The Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) adopted in 2001 commenced a new
chapter in the development of Macedonian democracy. The reforms that
followed from the agreement introduced power-sharing elements in the
functioning of state institutions. In order to assess part of the implications of
these reforms, this paper aims at exploring the changes in the levels of
institutional trust in Macedonia pre and post OFA. For the purposes of this
research, survey data from four different time points, ranging from 1998 to
2008, is analyzed. The study finds that the agreement contributed to a great
increase in citizens’ institutional trust levels, especially in the case of ethnic
Albanians.