News and updates from BCSDN and the region
CSOs are innovators, testing new approaches to both traditional and emerging problems. One of today’s issues creating an unprecedented challenge to civil society is the rise of populist leaders and their pervasive rhetoric, in different parts of the world. Populists have been adept at winning hearts and minds and creating or mining divisions in society,
Read more →From “Balkan spring” protests in Serbia, Albania and Montenegro to women’s rights marches in Croatia and anti-corruption rallies in Romania, people in the Balkans took to the streets in record numbers in 2019. People in the region protested in public against authoritarianism, corruption, the lack of women’s right and inaction on the environment. People in
Read more →ECNL Briefer on Monitoring Public Assemblies gives a quick rundown of principles and practices human rights groups or individuals have to consider before, during and after monitoring a public assembly, protest or demonstration. The briefer provides answers to the questions such as: How do you have to plan and prepare to monitor an assembly? What
Read more →The thematic study reflects on the state of NGOs carrying out humanitarian assistance and related work in support of refugees and other migrants in Council of Europe (CoE) Member States, and the extent to which any law that criminalizes NGO activity and the enforcement of such law impacts on legitimate NGO activity. The study concludes
Read more →Civil society is one of the great success stories of the 20th century. If civil society is to shape the 21st century, it needs to stop talking about “shrinking civic space” or “civil society under attack” and get better at telling its own story. If people constantly hear about activists being arrested, monitored and regulated,
Read more →Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) within Civil Society Resource Centre, an EU-funded project announces an open call for participation in Training for Monitoring and Evaluation of CSOs. Through the CSOs monitoring and evaluation training, the CSOs representatives will upgrade their knowledge of organization monitoring and evaluation techniques and methods, monitoring and evaluation systems, as
Read more →The publication is an annual industry forecast about the ways we use private resources for public benefit in the digital age. Each year the Blueprint is used to provide an overview of the current landscape, point to big ideas that will matter in the coming year, and direct your attention to changes on the horizon.
Read more →The 1990s ushered in an era of widespread governmental support for liberal democracy and an opportunity to build civil society in countries where there had long been a dearth of public space separate from government control. The establishment of the funds—the Environmental Partnership for Central Europe, the Baltic-American Partnership Fund, the Trust for Civil Society
Read more →China’s growing influence in the world has been identified as one of the top global trends influencing the trajectory and development of other major trends relating to sustainable development. China’s relevance for CSOs is therefore also growing rapidly on a global scale. This means even organizations without a dedicated country programme or a physical presence
Read more →Europeans for Peace promotes international exchange projects for young people from countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Israel and Germany. Schools and non-school educational institutions can join up in international partnerships and apply for funding for their joint project. The project encourages young people to be active for human rights and democratic values. The
Read more →Youth Education Cooperation Fund is a grant scheme established by The Balkan Forum, with support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, which aims to foster regional cooperation and dialogue between young people in the Western Balkan countries. The objective of this call is to support regional youth initiatives in the Western Balkans with the aim of
Read more →The Visegrad Fund is launching the first call for applications for Visegrad, Visegrad+ and Strategic grants in 2020, which support cross-border and transnational regional projects in Visegrad region, Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans countries. The call is dedicated to applicants that aim to share knowledge, enhance innovation and engage citizens in the Visegrad region and
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