News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Fund launched by the European Cultural Foundation, set up in partnership with other foundations is looking to support imaginative cultural initiatives- that reinforce solidarity and the notion of Europe as a shared public space in response to the current crisis and its aftershocks. It is open to individuals, collectives and organizations from all sectors
Read more →The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Skopje is soliciting proposals for grants from non-for-profit, NGOs and independent media in North Macedonia that focus on one of the priority areas such as: rule of law and government accountability; citizen participation; cybersecurity and disinformation; youth development and women empowerment. The maximum Democracy Commission grant is
Read more →The global objective of the call for proposals is to strengthen capacities of CSOs in the sectors of consumer protection, environment and climate change, enhancing their role of competent, transparent, effective civil society actors that are accountable as well as enhancing interaction with state/public institutions to make a contribution to EU-related policy making in these
Read more →The main purpose of the call is to strengthen participatory democracy by empowering CSOs as active contributors to decision making and promoting an enabling environment for civil society. The specific objectives are: to strengthen capacities of CSOs as competent, transparent and effective actors of participatory democracy, contributing to advance the European path of Kosovo, and
Read more →The IWMF Emergency Fund is established to provide women journalists with a lifeline of support in times of crisis. Now more than ever, journalists around the world face real dangers as a result of their reporting. The Emergency Fund is sustained with the support of individual donors to address the growing need to provide direct
Read more →Civil Rights Defenders invites young people in the Western Balkans and Turkey to apply for the second generation of participants to the EUTH – Youth Advocating in EU project. The initiative covers several lobbying and advocacy activities, anticipated to include young people in processes of creating youth-related documents and policies at the EU level. The
Read more →Reporting Democracy initiated a proposal for stories that reveal how the Covid-19 crisis is reshaping politics and society in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. Successful proposals will receive a grant of between 500 and 2,500 EUR. Applicants from the Visegrad Four and Balkan countries are welcomed to apply. Applications are limited to one per journalist.
Read more →In order to enable more inclusive service delivery and decision making, the Amplifying local voices project is looking to developing a communication strategy that will disseminate positive discourses that celebrate diversity and expertise, whilst incorporating different perspectives on subjects, amplify positive stories of change at the local level, and counter narratives of hate speech, prejudice
Read more →Youth4Regions is the European Commission programme helping journalism students and young journalists to discover what the EU is doing in their region. The programme offers trainings on journalism and EU regional policy; a chance to receive mentorship from established journalists from individuals’’ country of origin, working side by side with renowned journalists during the EU
Read more →“In personal life, no one relishes a crisis, but in political life, many people pray for a crisis as drought-stricken farmers pray for rain”[1]– Robert…
Read more →Clément Voule, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, in a statement saluted the efforts of governments and international organizations and stress that CSOs should be seen as strategic partners in the fight against the pandemic. He points out that CSOs have rarely been consulted in the process
Read more →BCSDN has started publishing a bi-monthly thematic newsletter dedicated to the CSOs’ work, efforts and actions on the situation caused by the ongoing Corona crisis. The Newsletter is collection of regional and international stories and CSOs’ responses on how the new situation affects the civil society sector as such, and the new conditions with which
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