News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Policy Brief produced by the European Policy Center Belgrade and Think for Europe Network aims to shed light on an insufficiently enabling, often even disabling, environment for the work of civil society organizations (CSOs) from the region. It does so by providing a comparative overview of CSOs involvement in the policymaking in different countries
Read more →At the London Summit of the Berlin Process that took place from 9-10 July 2018, representatives of the Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans (CSF) presented 4 recommendations for the future of the Berlin Process: “additional progress” in rule of law to be included on top of the existing four goals of the Berlin
Read more →The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) together with BCSDN organized a conference on July 5th in Skopje “The United Nation Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the integrity, transparency and the anticorruption preventive policies”. The conference was aimed to raise awareness and build capacities and knowledge among CSOs (but also institutions) to ensure better CSO involvement
Read more →The U.S. Embassy in Skopje seeks media program proposals that promote a strong, free and independent to develop and implement a series of workshops for young journalists from the Republic of Macedonia. The call is open to U.S. and local non-profit/non-governmental organizations and educational institutions. The approximate total funding for this call is USD 75,000.
Read more →The European Citizenship Awards 2018 is a joint initiative between the European Civic Forum and Volonteurope, two European networks which promote active citizenship and recognition of the importance of social justice to the cohesion of communities across Europe. The Awards celebrate the democratic and civic engagement of individuals, organisations, citizens’ groups and social enterprises. They
Read more →The Council of Europe’s Democratic Governance Department calls on for original design ideas for a logo to accompany their efforts for implementing the recent Committee of Ministers Guidelines for civil participation in political decision-making. Supporters of participatory democracy and to anyone with fresh ideas are invited to submit a proposal for a logo that would
Read more →The U.S. publishes an enormous amount of data on foreign assistance—including detailed information on budgets, spending, and results—as well as what could be considered electronic libraries of documents on projects, evaluations, and contracts. Just finding all the information—scattered across a multitude of websites—can be daunting. That task is made all the more difficult when different
Read more →#LiftUpPhilanthropy is a global and open campaign to raise the strategic importance and value of the development of philanthropy. It aims to raise funders’ awareness of the importance of investing in the support ecosystem, or infrastructure, that allows philanthropy to develop in growth, quality and diversity. Funders interested in the development of the field, philanthropy
Read more →This step-by-step guide aims at supporting Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers to establish and manage a systematic community feedback mechanism using the Ground Truth Solutions’ Constituent VoiceTM methodology. It focuses on migration programmes but can also be adapted and used in other contexts. The guidance provided complements the Red Cross Red Crescent
Read more →Accountable Now is a global platform that supports civil society organisations to be transparent, responsive to stakeholders and focused on delivering impact. Their members are internationally operating CSOs who drive this agenda on accountability and transparency. Representatives of the civil society sector that would like to contribute to the debate on accountability & transparency are
Read more →Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TUSEV) published the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development Turkey Country Report 2017, prepared in line with the Monitoring Matrix methodology. Developed under the Monitoring Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development Project coordinated by Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) through 2012 and 2016, the Monitoring Matrix
Read more →Access Info Europe and MANS called on the Montenegrin government to undo its 2017 amendments to Law on Free Access to Information (originally adopted in 2006) in order to bring it back into line with international standards. In an analysis of the Law, Access Info and MANS signaled that a particular concern is Article 1,
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