CHILDREN’S CREATIVE CENTER 

Children’s Creative Center was established as an initiative of Step by Step in the period when Step by Step was part of the FOSIM. FOSIM, OSI-New York and Youth Cultural Center financially supported Children’s Creative Center. This center in Skopje is a unique cultural institution that offers active space for children and adults. Children’s Creative Center provides quality environment for intellectual and creative development. Children’s Creative Center is recognized as informal educational environment that welcomes children and families from our multicultural country, from every neighborhood and different backgrounds.

Base on the fact that only 12 % of the children in Macedonia attend kindergartens, CCC is a cultural environment for informal education. It offers opportunities to all children even to those that do not attend kindergartens or are involve in any form of formal or informal education. This active environment is a space where children can implement different creative activities. It is also place for exhibitions of children’s artwork. Children’s Creative Center encourages family participation, strengthening multicultural community and enhancing research in art field, science and human relations.

Children’s Creative center is open for all children age 12 and their parents as well as for the preschool and primary school teachers who are constant visitors..

Children’s Creative Center in Skopje is financed by Youth Cultural Center and Children’s Creative Center in Radovis by kindergarten “Aco Karamnov”, Foundation Step by Step is committed to seek financial support and other resources with aim improving current activities and implementing new creative ones

Foundation Step by Step so far provided grant from World Bank. In May last year (2003) Balkan Foundation for Children and Youth approved a grant of 15 800 $ for Children’s Creative Center in Skopje.