News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The EU could take a generation to meet the 0.7% ODA/GNI target at the current rate of growth, reveals the recently published CONCORD AidWatch Report 2017. While 2016 saw a substantial increase of 27% in development spending, there has also been a relatively dramatic increase in reporting of inflated aid, such as in-donor costs or
Read more →On 1 November 2018, the Western Balkans Fund (WBF), the first all-inclusive born and regionally owned intergovernmental organization in the Western Balkans, is celebrating the First Anniversary of the official opening of its Secretariat office in Tirana. In this first year, the WBF launched its First Call for Regional Projects, attracting more than 350 applications,
Read more →Since January 2015, Partners Albania is conducting the monitoring of philanthropic activity through the media, including also the social media and information resources from the public and non-public institutions. The monitoring process is conducted on everyday basis and the findings present the supported causes, nature and values of the donation, geographic coverage and also the
Read more →The government violated the Law on Amendments to NGOs in all segments of financial support to NGOs and disassembled this process, said Ana Novakovic, CRNVO Executive Director. As Novakovic said, the Law obliges ministries that will finance projects of NGOs, by 1 June of the current year, to propose priority areas for financing in the
Read more →The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recently published Guidelines on effectively implementing the right to participate in public affairs. Various dimensions of that right are covered, with a focus on participation in electoral processes, in non-electoral contexts and at the international level, and
Read more →In a joint report, Access Now, Civil Liberties Union for Europe and European Digital Rights have evaluated the Report of the High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online, as well as related EU policy documents, to address the issue of the intentional dissemination of information that is designed to have an impact on
Read more →The Handbook on Registering a Civil Society Organization provides comparative information on incorporation and operation in 10 selected countries in Europe and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Lebanon, Sweden, Tunisia and Turkey. Each country note is broken down into 10 thematic subsections that contains specific, detailed requirements
Read more →This week, more than 100 participants met for the EFC Grantmakers East Forum 2018 in Budapest. In the midst of discussions around shrinking civic space and failures of democracy, this year’s Forum focused on ‘Reframing Civil Society: Actors, Values, Tools’ offering a perspective on the emerging actors of ‘new civil societies’, discovering how philanthropy, social
Read more →The 7th meeting of the EU-Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) that took place in Belgrade on 23 October gave an opportunity to CSOs from both sides to examine the state of play of Serbia’s accession process. Although welcoming positive economic developments in Serbia, the JCC expressed in the joint declaration its concern about
Read more →Over the past 3 years, IDM Albania in partnership with RiskMonitor Foundation (Bulgaria) has implemented the project CIVILISC – Civil society Instruments against Corruption, funded by the EU Delegation to Albania, aiming to improve the capacities and role of civil society at promoting good governance and the fight against corruption at local level. The fight
Read more →Open World Leadership Center has announced its 2019 Grant program to bring emerging leaders from participating countries to the United States in order to give them firsthand exposure to the American system of participatory democracy and free enterprise. The 2019 Open World Program will focus on emerging political, civic, and community leaders from the national, regional,
Read more →USAID is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities in Serbia to implement the Media Initiatives and Partnerships Activity.The objective of the MIPS activity is to increase the skills of Serbian citizens to navigate a complex media landscape and effectively participate in modern economic, social and political life. MIPS will achieve this objective
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