News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Funds for NGOs has published a free Guide for civil society organizations to develop a communication plan or a document that guides the external communications efforts of an organization. The detailed guide is aimed to help any organization to strategically focus its communication and outreach efforts around a certain set of goals – usually the
Read more →Civil Society organizations in Serbia have launched an initiative requesting the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs to withdraw the existing Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Social Protection and to initiate new process of legislative changes, raising several concerns over human rights violation, undermining of interests of beneficiaries and inconsistencies
Read more →The process of drafting a new National Strategy for Creating an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development for the period 2017-2021 is ongoing in Croatia. Four public hearings have been held in Rijeka, Split, Osijek, and Zagreb since April 2016 with the aim of obtaining feedback from civil society organizations on the obstacles and challenges
Read more →Think tanks and CSOs, from Macedonia, involved in the developing the Blueprint on urgent democratic reforms issued a public reaction on the recent adoption of the Amendments to the Law on Financing of Political Parties. They point to several key shortcomings and problems: the lack of transparency and involvement of the key stakeholders and the
Read more →Following the agreement reached on 27th of June the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) was created to help young people between 18 and 30 to participate in a range of solidarity activities in different fields (environment, culture, social services, helping refugees, migrants, children or the elderly) as a tangible expression of European values. The aim of
Read more →Civil society organizations from Serbia and Kosovo through an open letter are urging EU’s High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to make an unambiguous statement against the division of Kosovo or the exchange of territories between Kosovo and Serbia on an ethnic principle. The letter highlights that the more
Read more →The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation – GPEDC has recently launched a call for evidence to draw on the experience of country-level practitioners in delivering on the effective development co-operation principles – the opportunities and challenges they have encountered, the solutions and approaches they have found useful and the situations where progress has been
Read more →STRIVE-Global is a programme funded by the EU under the Instrument Contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP). The action responds to the ongoing threat of global terrorism and the need for effective responses that ameliorate, rather than exacerbate, the threat. Focused on prevention, the overall objective of the programme is to build the capacity of
Read more →The specific objective of this call for proposals is: to support research initiatives aiming to explore vulnerability to radicalization leading to violent extremism with a view to a) Rooting and understanding the radicalization and appeal of terrorism. b) Analysing pathways of radicalization leading to violent extremism including motivations and aspirations. c) Guiding actions to prevent
Read more →The USAID Accelerated Civil Development and Cooperation Project in Albania have opened applications for award grants to CSOs legally registered in Albania. The goal of the initiative is to strengthen the capacity of CSOs to foster local democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption in the country. Applications are limited to specific activities and need to meet
Read more →The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development- Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) held a meeting with CSOs representatives in May. The goal of this event was to promote dialogue with CSOs and strengthen civil society space. In this occasion, CSOs from all over the world had the opportunity to express their concerns and share information with
Read more →There is growing concern that CSOs may be subject to online attacks and campaigns of false information. The latter are often instrumental to obscure the truth and influence public opinion by raising confusion and mistrust towards CSOs. In response to this problematic challenge, InterAction has created a new toolkit aiming to support INGOs and other
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