News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Most activists and social change leaders today would argue that a sustainable future will only be possible by making profound changes to our lives and our political and economic systems. But for many activists terms like system change, Great Transition, paradigm shift are too big, too utopian or too abstract and very difficult to be
Read more →The European Commission (EC) is a significant source of funding for NGOs worldwide. Its regular calls for proposals and other grant opportunities offer a substantial amount of funding resources for NGOs. Мany CSOs avoid applying for funding because of the complexity and highly competitive nature of the EC grant system. The funding guidelines can be
Read more →The report on the debate “Only a matter for politicians? Civil society, money and political activities”, which was organised by the Conference of INGOs on 6 and 7 June is now available online here. The debate considered three interrelated dimensions – freedom of association, political activities of CSOs and foreign funding for CSOs – which
Read more →The Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education (EP-NUFFIC) offers fellowships to participate in training courses in the Netherlands. The aim is to promote capacity building within organizations in eligible countries via training and education for professionals. This is initiated and (almost) fully funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget
Read more →Democracy must be fought for, revitalized, and renewed. Institutions, like the Heinrich Böll Foundation, have been struggling against a significant headwind for some time now, as the authoritarian developing state has gained massive momentum. With the publication “For Democracy” and this online-dossier, the state of democracy worldwide has been analysed, as well as the possibilities
Read more →The Global Human Rights Forums is a series of transformative conferences designed to influence a shift of paradigm of human rights as something divided into slices be privileged individuals and groups. This year theme topic is “Decoding Patterns of Privilege”, and will focus on the challenges of privilege, explaining the difficulties that people affected by
Read more →The event is organized with the occasion of the presentation of the 2015 Monitoring Matrix Regional Report and will bring CSO representatives from Western Balkans and Turkey to present the key challenges for the civil society operating environment in their countries. The aim is to raise a discussion with the Commission, other EU institutions and
Read more →The Council of Europe is preparing guidelines to help ensure meaningful civil participation in political decision-making in its member states. Before finalising these guidelines, the European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG) and the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations (Conference of INGOs) are organising a wide public consultation on the draft text. This consultation seeks
Read more →Kosovo Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), with the purpose of strengthening civil society’s role in drafting and implementing policies affecting the communities and general public through the promotion of joint activities with partners, provides financial support for CSOs membership in regional or international networks. The following criteria will be taken into consideration: Benefit that these organizations,
Read more →The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) provides direct funding assistance to community groups, non-government organizations, people’s organizations and in exceptional cases, international NGOs, and government institutions for small projects addressing governance, democracy, capacity-building, economic, and other social development issues. The call for proposals seeks projects that are of a maximum duration of four months
Read more →It’s been almost one year since heads of state and government adopted ‘Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ – the ambitious agenda which contains 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 targets during a special session of the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015. The SDGs were the culmination of four
Read more →The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) is currently implementing a three-year programme entitled “Civil Society Continuing Campaign for Effective Development.” The programme aims to make concrete contributions to global development by promoting development effectiveness through concrete CSO action, utilising a mix of approaches in policy advocacy, engagement, outreach, and capacity development at global, regional,
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