News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The first Call for Standard Projects of the Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme has been launched and it will finance cooperation projects in Italy (Puglia and Molise), Albania and Montenegro with a budget of EUR 25 million. The Programmed, co-financed by the European Union through IPA, has a total budget of EUR 92 million and
Read more →The IPA FPA project “Balkan Civil Society Acquis – Strengthening the Advocacy and Monitoring Potential and Capacities of CSOs”, implemented in the countries of Western Balkans and Turkey by the members of the BCSDN and supported by the European Commission and the Balkan Trust for Democracy, has come to an end after four years of
Read more →In the run up to the Italian Summit on the Western Balkans scheduled to take place in Trieste on 12 July 2017, the International Conference, organized by IFRI, CIFE and CFA on 5th April in Rome, brought together a number of European experts to reflect on the challenges facing the EU and its enlargement towards the
Read more →The new Monitoring Matrix 2016 Reports on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development for all seven countries are now available on the MM platform, some of them accompanied for the first time by a visual presentation of the findings. The reports present the developments in EE in 2016, outlining the key conclusions and recommendations for
Read more →According to the findings of CIVICUS’s latest report People Power under Attack: Findings from the CIVICUS Monitor, only 3% of people live in countries where space for civic activism – or civic space – is truly open. Based upon monitoring of 195 countries, CIVICUS finds that people in 106 countries face serious threats when organizing,
Read more →At the Government session on 30 March, without any consultation with civil society and with no prior notification, the Montenegrin Government adopted the draft amendments to the Law on Games of Chance which stipulates termination of the Fund for financing CSO projects. The CSO Coalition “Saradnjom do cilja” invites all CSOs in Montenegro to oppose
Read more →More than 100 CSOs have warned that “closing the eyes” of the European Parliament on the transparency of lobbying could jeopardize the improvement of the Lobbying registry. Insisting that the European Parliament must do more to improve the transparency of lobbying, 101 CSOs have sent an open letter to the EP, warning MEPs that the
Read more →For two consecutive years, global development aid has increased, according to the latest figures released today by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The 2016 statistics report an increase of 8.9% (USD 142.6 billion). However, 1.8% of this increase actually stayed in the donor country, including EU Member States, with relatively little effect on poverty
Read more →The European Movement International and European Movements from the region have published a statement regarding the peace in the region. Conflicts are flaring up in the Western Balkans, jeopardizing not only regional relations but also the European integration process of many of the (potential) candidate countries. These recent developments have exposed the fragility of democratic
Read more →The FRP is the agency’s “mechanism of exchange and pooling of knowledge” created for facilitating a “structured and fruitful dialogue” with and among civil society organizations. The FRP is not an organization and there is no membership. The invitation to register will remain permanently open. Please note that only organizations registered before 20 April 2017
Read more →CIVICUS and the Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) have partnered to organize International Civil Society Week 2017 in Suva, Fiji, around the theme “Our Planet. Our Struggles. Our Future”. International Civil Society Week (ICSW) is a key global gathering for civil society and other stakeholders to engage constructively in finding common solutions to global
Read more →Transparency International School on Integrity (TISI) is an annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders. The upcoming TISI 2017 will take place during 10-16 July, 2017. TISI exposes its participants to the latest developments in the field of anti-corruption and accountability and offers real opportunities to try and implement their ideas in practice.
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