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CfP: Granting, Coaching and Training for Strengthening Advocacy Capacities of CSOs for Sustainable Agriculture in the Western Balkans (Deadline: 10.10.2016)

ORCA (Serbia), on behalf of consortium of partners: AKTIV (Kosovo*), FLOROZON (Macedonia), CZIP (Montenegro) and IEP (Albania) invites CSO to submit Concept note related to advocacy initiative in one of the thematic areas of sustainable agriculture: water quality, soil quality, crop production, livestock production, energy and waste management, food safety, consumer protection, biodiversity and landscape

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Civil Society Common Statement: A New Europe for People, Planet and Prosperity for All

A common statement by 177 European and national civil society organizations and trade unions – A New Europe for People, Planet and Prosperity for All was published. The first summit on European Union’s future is scheduled for 16 September in Bratislava. Leaders will have a political reflection to give impetus to further reforms and to the development of the EU with

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Substance Over Forms: BCSDN Annual Policy Workshop Held in Brussels

BCSDN annual debate on the state of the enabling environment in which civil society in Enlargement countries operates under the title: “Raising Standards, Declining Trends? Operating Environment for Civil Society in Enlargement Countries” was organized on 7th September in Brussels. The event was organized on the occasion of the presentation of the 2015 Monitoring Matrix Regional Report and its recommendation to

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Montenegro CSO Representatives in the Council for Development of CSOs Boycotting the Work of the Institution

The topic on the agenda of the scheduled session is deliberation on the Draft analysis of the effects of implementation of the 2014-2016 Strategy for Development of CSOs. Although the President of the Council for Development of CSOs scheduled the session for 12 September, the members of the Council from the ranks of non-governmental organizations did

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E-Government a Powerful Tool to Implement Global Sustainability Goals, UN Survey Finds

A new United Nations report has found that e-government is an effective tool for facilitating integrated policies and public service by promoting accountable and transparent institutions, such as through open data and participatory decision-making, and therefore it has the potential to help support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17

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Special Report 2016: EU Pre-accession Assistance for Strengthening Administrative Capacity in the Western Balkans: A Meta-Audit

The EU Western Balkan enlargement policy has dealt with six European countries which have historically been affected by serious ethnic, political and economic conflicts and aspire to join the EU. The Court assessed whether the Commission’s management of the IPA in the Western Balkans in the key areas of rule of law and public administration

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Is Social Justice Fundraising an Oxymoron?

Raising money is part of the struggle for social change, not something that rich people do on behalf of the poor. Money is often seen as a divisive force in society, but as this example shows it can also bring people together to strengthen collective action in ways that are democratic and inclusive. It’s not

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E-Government a Powerful Tool to Implement Global Sustainability Goals – UN Survey

A new United Nations report has found that e-government is an effective tool for facilitating integrated policies and public service by promoting accountable and transparent institutions, such as through open data and participatory decision-making, and therefore it has the potential to help support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17

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CfA: Human Rights Monitoring and Safety and Security Workshop for Human Rights Defenders, 17-21 October, Montenegro

ODIHR is pleased to offer a five-day training event on human rights monitoring and safety and security for human rights defenders from Western Balkans, Central/Eastern Europe and Turkey. The objective of the training is to enable human rights defenders to independently carry out quality, objective and impartial human rights monitoring activities. The event will take place in

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