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CfA: 9th International Social Innovation Research Conference, 12-14 December 2017 Melbourne, Australia

Social innovations are often presented as solutions to wicked social problems, operating across sectors, and disrupting traditions of policy and practice. Social innovations – including social enterprise, design-led service creation and citizen co-production – are initiated within, between and beyond the bounds of established organizational forms. Redefining boundaries creates new opportunities for combining wisdom and

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The Potential of State Funding for the Sustainability of CSOs Conference Report Published

On November 8th-9th, the Macedonian TACSO office and TACSO resource center by MCIC held a conference “The potential of state funding for the sustainability” of CSOs in Mavrovo, Macedonia. The conference gathered twenty-nine CSOs’ representatives from different areas of operation and eleven representatives from government bodies and institutions that distribute funds. The aim of the

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The UN Special Rapporteur on Peaceful Assembly Issues Call for Mapping the History and Achievements of Civil Society over the Past Decade

For his final report to the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Maina Kiai plans to comprehensively codify the achievements and successes of civil society over the last decade. The report is intended to serve as a reminder of just how important

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Five Trends in Philanthropy to Follow in 2017

The President the Council on Foundations, has written a blog on the five trends in philanthropy as a conclusion to the Council’s 2017 Trendspotting Series. Highlights include how 2017 will be a year of change as orthodoxies in the field get tested and philanthropy steps into a more prominent role. The trends to look after

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Donor Strategies and Practices for Supporting Civil Society in the Western Balkans Available in Serbian

This publication provides an insight in the international donors’ relation towards civil society in the Western Balkans, rationales and motivations for their presence, the mechanisms they employ in supporting CSOs, as well as the perception of civil society in the countries in this region and its value. More specifically, this research offers an overview of

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Extractive Institutions in the Western Balkans – European Fund for the Balkans Paper Series

Recent Freedom House indicators show alarming signs concerning the state of democracy in all Western Balkans countries: Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Media freedoms show a marked decline in countries like Macedonia and Serbia, and a daunting absence of progress in countries like Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and Albania. Other indicators, which relate to

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EMIM’s Policy Brief: Enhancing Local CSOs for Advocating Better Cooperation With Local Authorities

European Movement in Montenegro has recently published a policy brief titled: “Enhancing Local CSOs for Advocating Better Cooperation with Local Authorities”. This policy paper intends to address the need for better cooperation of the civil society organizations on local level, and in line with the priority referred to – activities enabling CSOs outside capital cities

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