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The Opinion states that despite the EU efforts for improved space for CSO activism in recent years and EU financial support, there is still a necessity for greater EU effectiveness and efficiency, stronger financial as well as political support that would contribute to a strong civil society that holds the governments accountable, and is a
Read more →On 26 October 2019, the #People2People event “Strengthening accountability, transparency, and sustainability of civil society organizations – Code of Standards for CSOs” happened in Tirana, Albania. The event was organized by Partners Albania for Change and Development and the National Resource Centre for Civil Society. Guest speakers from organizations in the Western Balkans region, as
Read more →During the last two years, the S&D Group in the European Parliament devoted an immense amount of political will and energy to the launch of the Progressive Society initiative, which is designed to put the fight against all forms of inequalities at the centre of our political action, break policy silos and design a new
Read more →The People’s Assembly brought together people’s representatives and civil society from around the world to give grassroots and marginalized people a voice. The People’s Assembly is a space for all to jointly analyze the structural reasons for the injustices, act and plan for common future actions to create systemic change to achieve the Sustainable Development
Read more →The article presents the seven trends that are restricting civil society across the world: Civil society under attack in half of the countries; Anti-NGO legislation, restrictions on foreign funding and national security measures; Victimising journalists; Populism marches on Rise of protest movements and the establishments’ response; Attacks on excluded groups and the NGOs which fight
Read more →Civil society plays an important social, political and economic role in democratic countries. The existence of a vivid civil society is an indicator of well-functioning democracies that give space to the full variety of different opinions, concerns, and solutions. By combining a mix of various public and private resources – such as public funds, private
Read more →From 21 to 27 September 2019, CSOs activists called all over the world on governments to guarantee the right to freedoms of expression, association, and assembly and to ensure inclusion and participation for all; freely in all levels of decision-making processes without fear of violence or intimidation. CSOs stood together with rising social movements, such
Read more →Following the nomination by Ursula von der Leyen of the Commissioner-designates, CSOs wanted to react and engage with MEPs ahead of the hearings. Therefore, the CSOs drafted an open letter, urging the EU officials to react on several issues, namely: include freedom of association and assembly, alongside the freedom and pluralism of media, as indicators
Read more →The rights to assemble, demonstrate, protest and gather together in public space, are central elements of a democratic society and a means of citizens to collectively express their views, contribute to social, cultural and political discourse, and hold the authorities to account. In recent years there have been numerous high profile cycles of assemblies across
Read more →Counterpart International’s Inclusive Social Accountability (ISA) developmental framework integrates elements of social inclusion and community accountability into one comprehensive approach. Born out of more than 50 years of experience working hand-in-hand with local communities, leaders, and partners, Counterpart’s ISA framework takes proven industry tools and weaves in meaningful inclusivity at every step of the process.
Read more →Based on survey responses from 198 nonprofit CEOs on CEP’s Grantee Voice panel, Crucial Donors: How Major Individual Givers Can Best Support Nonprofits provides insight into what support nonprofits already receive from major donors, what major donors can do to support nonprofits better, and how nonprofits’ relationships with major donors differ from their relationships with
Read more →The programme is implemented under the framework of the instrument of pre-acession assistance (IPA II) and is the result of joint planning efforts made by the governments and other stakeholders of the two countries. The overall objective of the call is to contribute to economic, social and territorial development of the program area by fostering
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