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BCSDN Annual Background Analysis: WBT Civil Society in the New Geopolitical Reality: A Crisis as an Opportunity for Restoring EU Enlargement Credibility?

Following the publication of the annual European Commission Enlargement Package 2022, BCSDN is issuing the 13th background analysis assessing the progress made in the area of civil society development and dialogue with public institutions in Enlargement countries against the BCSDN Monitoring Matrix. The 2022 Enlargement Package comes in the wake of radical geo-political and economic

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BCSDN Position on the EC Consultation on a European Statute for NPOs and Single Market for Associations

Following the European Parliament`s legislative initiative resolution (2020/2026(INL), with recommendations to the Commission to harmonize the status of non-profits throughout the EU and establish a statute for European association, BCSDN publishes an official position, emphasizing the need for the Western Balkans and Turkey as aspiring EU members to have their say in the process. While

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European Commission Work Programme 2023

The European Commission has published its working program for the upcoming 2023. The published communique states that following up on the European Parliament resolution under article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the institution will table a legislative initiative on a statute for European cross-border associations, to enable them to

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Research Studies Online Presentation: “Civil Society and Private Sector Cooperation: Regional Practices within the Global Trends and Threats”

BCSDN organizes an online launching event for the research papers prepared within the scope of the CSO – Private Sector engagement research, supported by the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness. At the event, our partners – Albanian Center for Economic Research, European Policy Institute – Skopje (North Macedonia), and TRAG Foundation (Serbia) – will present

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Berlin Process: Re-Focusing on the Reginal Cooperation

The “Berlin process” aims to promote the rapprochement of the Western Balkans countries with the EU. Its goal is to improve the economic situation in the region and improve good-neighborly relations. The meeting of foreign ministers in the “Berlin process” format will focus primarily on efforts to create a common regional market. The current German

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Nonprofit Banking: New Tool from ECNL

ECNL and PILnet have teamed up with law firms to provide guidance for CSOs on bank practices in European countries. The tool helps the practitioners compare the conditions of how nonprofits can open and manage an organizational bank account in different countries. The tool covers 25 countries, and new profiles are uploaded on a rolling

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2022 – 2023 OGP Co-Chair Agenda

The Open Government Partnership’s (OGP) unique model brings together governments and CSOs to initiate and implement change. As lead co-chairs of the OGP Steering Committee, Anabel Cruz (Founder Director of the Institute for Communication and Development in Uruguay, a Global Standard for CSO Accountability Partner) and the Government of Estonia (represented by Taimar Peterkop, Secretary

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