites
• In general– Without adopted standards– Sporadic updates
• Central level– One-way communication– Macedonian and English language used
• Local level– Macedonian, Albanian and some English– Low level of citizen participation– Closing of forums & similar tools
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Presenting Macedonia to the World
Government websites• Official Website www.gov.mk• Agency for Foreign Investments
www.InvestInMacedonia.com• State Statistical Office www.stat.gov.mk
Seemingly most authoritative, comprehensive and most quoted source:
• CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov
Issue of political and nationalist propaganda, cluttering the search results
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Commercial Media
• Online portals almost exclusively publish in Macedonian– Politics &/ entertainment news
• News agencies – Two also use English– One of them also uses Albanian
• National broadcaster (www.mrt.com.mk)– website in 10 languages
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Citizen/User Generated Media
• Around 30,000 blogs (many inactive)– almost all in Macedonian, few in English
• Wikipedia– Macedonian ~21,000 articles– Albanian ~ 22,000 articles– Roma ~ 500 articlesin comparison– English ~ 2,630,000 articles– Croatian ~ 50,000 articles
• Rising tides:– Social networking tools– Online video
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Availability of Online ContentContent/language Macedonian Albanian Roma Other LL English
Political news 2 1 0 0 1
Entertainment News 2 1 0 0 0
e-Learning apps 1 0 0 0 0
General knowledge 1 0 0 0 0
Wikipedia 2 2 1 2 2
Personal blogs 4 1 0 1 1
Topical blogs 1 0 0 0 1
Bridge blogs 1 1 0 0 1
Online video 2 1 0 0 1
Rank explanation (estimates) Other local languages (LL) include
1.None2.Few (or one)3.Dozens
1.Hundreds2.Thousands
Serbian, Turkish, Bosnian, & Vlach (Aromanian)
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Bridging the Language divides
• Regularly active bridge blogs and other websites (inactive or dead in parenthesis)
• Global Voices Online (www.globalvoicesonline.org)– mk.globalvoicesonline.org– sq.globalvoicesonline.org
• Note: Most MK language news media reuse foreign content (without attribution), but not from blogs or other citizen media.
LanguagesSource/target
Macedonian
Albanian
Roma
Other LL English
French
Macedonian - 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 2 (2) 1
Albanian 0 (1) - 0 0 0 (1) 1
Roma 0 0 - 0 0 0
Other LL 0 (1) 0 0 - 0 0
English 1 1 0 0 - 0
French 0 0 0 0 0 -
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Presenting Macedonian Culture• Active Magazines & News sources
– Blesok | Shine www.blesok.com.mk (MK, EN)– Contemporary Arts Center www.scca.org.mk (EN)– Culture in Macedonia www.culture.in.mk (EN)– Mac. Cinematography www.maccinema.com (MK)
• Content published under Creative Commons – (CC) Macedonia Portal cc.org.mk
• Other: institutions & projects– Museum of Macedonia www.musmk.org.mk – Living Heritage www.zivonasledstvo.org.mk– Exploring Macedonia www.exploringmacedonia.com – Macedonia FAQ (last update in 2003) faq.macedonia.com
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Diversity & Intercultural Dialogue Resources
NGOs and Projects• Foundation Open Society Institute
– Macedonia www.soros.org.mk • Common Values www.cv.org.mk• DIANET (Dialogue for Interaction,
Advocacy and Networking Capacity Building) www.dianet.org
• Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation www.mcic.org.mk
• Bridging Religions in Macedonia http://mcms.powweb.com/MSM
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