News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: CSOs established in Kosovo. Aim: To strengthen the capacities of CSOs from Kosovo, supporting their role as competent, transparent, effective, and accountable civil society actors. Amount: The maximum amount of funds available for operating grants under each lot is 80,000 EUR. Duration: up to 48 months Deadline: 23 October Link to more information
Read more →Target group: Individuals holding citizenship of one of the Western Balkans Fund Contracting Parties. Aim: The Swiss Government supports the institutional strengthening and portfolio diversification of the Western Balkans Fund. Move Grants are part of this support. Amount: 4,000 EUR Duration: 6 months Deadline: 6 November Link to more information (WBF)
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: N/A Aim: The enhanced inclusion of small and other local Go for RJA at the local level, as well as civic engagement in the RJA. Amount: 14,000 EUR Duration: 15 months Deadline: 28 December Link to more information (EPI)
Read more →Target group: CSOs, activists, and informal groups interested in learning and sharing knowledge on accountability. Countries: Balkans Short description: BCSDN invites CSOs, networks, and activists across the Balkans, to join the Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) and support our Pledge for joint action and discussions in a safe space where we can commit to strengthening the
Read more →Target group: applicants who turn 35 by 2022 and have achieved significant results in the relevant category, except for the sixth category (young talent) for which only high school students can apply Countries: North Macedonia Short description: The recognition is awarded by the President of the Republic of North Macedonia as an incentive for the scientific
Read more →Target group: Scholars in any field or discipline in the humanities or interpretive social sciences pursuing postdoctoral or advanced research in East Central and Southeastern Europe, including Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Countries: East Central and Southeastern Europe,
Read more →CIVICUS Monitor marked the civic space in BiH as narrowed and added the country to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist following the latest developments on the passed Anti-Defamation Law, and the proposed “foreign agents” prohibiting foreign-funded CSOs and not-for-profit media from engaging in “political activities” under penalty of closure or criminal prosecution. This came as a
Read more →The Council for Cooperation of the Government with Civil Society in North Macedonia plays a crucial role in building trust and fostering cooperation between the Macedonian government and civil society. It aims to ensure that the views of civil society are acknowledged and considered. However, the Council has encountered numerous challenges since its establishment, including
Read more →On September 18-19, world leaders convened at the UN SDG Summit to recommit to Agenda 2030. The Global People’s Assembly, comprising over 2000 activists in-person and virtually, marked the summit’s culmination, featuring 44 national and regional assemblies and numerous local actions. BCSDN ED, Biljana Spasovska, addressed the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) session on
Read more →Emerging from extensive consultations on specific elements of the Model, the revised Template 2.0 presents a comprehensive proposal for amending the EU’s current accession policy. It outlines the overall structure of the Staged Accession Model, providing new specifications on the EU’s ‘fundamentals first’ approach. It defines the ‘essential elements’ of the proposal, which represent the
Read more →Advisory body of the Council of Ministers of BiH for cooperation with NPOs points out that the adoption of the Draft Law on Special Register and Public Work of NPOs, which was considered on September 26 at the session of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, is harmful. According to the proposed legislation, CSOs in
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