News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Objective of this Call is to improve effectiveness of the civil society organizations in Western Balkans in undertaking initiatives for improving youth employment and entrepreneurship policies at the local level. The budget ceiling for each individual project will be up to 10.000,00 € (The maximum amount awarded by BOS is up to 9.000,00 EUR). The
Read more →USAID has announced the New Partnerships Initiative (NPI): Conflict-Prevention and Recovery Program (CPRP). Through this Annual Program Statement, USAID plans to engage new and underutilized partners to expand and amplify the Agency’s work, particularly in contexts at the risk of, or recovering from, violent conflict. The overall Agency NPI seeks to support partner countries’ progress
Read more →On the occasion of the informal summit discussing the vision of the future of the EU after Brexit, civil society from all parts of the Union sent European leaders an open letter with an appeal to Europe what its residents need. The summit in Romania’s Sibiu will bring together the leaders of the EU countries
Read more →The Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia and Minister of Defense Radmila Sekerinska made a statement to the media in which she affirmed the end of the “Desorosoization process” – the intuitional attack on thousands of Macedonian citizens and 22 CSOs in the country. The process of targeted financial inspections started in 2016, led by
Read more →Funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by World Learning, the Digital Communications Network exchange program created and supports a collaborative network of communication professionals from across Europe and Central Asia, working together to strengthen communication skills through the development and dissemination of digital content. Accommodation in the United States and small stipend
Read more →The seminar is going to explore in depth the digital rights, youth’s participation on the Internet and new online tools on how to strengthen the communication with the online public. This seminar aims to explore issues such as: digital rights and online journalism, fake news and hoax detection; open source tools of critical digital media
Read more →The Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) is an executive-level training program that trains government officials and business sector leaders from developing countries to help the private sector be a constructive force for economic growth and development. 30 participants from the Western Balkan countries will be selected to attend the intensive, five-day, executive-level training program, this
Read more →Partners Albania and National Resource Center for Civil Society in Albania present the paper on “Crowdfunding Platforms – An Alternative Source of Funding”, which is one of the most innovative methods of fundraising. This paper aims to encourage the sector for using this alternative source of funding, which helps them to diversify the funding, as
Read more →When donors provide assistance to the media sector, they frequently back projects that aim to strengthen the media’s contribution to good governance in some way or another. This kind of funding is consistent with recent declarations made by the international community on the importance of protecting independent media for the sake of democracy and development.
Read more →Attaining the SDGs is both an economic and ethical imperative. Yet we face a steep uphill climb. The additional spending needs in vital areas such as health, education, and priority infrastructure represent as much as 15 percentage points of GDP on average in low-income developing countries—which is equivalent to about half a trillion US dollars
Read more →It is a time of transformation for the civil society sector – and it should be perceived as such by those CSOs who, amidst major geopolitical shifts, rising environmental challenges and ongoing social changes, are coming to understand – and experience – the impact of the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution. Building directly on the third
Read more →The 2030 Agenda is a commitment to deliver basic goods, services and protections as outlined in 17 SDGs, but also to secure and preserve all people’s fundamental human rights and dignity – captured in the foundational commitment to leave no one behind. TAP Network launched a guide to bringing this principle to life in every
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