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An independent institute for anti-corruption research, policy and education.
The Institute for Transparency and Integrity – Skopje is an independent, non-governmental research and policy organisation, founded in November 2024. We work where anti-corruption research, policy development, education and digital innovation meet, in North Macedonia and across the Western Balkans.
Our team is multidisciplinary and comes from the professions where the causes and effects of corruption are seen first-hand. We work only with professionals whose personal integrity meets the standards we advocate publicly.
Lasting reduction of corruption requires three elements working together:
Our work connects all three. We build credibility through consistent conduct in our daily work.
We select our members, associates and partners for demonstrated personal integrity and responsible governance. When we meet the standards we advocate, our research, training and public positions carry weight.
We back this principle with three commitments:
President
Researcher and licensed psychologist with fifteen years of experience in quantitative and qualitative research. Since 2013 she has been a research executive at M-Prospect, where she designs methodologies and leads studies from sampling to analysis. She has worked on national studies of perceptions and experiences of corruption, trust in institutions and corruption in higher education. Certified digital marketing professional.
Executive Director
Former public prosecutor with over thirteen years of experience, including as Deputy Special Prosecutor, and seven years as Liaison Prosecutor at Eurojust. Advocate and adviser on financial crime investigations, asset recovery, digital evidence and virtual assets. Co-author of OSCE handbooks on prosecutorial leadership and on handling virtual assets in criminal proceedings.
We pursue our goals through four programme areas.
We conduct multidisciplinary research on corruption and its impact on individuals and society, and turn the findings into evidence-based recommendations.
We develop training and mentoring programmes for young people, professionals, civil society organisations, institutions, political parties and the private sector, to strengthen the knowledge and skills needed to fight corruption.
We connect individuals, institutions, organisations and informal groups across the country and the region in a joint response to corrupt practices.
We raise public awareness of the harm caused by corruption, develop digital transparency tools and support individuals and communities committed to integrity.
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Corruption in North Macedonia and the region persists despite an extensive body of anti-corruption legislation. In Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, the country scores 40 out of 100 and ranks 84th of 182, unchanged from the previous year.[1] In its 2025 report, the European Commission found no progress in preventing and fighting corruption, for the second year running.[2] According to the 2025 Special Eurobarometer, 89% of citizens consider corruption widespread, compared with an EU average of 69%.[3]
The obstacles lie in implementation. Knowledge is fragmented across sectors, practitioners work in isolation, citizens are disengaged, and informal practice undermines the formal integrity framework. Legislative reforms stall in application, and individual prosecutions leave the habits of the system intact. Citizens experience corruption as inevitable.
We conduct multidisciplinary research in sectors where the damage from corruption is direct: justice, health, education, the environment and the media. We define research questions together with those who will use the findings, so that research leads to concrete policy.
Policy recommendations go directly to legislators and regulators. Training and mentoring build the capacity of prosecutors, public officials, young professionals and civil society to apply integrity standards in their daily work. Campaigns and digital transparency tools change the civic environment in which institutions operate.
Corruption crosses borders, and the response must too. We connect Macedonian researchers and practitioners with counterparts in the region and beyond, in a network that outlasts any single project.
This is the basis of our credibility, described in About us.
We develop digital tools that strengthen anti-corruption practice: platforms for secure reporting, dashboards that make institutional data understandable to citizens, and analytical tools that help practitioners detect patterns across cases and sectors. We also share our findings through short videos, interactive formats and digital storytelling, to reach young people and audiences that traditional advocacy seldom engages.
Policymakers have access to recommendations for drafting relevant laws and regulations, tailored to the Macedonian and regional context. Professionals and institutions have stronger technical and ethical capacity. Citizens, especially young people, have accessible tools through which they build their resilience within the system, understand corruption and report it.
Legal and institutional frameworks are revised on the basis of evidence and good practice. A generation of practitioners for whom integrity is a professional norm moves into decision-making roles. Public discourse shifts from resignation towards an expectation of accountability.
Integrity is the standard in public institutions. Corruption loses its social legitimacy. North Macedonia and the region build governance systems in which transparency is part of the structure itself.
Change depends on the following conditions:
We measure ourselves at three levels: outputs (published research, trained professionals, policy recommendations), outcomes (policies adopted, institutional practice changed, reporting mechanisms used) and institutional credibility, which we assess through independent review, partner feedback and the composition and conduct of our team.
multidisciplinary researchers; legal and policy expertise; a network of vetted partners; governance built on personal integrity; digital and communications expertise.
research and analysis; policy drafting and advocacy; training and mentoring; public campaigns, digital tools and contemporary formats for young people; regional networking.
published research, policy briefs, trained professionals, public awareness campaigns, an operational regional network, digital solutions, communication products for young people.
evidence-based policy; changed institutional practice; informed and engaged citizens; greater youth participation in civic life; integrity as a professional standard.
less corruption and greater public trust in institutions in North Macedonia and the region.
The principle connecting all levels: ITI's own institutional integrity.
Our first projects are in preparation. In this section we will publish every project we implement, with its partners, sources of funding and results.
November 2024
ITI began its work as an independent organisation for anti-corruption research, policy and education, based in Skopje.
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