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Target group: Journalists and media organizations Countries: International Short description: This unique award, sponsored by the Global Investigative Journalism Network, honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. Winners will receive an honorary plaque, US$2,500, and travel to the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in
Read more →Last week we shared with our partners and colleagues the wrap of the 2022 newsletter issue! Our 76th Newsletter is an image of challenges, achievements, and endeavors through 2022. Spoiler alert: it`s one with a happy ending! Read more here. Source: BCSDN
Read more →Convening key development co-operation stakeholders from all over the world, the 2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit of the Global Partnership closed with an adoption of the Geneva Summit Declaration, aimed to anchor future decision-making around the four effectiveness principles and strengthen progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The global Summit emphasized the need for effective
Read more →BCSDN has published their 5th episode of the Explaining Western Balkans Series. This episode`s interlocutor is Paul Taylor, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security and Defense in Friends of Europe who has recently authored the report “Seize the geopolitical moment: the Western Balkans and European security” examining what the EU and the Euro-Atlantic community need to
Read more →Aiming to ensure new space for social dialogue, Centre for Promotion of Civil Society (CPCD), BCSDN`s member from Bosnia and Herzegovina, designed and launched an agile civil society conference in BiH under the name Civilka. Addressing the pressing issues of civil society, in line with the four principles of the Global Partnership for Effective Development
Read more →Europe faces a winter of uncertainty and potential discontent. The cost of living is rising rapidly and the spectre of recession looms. Economic concerns are affecting citizens’ trust in institutions. Research by Eurofound has indicated a decrease in trust in national institutions across the European Union—including in governments, healthcare systems, and the police. An article
Read more →The report titled “Under Surveillance: (Mis)use of Technologies in Emergency Response” is the result of the joint effort of ECNL, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations and Privacy International, to track the negative impacts of surveillance technology and measures deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic on activist movements and organizations in collaboration with local organizations
Read more →The CSO community in Montenegro has pointed out that the Bill on the Budget grossly violates the Law on NGOs, in terms of financing. As stated, the Law on NGOs stipulates that the state provides money for financing projects and programs in areas of public interest implemented by NGOs, in the amount of at least
Read more →The Institute for Democracy and Mediation has prepared and presented the Civil Society Sustainability Index Report for Albania, providing an assessment of the enabling environment for the civil society sector by analyzing several important developments that took place during 2021. Although most of the dimensions of CSO sustainability have remained largely unchanged, the legal environment
Read more →The Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA) has promoted a report on monitoring digitally mediated public gatherings in North Macedonia. The report deals with the current state of digitally mediated public gatherings in the country, including the relevant legal framework, the frequency, occurrence, and types of digitally mediated public gatherings, and the enabling environment in which
Read more →The SMART Balkans Project organized the first regional conference “Elephants in the Civic Space” in Podgorica Montenegro. Bringing together participants from 6 countries of the region, and people from the civil sector, religious communities, media, academia, and researchers of social processes, the event aimed to open a dialogue on two essential topics: “The role of
Read more →Accountable Now is part of a growing movement of organizations that are promoting a dynamic approach to accountability – an approach that is centered around building mutual and horizontal relationships between a CSO and the people involved in an organization’s work. Hear from four organizations that are using Dynamic Accountability to transform their organizational practices
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