News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The report presents the results and the methodology of the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM2020), a tool assessing the risks to media pluralism in EU members and some candidate countries. In a media ecosystem that has been rapidly evolving, particularly under the pressure of the digitalization of the information industry, rapid technological advancements have created new
Read more →The calamity caused by the COVID 19 is an opportunity to be traced to new ways of working, that put accountability practices and decentralized organization at their heart. Dynamic accountability is about engendering the “what has been” into the “what could be” regarding meaningful engagement. It is an internal motivation that pushes organizations beyond minimum
Read more →CSOs need to develop resiliency in their systems, staff, and strategies to weather uncertainty and change. Partners Global’s Resiliency+ Framework helps CSOs identify the external threats and internal vulnerabilities that impede them from implementing resilient operations and offers strategies, tactics, and tools to build resiliency around seven key factors. They are Adaptive Capacity, Business Acumen,
Read more →The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) started an annual consultation with organizations participating in its Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) in 2018, focusing on the challenges they experience. The consultation followed the publication of FRA’s 2018 report on Challenges facing civil society working on human rights in the EU, highlighting diverse areas of concern, based on
Read more →For Albania, the year 2019 has been uncommon and challenging. The situation that followed the earthquake in November was unprecedented and brought a transition in the culture of donation, humanism, and solidarity among the Albanian citizens. Through careful daily monitoring of donations, campaigns, and events published in various media outlets, social media, websites of public
Read more →From March to early June 2020, The European Foundation Centre conducted a survey for its members, affiliates, and partners to determine what immediate measures they were taking/ planning to take, internally, and in their programmatic and funding activities, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey aimed to gain an initial overview of how EFC
Read more →EU published a report on development cooperation: Does the EU deliver?, providing a detailed analysis of the EU institutions’ and Member States’ performance in the implementation of the effectiveness principles, as agreed by the international community over the past ten years. The document provides insights into EU donors’ performance as well as adjusting the monitoring
Read more →More than 30 platforms of CSOs have written to the Presidents of the EU institutions and to the different actors involved in the negotiations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, calling for a more ambitious agreement, taking into account the concerns of civil society and people in Europe. They are urging MMF Negotiators: to
Read more →As part of the Regional Civil Society Development Hub, BCSDN is pleased to announce the Call for Ad-Hoc Support Grants. Organization from the WB region, struggling with shrinking civic space in their country, facing pressure to the Civic space, incidences of hate speech, hostile attacks, or want to react towards the changes of a law
Read more →Engagement for Joint Action (EJA Kosovo) is a KCSF program that supports civil society initiatives through grants and capacity building with the overall aim to contribute to a democratic and inclusive society in Kosovo, on its path towards integration into the EU. The program aims to contribute towards two main objectives: civil society uses and
Read more →To tackle the long-term effects of Covid-19, UNDP Europe, and Central Asia is launching BOOST, a regional acceleration program for social impact innovation. It will support emerging solutions in the region in the areas of digitalization, economy, and health. 5 applicants will be selected to join the BOOST acceleration program and up to five will
Read more →Under the framework of the EU/CoE joint programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”, and its action on “Promotion of diversity and equality in Albania” CoE is launching a call for proposals to improve the functioning of anti-discrimination mechanisms and their accessibility to vulnerable groups in line with European standards, especially with
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