News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The ENV.net new distance learning course “CSOs and participation: lobbying, advocacy, policy influencing” will provide support to CSOs on how to effectively influence the decision-making process at local, national and international level. It will also allow participants to better understand the importance of the involvement of citizens in the decision-making process, in order to set
Read more →The British Embassy in Ankara has opened the bidding window for project funding from our EuD Bilateral Programme Fund. The aim of this fund is to help support reform in the Western Balkans and Turkey. The BPF funds projects between GBP 10.000 (approx. EUR 12.800) and 80.000 (approx. EUR 102.700) and above GBP 80.000 aimed
Read more →USAID in Serbia is seeking applications from eligible prospective Serbian organizations to fund a programme entitled “Promoting informed voting and increasing citizens engagement prior to and following the elections” in Serbia. Subject to the availability of funds, USAID expects to fund individual program in amount of USD 450.000 (approx. EUR 400.000) for duration of 12
Read more →Applications are now being accepted for the RWI-Human Rights Research Grant for Turkey (HRRG). The main goal of the RWI-Human Rights Research Grant is to enhance human rights law education and to support human rights research capacity at the academic institutions in Turkey. The deadline for submission of the research proposal is 14th March, 2016.
Read more →The DSP objective is the achievement of visible and sustainable changes that will contribute to the development of a democratic society in Kosovo. More information is available here. Institutional grants enable CSOs to plot their own agendas and invest significant time in the areas of critical importance. Financial support for institutional development is intended to
Read more →On 4th and 5th of February, in Belgrade, the Western Balkan CSOs Global Development Partner and Strategy Meeting took place. The two-day annual partner strategy meeting brought together CSO representatives of each partner country, in order to refine the strategy for implementation of the project, as well as to exchange information and enhance knowledge on
Read more →On 29th January, 2016, Smart kolektiv and CSR Forum launched the CSR Index – the first national platform for evaluating corporate social responsibility. The online platform was designed to recognize, reward, and promote good practices of responsible business in Serbia. The first indexing cycle will be open to companies in March 2016. Companies will have
Read more →The Conference: “Volunteering and Legislative Framework – good practices and EU standards” was organised by TACSO on 15-19 December in Montenegro to respond to the need for development of a legal framework that is favourable to volunteering in the Western Balkans. It aimed to hear the experiences of the neighbouring EU countries and was a
Read more →One of the core aims of CIVICUS is to tirelessly defend the fundamental freedoms of association and assembly that underpin the work of civil society – and it seems that civic space around Europe is under threat. In order to better respond to this changing environment, CICIVSU and the Civil Society Europe (CSE) platform conduct
Read more →This year, we are celebrating one of the most important anniversaries: The world’s core international human rights treaties are turning 50. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) were both adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 16, 1966. The ICCPR,
Read more →In consortium with Ariadne (the European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights) and the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG), the European Foundation Centre (EFC) has published a report on Challenging the Closing Space for Civil Society, A Practical Starting Point for Funders. The report aims to provide grantmakers, private funders and other CSOs
Read more →On the 30th of October 2015, Partnere per Femijet, one of the BPPF grantees for Albania, organized the launching event of the policy brief “The Situation of State Funding of Civil Society Organizations to Improve the Rights and Lives of Children and Youth in Albania”, in the premises of Mondial Hotel. At this event, representatives
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