What's New

News and updates from BCSDN and the region

CfP: Civil Society Facility Programme – Supporting Capacity Building and Partnership of Civil Society in Montenegro (Deadline: 18 June 2020)

The global objective of the call for proposals is: to strengthen participatory democracies and the EU integration process in Montenegro by empowering civil society to actively take part in decision making and by stimulating an enabling legal and financial environment for civil society. The specific objective(s) of the call for proposals are: to build the

Read more →

CfP: EIDHR Bosnia and Herzegovina – Country Based Support Scheme 2019-2020 (Deadline: 28 April 2020)

The overall objective of the action is to support and strengthen CSOs, democracy activists and human rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in BiH. The specific objective(s) are to: support human rights defenders and civil society in countering systematic, widespread, and gross human rights violations and attacks against fundamental freedoms; support

Read more →

CfA: Young Bled Strategic Forum 2020, 30 August- 1 September, Bled, Slovenia (Deadline: 5 April 2020)

The Bled Strategic Forum international conference, with the Young Bled Strategic Forum as its integral part, strives to carry on its work with youth to ensure its multidimensional and long-lasting inclusion, intergenerational dialogue and a recognition of its needs and aspirations through development programmes and policies, as well as by involving young people in international

Read more →

CfA: Transparency International School on Integrity 6-12 July 2020, Vilnus, Lithuania (Deadline: 30 April 2020)

Transparency School is organized for senior students, graduates and young professionals under the age of 35 eagers to learn how to stand up against corruption and how to achieve greater transparency in their country. The seven-day school offers a powerful mixture of an intensive academic schedule, unconference-like atmosphere and continuous peer-to-peer interactions which all together

Read more →

CfA: InterActions Professional Exchange (Deadline: 30 April 2020)

InterActions enables professional exchange and cooperation between civic initiatives, independent media, research institutes and social business in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. By participating in InterActions, activists, journalists, social entrepreneurs, public policy experts and researchers can choose for themselves a suitable host organization where they want to be placed. There are 2 tracks in the

Read more →

Draft Principles of Good Practice for Deliberative Processes for Public Decision-Making (Have Your Say by: 20 March 2020)

Deliberative processes are one of the most innovative methods of fostering citizen participation in government. The OECD has collected a wealth of evidence as to how deliberative processes work across different countries. The analysis of the evidence collected reveals a number of common principles and good practices that may be of useful guidance to policy-makers

Read more →

Independent Assessment of VNR Reports Published

An independent assessment of the Voluntary National Review (VNR) reports submitted to the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) commissioned by civil society in 2019 is out. The fourth in a regular series, the assessment notes positive trends in reporting on leaving no one behind and stakeholder engagement, but highlights the continued silence of UN Member

Read more →