Holding onto our impressions of the Inno4Edu hackathon, we decided to introduce you to the young innovators who devoted their time and energy to create something new for the next generations during the hackathon. The teams were tasked with the challenge to create games for children between the ages of
Have you ever felt that something is missing in your public education system? Do you remember a fun class you had, and secretly wish all of your classes were like that? Have you ever seen a teacher giving their best and wish you could have
For us, libraries are not just a place to rent books, they represent knowledge and tradition, they are a unique “spot” surrounded by stories and emotions. By providing access to many different types of resources, from news to history journals, libraries are the knowledge keepers,
Change is real, it requires work, and we must understand that it’s a process. The most noticeable change resulting from this innovative experiment is the shift in the policymakers’ mindset, especially at the local (municipal) level. The Municipality of Centar has an important role in
The United Nations has established a number of key goals and targets in recent years to address the challenges of rapid global urbanization. In addition to the objectives set at the World Summit in New York 2015 and the Habitat III Declaration of the same
Quiz time!1: What is the most significant landmark in human history to have occurred in the past decade? The arguments could go on forever over the answers to this, but future historians will surely include the demographic turning-point that occurred around 2009 — the first
Designing a Thermal Map of Skopje To detect the heat islands in Skopje, it was necessary to create a detailed thermal map of the city. A goal that was rather challenging, though. However, the possibility to test several techniques and approaches in the previous years within
Working with Skopje’s Innovation Lab has led to some surprising technical solutions to development challenges but none more so than our latest project — using a paraglider and a thermal camera to assess the effects of urban heat islands in the capital city. What are
The United Nations predicts that by 2050 almost 80% of the world’s population will live in cities, while the population is likely to exceed 11 billion by the end of the 21st century (EEA 2016). The latest data from the Macedonian State Statistical Office shows
How I became part of this project? After more than four years of doing researches all over the World as a GIS and Remote Sensing researcher, a chance was given to me to be a part of a project related to my hometown. There was
