News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The regional cooperation remains one of the main challenges for the region of Western Balkans, especially taking into consideration its capacity to positively influence regional stability and bring various practical benefits for its citizens and societies. To this end, strengthening of the regional cooperation represents an essential requirement for the Western Balkans contracting parties, including
Read more →The EU/Council of Europe Joint Programme “Democratic and Inclusive School Culture in Operation” (DISCO) is seeking applications for project proposals 2020-2021 to promote Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education with an aim to contribute the fostering of inclusive and democratic societies in the States party to the European Cultural Convention. Any public or
Read more →The Technical Assistance to CSOs in Western Balkans and Turkey (EU TACSO 3) project main goal is to strengthen the capacity CSOs to actively take part in the democratic processes and to stimulate an enabling environment for civil society and pluralistic media development. The Country Coordinator will be responsible for facilitation, organization and implementation of
Read more →The scope of next year’s conference is to analyses countermeasures and actions against populism to highlight what effect they have had on the development of populist parties and movements and to assess future possibilities for successful re/actions towards populism. The conference will particularly focus on radical right-wing populists, their capacity to use nationalist or even
Read more →CIVICUS has downgraded Serbia’s civic space rating from Narrowed to Obstructed. The decision was taken following a thorough assessment of the state of civic freedoms in the country as protected by international law. The downgrade follows CIVICUS regular monitoring of the situation with its members and partners, after the government has taken a number of
Read more →CIVICUS has downgraded Serbia’s civic space rating from Narrowed to Obstructed. The decision was taken following a thorough assessment of the state of civic freedoms in the country as protected by international law. The downgrade follows CIVICUS’ regular monitoring of the situation with our members and partners, after the government has taken a number of
Read more →In the eve of International Day for Universal Access to Information, 44 NGOs signed an open letter to the Prime Minister of Montenegro and the Minister of Public Administration, requesting that they abandon the proposed amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information that introduce new restrictions and drastically reduce the transparency of institutions,
Read more →Based on a unique methodology, the CSO Meter has been designed to support regular and consistent monitoring of civil society environment in the EaP countries. The CSO Meter evaluates CSOs’ legal framework as well as the situation in practice in 10 areas, such as freedom of association, assembly and expression, access to funding or the
Read more →Civil society is a prerequisite for strong, resilient states. Conversely, when civic space is reduced or threatened, there might be a set in motion a downward spiral, with a profound impact on human rights and society as a whole. In the EU, the protection of human rights defenders and civic space has long been approached
Read more →The fiche is part of the study “Social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe” and it provides an overview of the social enterprise landscape in Albania and Turkey. The fiche describes the roots and drivers of social enterprises in the country as well as their conceptual and legal evolution. It includes an estimate of the number
Read more →Mobilizing the power of people to overcome poverty and injustice is at the heart of Oxfam’s mission and vision. Oxfam works together with allies and partners around the world to protect and expand the space for all people, and especially for marginalized groups, to speak out, assemble and organize on issues that matter to them,
Read more →BCSDN celebrated the Global Accountability Week form the 1st till the 4th of October together with our counterparts on the national level and with our partners on the global civil society scene. The Global Accountability Week seeks to gather CSOs around the world to promote how we are accountable to our constituencies but also aims
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