News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The EU Delegation to Serbia opened a call for proposals under the Civil Society Facility Programme for 2015. The aim of the Programme is to increase the effectiveness of civil society initiatives focused on Chapters 23 and 24, strengthen regional cooperation and dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, and strengthen the role of civil society in
Read more →The Delegation of the EU to Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a call for proposals under the European Instrument for the promotion and the support of Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for the period 2014-2020. The action aims to support human rights and human rights defenders in situations where they are most at risk, other EU
Read more →The EU Delegation to Montenegro issued a call for an action grant for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of Roma, Egyptians and Other Vulnerable Groups. The call aims to ensure durable and sustainable solutions for protecting fundamental human rights of vulnerable groups in compliance with international standards. More specifically, the call strives to enhance
Read more →The first call for proposals within the Interreg IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Croatia – Serbia 2014-2020 has been launched. The Call is open to 4 priority axes: 1) Improving the quality of public social and health services; 2) Protecting the environment and biodiversity, improving risk prevention and promoting sustainable energy and energy efficiency; 3) Contributing to the development of tourism and preserving cultural and natural
Read more →The 2016 edition of the CSO Forum held on 17-18 March, Brussels, and organized back-to-back with other events, brought together CSOs both from the international development and human rights field from all over the world. The aim of the forum was to advance the implementation of the EU policy shift towards supporting the enabling environment,
Read more →The Ministry of Information Society and Administration together with TACSO Office Macedonia/MCIC held a conference on 23-24 March, 2016, Skopje on Open Government Partnership (OGP) achievements in Macedonia and designing a new Government Action Plan 2016-2018. Among the 50 participants from relevant public institutions and CSOs, BCSDN’s Executive Director Tanja Hafner Ademi was also present
Read more →On 23rd March, 2016, Albania officially launched the National OGP Multi-stakeholder Forum “OpenAlb”. Albania is a member of the OGP since 2011 and is currently implementing the 2nd National Action Plan 2014-2016. The Multi-Stakeholder Forum aims at bringing together representatives of government, CSOs and interest groups to enter a dialogue in securing concrete commitments to
Read more →The Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Republic of Croatia launched a call for public hearings announcing the beginning of the process for the creation of the National Strategy for Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development 2017-2021. Aiming to create as inclusive process as possible, and simultaneously get feedback from CSOs about the obstacles
Read more →CIVICUS spoke to Liana Varon, the Deputy Secretary General of the Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TUSEV) – BCSDN member and a network of over 100 foundations and associations in Turkey, on the situation concerning freedom of expression and the environment for CSOs. Liana Varon elaborated the case on the arrest of 27 academics early
Read more →Since 2009, CNVOS has been implementing a project on violations of the resolution on legislative activity which requires a minimum of 30 days public consultation for all new legislation, measuring for how many times has the resolution been violated by the government as well as each of the separate ministries. Strikingly, out of 771 published
Read more →CRNVO has presented a database of CSO representatives in the working groups and other working bodies formed by the state administration in accordance with the Regulation on the procedure for cooperation between the state institutions and CSOs. This database, developed together with the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs in Montenegro, contains all relevant information
Read more →Issue No. 19 of the Assembly and Association Briefing, the newsletter of Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, has been published. In this issue, the UN rapporteurs provide a roadmap to avoid human rights violations during protests, whereas UN experts urge Western Australia not to
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