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Events and Opportunities 1 April 2018

CfA: International Cooperation and Development Forum in the Kyrgyz Republic 2018 – 17 April, Bishkek (Deadline: N/A)

The event presents an opportunity to meet and communicate with financial institutions, government representatives, consultancy firms, sectoral organisations, NGOs, academic institutions, etc. interested in donor-funded projects. It aims at achieving the following outcomes: 1) Build up progressive dialogue between speakers and participants; 2) Identify the most efficient approaches in cooperating with international financial institutions; 3)

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Funding 1 April 2018

CfP: National Resource Centre for Civil Society in Albania (Deadline: 15.06.2018)

The EU is currently accepting proposals for a National Resource Centre for CSOs in Albania to provide services to CSOs for their capacity building, trainings, information and generally to contribute to the improvement of their working standards and environment. The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 500.000 and will

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Funding 1 April 2018

CfP: EU4Justice – Support to the Fight against Organised Crime and Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Deadline: 22.06.2018)

The specific objectives of this call are: 1) Enhanced efficiency of the investigation and prosecution of organised crime and corruption cases, and 2) Reinforcement of the integrity, human and performance management, and accountability of the justice sector institutions. The overall indicative amount made available under this call is EUR 2.200.000 and equals the maximum grant

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Funding 1 April 2018

CfP: EU Support to Civil Protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Deadline: 26.06.2018)

The specific objective of this call is to improve civil protection capacities for emergency prevention, preparedness and response to natural and man-made disasters observing the best European practices. More information is available here. The overall indicative amount made available under this call is EUR 1.500.000 and equals the maximum grant amount to be requested by

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Donor Strategies 1 April 2018

Aid and Migration: Externalisation of Europe’s Responsibilities – New Report

European countries have seen over 3.8 million people seeking asylum in its territories between 2013 and 2016. In response, Europe has developed several plans, agreements and policy Frameworks on Migration. The EU has also established a number of cooperation agreements with third countries, highlighting the importance of “addressing the root causes behind irregular migration to

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Donor Strategies 1 April 2018

RCC hosts 4th Donor Coordination Meeting for the Western Balkans

On 13 March, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) hosted the 4th Annual Meeting of Donor Coordination for the Western Balkans in Brussels. The meeting aimed at raising the donors coordination in the region to a higher level of communication and provided an opportunity for the beneficiaries and donors to exchange information on the actual needs,

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Civic Space 1 April 2018

What We Can Do to Promote Civic Space: Perspectives of the Western Balkans and Turkey

In times when the local trends of violations to civic space are in fact global ones, across the world CSOs can do a lot to promote the civic space – from exchanging experiences, showing solidarity and building broad coalitions, to using new technologies and using international leverage. BCSDN developed a paper based on the discussions

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Civic Space 1 April 2018

Promotion of Civic Space and Enabling Environment in EU External Action

A new CONCORD paper examines civil society at the heart of democracy and sustainable development and looks at the key components of civic space which are necessary to enable an environment where civil society can peruse and express basic rights. Civil society organisations can play an important facilitating role to make the voices of people

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Civic Space 1 April 2018

Defending Civil Society Toolkit: Tips for Engaging in NGO Law Reforms

This Toolkit, co-authored by NED’s World Movement for Democracy and ICNL, compiles the experiences of those who have engaged in legal reform initiatives in over dozens countries worldwide and providews tips, tools, and strategies that organizations and activists around the world can consider as they plan their efforts to reform legal frameworks for civil society.

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News 1 April 2018

Slovenia: New NGO Law Adopted

On 20 March, the Slovenian Parliament approved the new NGO Law. The new law, among other things, uniquely identifies NGOs and removes past confusion and dispersion in more than 20 laws, finally eliminating discrimination and enabling all non-governmental organizations to obtain the public benefit status under the same conditions, while also determining some basic measures

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News 1 April 2018

Turkey: UN Report Details Extensive Human Rights Violations during Protracted State of Emergency

Routine extensions of the state of emergency in Turkey have led to profound human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people – from arbitrary deprivation of the right to work and to freedom of movement, to torture and other ill-treatment, arbitrary detentions and infringements of the rights to freedom of association and expression, according

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News 1 April 2018

Survey on Digital4Development

Digitalisation is one of the key and most dynamic mega-trends influencing development today. The Romanian NGDO Platform – FOND together with CONCORD Europe are currently conducting a research on digitalisation and development with the aim to better understand how the future of development cooperation will be shaped in the digital era and to design possible

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