April

Project approval and granted donation by DFID

May

Plan for implementing the project (division of obligation between IDSCS and FOSIM)

Drafting a list for possible candidates for members of AAB

Gathering materials for preparation of the Democracy Notebooks

June

Forming of AAB

The first draft version of the Democracy notebooks is delivered to the AAB

Revision of the Democracy Notebooks begins

Posting an add and choosing candidates for Team B

July

Drafting a program for training of Team B

Conducting the training of Team B. Lecturers – professors from the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius

Preparation of Instructors Manual (a handbook for interactive teaching)

August

First add for civil educators in School for Democracy (very low interest)

Second add for civil educators in School for Democracy (very low interest)

The revision of the Notebooks continues (implementation of the changes suggested by AAB)

September

Parliamentary elections in Macedonia (inability to proceed with the project activities as planned)

Third add for civil educators in School for Democracy (after the elections)

Finishing the revision of the Democracy Notebooks (implemented the suggested changes made by AAB)

October

Completion of the list of candidates for civil educators in the School for Democracy (127 registered)

Drafting a program for training of the educators (prepared by the Team B, approved by AAB)

Preparation of a survey for perception of the citizens of democracy and preparing a research methodology

Training of Team C (the training was in groups of 20, gathered from the region they were coming from, and conducted during the weekends. Conducted by Team B)

November

The training of Team C continues

The members of Team C start conducting the survey and send the data

Meeting of Team B, devising a plan of future activities for Team C (mapping the locations and setting the number of the local workshops)

December

The processing of the received data from the local survey begins (the gathering of the complete data is still in progress)

The start of drafting the campaign for School for Democracy

Joint meeting of AAB, DFID, FOSIM and IDSCS, a desicion is made to change the look of the Democracy Notebooks (to make them more user-friendly)

January

The changes of the Democracy Notebooks are started

All of the gathered data from the local surveys is processed. The analysis of the survey of the perceptions of the citizens to Democracy, is sent to all of the members of Team C (with instructions for reading and judging the analysis)