News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship (SEE)—a business-inspired approach to solving social problems—has exploded across the United States and the world in the last decade. It has entrenched itself within a broad spectrum of fields, from economic development and urban planning to health and education policy, and turned into an industry, funded by $1.6 billion in
Read more →Within the CONCORD HUB3 Spring Meeting in Brussels, which took place this week, the 13th of March was devoted to Promoting civil society space. The event, jointly organized by CONCORD Europe, BCSDN and Fond Romania/Black Sea NGO Forum, was an effort of European civil society development organizations to build a platform for discussions, exchanges and
Read more →Each year the CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report examines the major events that involve and affect civil society around the world. As 2017 gave way to 2018, the battle lines seemed more starkly drawn and our societies more divided than ever: on one side are those who strive to make democracy real, encouraging debate,
Read more →The European Parliament adopted the resolution of 1 March 2018 on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2016. In its resolution, the EP asserts that neither national sovereignty nor subsidiarity can justify or legitimise the systematic refusal on the part of a Member State to comply with the fundamental values of the
Read more →For the past 3 years, BCSDN together with 8 other networks from around the world has been developing and implementing the Global Standard for CSO Accountability and promoting dynamic accountability. The Global Standard Project Partners’ meeting in Nairobi from the 12-14 March, served as the last meeting for the first implementation phase where the partners
Read more →The Open Society Foundations is seeking applications for its Open Society Fellowship Programme with an aim to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. Fellowship Applicants are invited to address the proposition that new and radical forms of ownership, governance, entrepreneurship, and financialization are needed to fight pervasive economic inequality.
Read more →The Bulgarian Platform for International Development is organizing the conference “Development Cooperation in Times of Changing Paradigms”. It aims to bring together CSOs from the Western Balkans, Eastern Neighborhood and the Black Sea region, high-profile officials from the United Nations, European Commission, Bulgarian government, as well as representatives of industry, trade unions and academia. The
Read more →The IAVE World Volunteer Conference is a gathering point for volunteer leaders from throughout the world and works to create an environment that encourages networking, sharing of knowledge, and continuous learning for all those who believe volunteering improves their communities and the lives of those who volunteer and is a strategic asset to achieve the
Read more →Each year the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of CSOs worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. NED is interested in proposals from local, independent organizations for nonpartisan programs that seek to: Promote and defend human rights and the rule of law; Support freedom of information and
Read more →The specific objective of this call for proposals is to enhance intercultural dialogue between civil societies in Turkey and Europe in the area of culture and art, along with collaboration, development and implementation of long-term multinational / multilateral joint cultural initiatives and communication and promotion activities. Any grant requested must fall between minimum EUR 300.000
Read more →For the past seven years, the Advancing Human Rights research has mapped the landscape of human rights philanthropy to help funders and advocates better understand the field and to answer the question: “Who is funding human rights, and where?”. With multiple analyses and five full years of data, trends in human rights grantmaking have been
Read more →While today less and less aid is spent in least developed countries, the EU increasingly spends ODA in favor of national and foreign policy and security interests. A new CONCORD report explores the use of EU aid to respond to security threats and warns the EU of the negative impact this has on sustainable development.
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