News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Department for International Development (DFID) has released the annual Statistics on International Development report, which provides final statistics on how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) the UK provided in 2017. The report includes UK ODA as a proportion of GNI (the ODA:GNI ratio), which has again met the 0.7% spending target. It is positive
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Read more →EU leaders are committed to a Europe that brings real results in issues that matter most to people. Ahead of a dedicated EU Summit in Sibiu, Romania, and the European elections in 2019, national leaders agreed on a Leaders’ Agenda on pressing issues and challenges where solutions are needed. Interested individuals and organizations are invited
Read more →The global objective of this call for proposals is to stimulate a balanced, inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development in the crossborder area. The following thematic priorities are covered with this Call: (1) Encouraging tourism, culture and natural heritage; and (2) Protecting environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management. Any grant requested
Read more →The Embassy of the Netherlands invites NGOs to submit project proposals for 2019 Matra for European Cooperation Fund. Matra focuses on activities that contribute to the development of a plural democracy, grounded in the rule of law, with room for dialogue between the government and civil society; to build capacity and strengthen the institutions of
Read more →The global objective of this call for proposals is to strengthen the capacity of media and state actors to communicate on violent extremism and terrorism in a way that reduces, rather than exacerbates, the threat. The priorities are: 1) Educating and training future journalists, professional journalists/broadcasters and editors, and 2) Increasing constructive engagement between Government
Read more →The Secretariat of the EEA and Norway Grants is seeking a Fund Operator to develop and implement the national EEA Grants programme for civil society in Croatia 2014-2021. The objective of the Civil Society Programme Area is: ‘Civil society and active citizenship strengthened and vulnerable groups empowered’. The areas of support are: Democracy, active citizenship,
Read more →The OECD and OGP are launching a call for open government innovations. An open government innovation is any good practice that promotes the principles of transparency, integrity, accountability and stakeholder participation in support of democracy and inclusive growth. Open government innovators from around the world are encouraged to submit innovative practices to propel research on
Read more →The 2019 EFC Annual General Assembly and Conference will take place from 22-24 May in Paris, under the title “Liberté, égalité, philanthropie”. Who isn’t familiar with this French national motto which finds its roots in the Revolution of 1789 but is still considered the rallying call for freedom, equality and solidarity around the world today?
Read more →On 24 October 2016, the CIVICUS Monitor went live. Two years on, there are ratings for 196 countries, over 1,500 individual updates on civic space have been published and 365,652 views by 73,944 people have been attracted! BCSDN has been part of the Monitor since its beginning, providing updates on civic space in the Western Balkan
Read more →The Open Society Foundations is seeking applications for its Open Society Fellowship Programme with an aim to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. Fellowship Applicants are invited to address the proposition that New and radical forms of ownership, governance, entrepreneurship, and financialization are needed to fight pervasive economic inequality.
Read more →On 28 November 2018, Belgrade will be the host to the conference “The European Union and the Western Balkans: Making Enlargement a More Credible Process? This conference will take place in the framework of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The conference is a part of the “Western Balkans Reflection Forum” initiative,
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