News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: Young people (18 to 30 years old) from all regions of North Macedonia. The competition is open to talented amateur photographers. Aim: To bring justice closer to citizens and citizens, to inform them of their rights and to promote the work of the European Union and the Council of Europe in the field
Read more →Target group: Organisations and individual artists registered as legal entities in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries Aim: The call provides grants to organisations and individual artists registered as legal entities in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries, that want to host international artists and cultural professionals for a residency project. Amount: N/A
Read more →EEAS: The European Union regrets that the Republika Srpska National Assembly voted in favour of amendments to the criminal code reintroducing criminal penalties for defamation. These legislative changes would impose unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on independent media and civil society. The decision is a clear step in the wrong direction and has a chilling effect
Read more →Target group: CSOs in Montenegro Aim: Improve the level of supervision over the work of public companies at the state and local level and reduce the space for abuse and corruption in the work of public companies through increased interest of citizens in their work. Amount: up to 5,000 EUR Duration: up to 6 months
Read more →Target group: Young cultural practitioners and youth-oriented CSOs in the field of culture in the Western Balkans region Aim: To support youth cultural activism and creative solutions to current social and political problems in the region, contributing to regional cooperation, intercultural dialogue, peacebuilding, and reconciliation. Amount: 3,000 – 6,000 EUR Duration: N/A Deadline: 12 November
Read more →Target group: Local self-governments, CSOs, vulnerable groups such as irregularly present migrants, Roma, people with disabilities, LGBTI people, Jews, people of different ethnic/religions, etc., youth, general population. Aim: To support selected grantees in developing concrete responses on combating discrimination, including discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and combating hate speech. Amount: 60.000
Read more →Target group: CSOs in Serbia, BiH, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Montenegro. Aim: To strengthen engagement of grassroot and other local CSOs in local-level PAR and citizen engagement in PAR. Amount: up to 14,000 EUR Duration: up to 15 months Deadline: 28 December Link to more information (EU TACSO 3)
Read more →The ongoing political crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina has led to increased pressures on civil society and media in the country, materializing in controversial laws and regulations that have the potential to undermine the foundations of democracy, erode fundamental rights, and severely limit the operations of civic actors. We invite you to join us for
Read more →On 19-20 October 2023, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organized the 9th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum in Thessaloniki. Discussing the impact of geopolitical shifts on the WB and the EU’s enlargement policy, obstacles faced by the region in their accession path, the role of civil society, and ways to monitor civil society
Read more →European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights FRA’s ‘Civic Space Update 2023 highlights civil society challenges. Examples include strategic lawsuits (SLAPPs) and actions against those involved in migrant search and rescue at sea or against those representing vulnerable groups. It also addresses civil society financing. It also examines recent changes to the challenges holding back civil
Read more →For the last three decades, the climate COPs have represented a milestone in the global climate agenda, and with the effects of climate change becoming more and more visible, international, and cross-sectoral collaboration on climate is increasingly critical. Still, for many philanthropy practitioners, the COPs feel opaque, and their significance for their own work is
Read more →In an interview with Aida Daguda and Dajana Cvjetkovic from the BCSDN member CPCD, CIVICUS highlights the concerning deterioration of civic space in BiH. Expressing their concern about the rapid deterioration of civic space in BiH and the introduction of two new pieces of legislation in Republika Srpska. The first bill reintroduced criminal defamation into
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