News and updates from BCSDN and the region
KCSF’s second edition of its Executive Program, which is being delivered in close collaboration with the College of Europe on “Civil society involvement in the EU accession process”, is a unique 3-day executive program to be held on 2-4 October 2019, in Prishtina. The program targets top-level executives of CSOs in the Western Balkan countries,
Read more →The international youth conference “European Values for the Future of SEE countries” will bring together up to 58 participants from the countries from the SEE region and Turkey and guests from youth organizations partners from Germany, France and Poland in the role of mentors. Over the last 16 years, the conference has closely followed the
Read more →The Swiss National Youth Council is organizing an international activity for youth participation and civil society with a focus on informal and local forms of organization. We make democracy – Youth for participation and inclusion is a project where young people from 8 countries (Western Balkans, Switzerland and Moldova) will share their models of youth
Read more →HRAP’s comprehensive program of advocacy, networking, skills-building, and academic coursework provides advocates the opportunity to hone practical skills, develop a deeper understanding of human rights, and foster mutually beneficial relationships with organizations and individuals in their fields. Each Advocate is assigned a Columbia University professor as mentor. After completing the intensive four-month program, Advocates are
Read more →The specific objectives of this call for proposals are: To foster independent and investigative journalism in order to obtain quality media production in the areas related to Montenegro’s European integration process, both for national and local media; To strengthen free, fair, professional and ethical journalism in Montenegro, with a special focus on media self-regulation; and To raise awareness about
Read more →Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens – CriThink project implemented by the “Metamorphosis” Foundation in partnership with “Eurothink” with the support of the European Union, announces Call for applications in order to provide support for initiatives of local civic organizations in partnership with media and other stakeholders to promote the creation of a culture of critical
Read more →EU leaders must end the political inertia on social and environmental challenges by making sustainable development the EU’s top priority for the next five years, say Europe’s leading coalitions of social, environmental and development networks who have joined forces with 150 organisations. European citizens desire an EU that will deliver social and environmental justice. Scientists,
Read more →The aim of the Resilient Roots initiative is to test whether organisations who are more accountable and responsive to their roots – namely, their primary constituents – are more resilient to external threats from governmental and non-governmental sources. We believe that if civil society is accountable to and engaged with its constituency, it will be
Read more →A trial against 16 civil society representatives over their involvement in 2013 Gezi Park protests started in Turkey last week. Among them are human rights defenders Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu, who have been kept in detention since November 2017 and November 2018 respectively, together with many civil society activists. The court’s decision to release
Read more →Recently proposed media-related legislation, including a draconian regulation scheme for Albanian and foreign online media outlets, is not in line with international human rights standards, according to an international joint NGO fact-finding mission to Albania, undertaken from 18-21 June 2019. The mission sought to gather information about challenges to freedom of expression and press freedom
Read more →The UN Human Rights Committee has published the initial draft of the General Comment on the right of peaceful assembly. The draft document was prepared by Christof Heyns, Rapporteur of the Committee and it draws on input received from civil society, academia and international organizations and discussed at the Committee’s first consultation in March. In
Read more →The state authorities and civil society varyingly function for the well-being of people. The state authorities serve people’s interest by making and implementing laws and policies on various socio-economic, political and other aspects, providing different services for people, whereas civil society serves the interest of people by representing public voices, raising concerns, providing intellectual inputs
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