News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The overall objective of the Call for Proposals is: to contribute to strengthening municipal capacities to establish and deliver inclusive services to citizens in social care, employment, and inclusive education. Calls for Proposals are structured into three main “lots” (thematic areas) with specific objectives related to each lot. The amount of EU contribution for each
Read more →ICEDA informs about publishing the upcoming Call for Applications that would provide support to CSOs to promote the Digital Agenda through the first Small Grants Scheme Cycle LOT 1: Awarding of sub-grants for the e-Government Support Centers, awarding 15 small grants to CSOs from Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia (the target is approximately
Read more →The fragile democracies in the Western Balkans, facing numerous obstacles in the sphere of functioning of democratic institutions, the rule of law, human and minority rights, media freedom, and public administration reform, were even more challenged by the COVID-19 crisis, thus challenging the stability and ongoing reforms. The purpose of the Call for Proposals is
Read more →BCSDN is looking for evaluators who have experience in assessing project applications for Calls for proposals for grants. The assignment will include the evaluation of project proposals (FULL applications only) received under the Call for Regional Multi-Country Action Grants, recently published by BCSDN. The indicative timing for the assignment is October 2020, and the duration
Read more →The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has launched a call for participants for the online Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth for Environment”. The conference is organized by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum under the auspices of the German presidency of CoE, with the support of the EU and the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation. Participants will discover
Read more →The Center for Media, Data, and Society at Central European University in Budapest is providing a unique hybrid-style online, and offline course on cross-border investigative journalism, aiming to equip reporters with improved skills of the latest investigative reporting techniques to be able to research, conduct and present region-specific cross-border investigations; to teach how to integrate
Read more →The conference will take place within four thematically different panels: Europe as an area of peace and stability; Europe as a space of cultural diversity; Europe as a global actor; If not the EU, is there/has there been an alternative? The aims of the Forum are: Promoting and encouraging young scholars to engage with Central
Read more →As a part of Regional Civil Society Development Hub, BCSDN is pleased to announce the Call for Ad- Hoc 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 →CRNVO and BCSDN are pleased to present the fifth edition of the 2019 MM Report on Enabling Environment for CSDev for Montenegro. According to the findings, there are still many obstacles in the work of CSOs. There is no Register on CSOs updated regularly; Current fiscal policies provide enough incentives for work of CSOs, individuals
Read more →Prepared within the scope of Monitoring and Enhancing Enabling Environment for Civil Society Project financed by the EU, BCSDN’s member organization from Turkey, TUSEV published the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society 2019. Prepared following the General Monitoring Matrix Methodology, the report presents the state of civil society in terms of Basic Legal
Read more →BCSDN is glad to present the CSOSI 2019 Report for North Macedonia. The report is part of the latest edition of the Civil Society Organization (CSOSI) Sustainability Index for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. BCSDN has partnered with USAID and FHI 360 to produce the CSOSI for Macedonia 2019, examining the overall sustainability of
Read more →On 23 July 2020, the Civil Society Resource Centre together with its leading implementing partner and BCSDN member –MCIC organized an online event for presenting the findings from the monitoring of the enabling environment for civil society in 2019 in North Macedonia, conducted through the Monitoring Matrix for Civil Society Development. According to the findings
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