News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region will cover topics of particular importance for the Danube region related to preservation of cultural and historical heritage, new technologies and digitalization in tourism sector, ensuring safety and security in tourism, transport connectivity and mobility. Issues related to synergy and consistency between macro-regional strategies
Read more →The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) is seeking applications for its Community Solutions Program (CSP) 2018–2019. CSP is a year-long professional development program for people who are working to improve their communities by addressing issues related to the environment, tolerance and conflict resolution, transparency and accountability, and women and gender. For 2019–2020, up to
Read more →70 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human, all over the world, a wide variety of Human rights defenders, civic and social movements, associations, NGOs, philanthropists… work, advocate, provide assistance and care, or services for millions of people, making the Declaration promise an everyday reality. At the same time, in many countries,
Read more →The second Call for Proposals of the Interreg IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro 2014-2020 is now open. Applications may be submitted within the following Priority Axes: 1 – Improving the quality of the services in public health and social care sector; 2 – Protecting the environment and nature, improving risk prevention and promoting
Read more →At Risk Youth Social Empowerment Network (ARYSE) announced the Open Call for the Award of Small Grants to support the implementation of CSOs’ projects for the improvement of social inclusion of at risk children and youth in Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia through strengthening the role of CSOs as relevant actors
Read more →With the aim of strengthening the influence of civil society and contributing to positive social and democratic changes in Montenegro, the Fund for Active Citizenship fAKT announced the first call for proposals within the project “For a stronger voice of civil society organizations”, realized with the support of the US Embassy in Podgorica. In the
Read more →USAID’s Civic Engagement Project in Macedonia invites CSOs to apply for Strategic Support Grants (SSGs). CEP is a five-year program that contributes to achieve two objectives: (1) strengthening constructive engagement by CSOs on policies and issues of public concern; and (2) increasing and sustaining youth engagement in public life in Macedonia. The aim of this
Read more →Scandinavian countries are the most committed national development actors, according to this year’s Commitment to Development Index, which measures not just aid levels, but also how well other policies foster sustainable development. Germany ranked third, making it the first time a G-7 country is placed in the top three in CDI’s 15-year history. The United
Read more →The Global Trends in Giving Report is a research project that seeks to gain a better understanding of how donors prefer to give and engage with their favorite causes and charitable organizations. Sponsored by the Public Interest Registry and researched by Nonprofit Tech for Good, the report summarizes donor data across six continents about how
Read more →Increasingly, public figures across Europe are twisting the meaning of “political activity” by claiming that NGOs overstep the mark when they campaign publicly for social or policy change: that they somehow encroach on territory reserved exclusively for political parties. According to a piece written by Cathal Gilbert from CIVICUS and Giada Negri from European Civic
Read more →This 25th of September marked the 3rd anniversary of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). CONCORD celebrated this anniversary by publishing good practices on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda with examples from across the European Union, where Member States and other stakeholders are pursuing the SDGs’ implementation in new and interesting
Read more →Challenges and good practices in ensuring human rights-compliant assembly policing in the Western Balkans region and related available resources were explored and presented at an event in Warsaw on 17 September 2018, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Some 40 representatives of civil society and state bodies took part in the event, which was organized
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