News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The call for proposals aims to co-fund a project with activities at the national level aimed at promoting the implementation of Council of Europe Recommendation on Preventing and Combating Sexism and complementing activities undertaken by the Council of Europe with member states. The project shall be carried out by an umbrella NGO with strong expertise
Read more →Civica Mobilitas invites CSOs and their activists to take active part in the Civica Mobilitas Festival “CSO Day”. The event is an opportunity for the CSOs to promote their efforts and their contribution to society and the community. Through such informal outreach, citizens will be better informed about the work of the CSOs and will
Read more →The Academy aims to bring Western Balkan female politicians and activists together in a broad front to fight for an equal, developed, responsible society, based on European values of peace and prosperity – a women-friendly society. The program will include theoretical and practical aspects – interactive lectures, panel discussions, workshops and group work, with special
Read more →The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program and to take advantage of the opportunity to engage actively in the Center’s national mission. The Center awards approximately 15-20 9-month residential fellowships each year with a stipend of USD 90,000. The Center aims to unite
Read more →The crucial aim of this initiative is to continue to bring together the many national coalitions that are at the heart of pushing for change in each country. There is a strong opportunity to further develop national coalitions and widen their membership base to include engagement of a range of national and local partners, including
Read more →CONCORD has developed “EU Delegations unwrapped, a practical guide for CSO engagement with EUDs” handbook on EUD engagement with civil society, a capacity-building tool to: support CSOs active at the country and local levels to engage effectively and meaningfully with EU Delegations in country and the EU in general; to build the capacity of CSOs
Read more →Open Government Partnership (OGP) releases its first comprehensive assessment of the state of open government. This report provides a thorough and honest review of progress made by OGP member countries in the first seven years of the partnership. In determining its findings, the report examines a vast amount of the world’s governance data, across multiple
Read more →The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH requests all concerned CSOs in Serbia to express their interest in participating in the establishment of a society wide dialogue platform on implementing the global 2030 Agenda. The platform will be structured according to the Ecologic, Economic, Social dimensions of sustainable development and will be organised in
Read more →The Study identifies the factors influencing citizens’ choices in favour of populism and the role of CSOs in countering it in eight non metropolitan areas with high populist vote. The research shows that economic decline, social instability and limited levels of education are significant factors in explaining the increase in support for populists throughout the
Read more →The Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) invites comments from the public on one draft text that was prepared by one of its sub-ordinate bodies and is meant to be adopted by the Committee of Ministers in early 2020. The draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the human
Read more →More than two years since the attempted coup in 2016 and one year after its state of emergency measures were lifted, the government of Turkey continues its relentless and pervasive crackdown on civic space, media freedom and dissenting voices. Turkey’s human rights record will come under review by the UN through the Universal Period Review
Read more →Over 190 jurisdictions worldwide abide by 40 Recommendation on anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism set and assessed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Compliance with the recommendations is periodically evaluated by FATF or one of its-style regional bodies. The mutual evaluation processes produce ratings that have real consequences, affecting country’s bond ratings,
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