News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Within the efforts to strengthen the capacity of local CSOs for monitoring and advocacy, two organizations from Serbia have developed policy papers in the area of transparent funding, with the support of the Balkan Public Policy Fund (BPPF), implemented by BCSDN and its partners (Civic Initiatives in Serbia). The Centre for Development of a Democratic
Read more →In Macedonia, within the Balkan Public Policy Fund, the civic association Konekt prepared an analysis of the public policies related to the environment for employment in CSOs. On 21st January, 2016, in the premises of Public Room, Skopje, the results of the analysis were publicly presented in front of more than 50 representatives of civil
Read more →78 CSOs from Macedonia addressed a letter to the whole international community requiring the implementation of genuine reforms as they are preconditions for free and fair elections. CSOs emphasized that, albeit the European Commission’s requirement from Macedonian authorities for fulfilling the urgent reform priorities and the experts’ recommendations that should have guaranteed free and fair
Read more →As a part of the continuous advocacy efforts by global non-profit (NPO) coalition, 123 organisations from 46 countries signed a letter calling on the FATF to open a process to revise Recommendation 8 in order to minimize future missuses. FATF’s standards, combined with country compliance evaluations, have led to a growth of restrictive regulations for
Read more →The field of international development cooperation is undergoing tectonic shifts, with new nodes of decision-making and resources emerging alongside existing institutions. A paper by the UN University Center for Policy Research concentrates on two recently established institutions, one primarily regional and the other essentially transregional: the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the BRICS’ New
Read more →The latest MAXCAP paper investigates the process of judicial reform in Turkey in the last 15 years, with a focus on the reversal of such reforms since 2013. To do so, it asks whether and to what extent these reforms as well as their changing pace and direction have been driven by the political conditionality
Read more →In the framework the efforts to strengthen the capacity of local CSOs for monitoring and advocacy in the areas essential for the functioning of civil society, covered by the Monitoring Matrix and the EU Guidelines for Support to Civil Society in Enlargement Countries, 2014-2020, BCSDN and Civic Initiatives have supported two organizations in Serbia in
Read more →The Macedonian civic association Konekt has prepared an analysis of the public policies related to the environment for employment in CSOs. On 21st January, 2016, in the premises of Public Room, Skopje, the results of the analysis were publicly presented in front of more than 50 representatives of civil society. The findings will also serve to
Read more →Although there is growing awareness in the development field of the need to better assess fragile states and customise policies to their particular needs, there has been limited progress in these areas. The new Country Fragility Assessment Framework, which systematically examines the societal and institutional sources of fragility, can help decision-makers make more precise diagnoses
Read more →The Montenegrin CSO Coalition By Cooperation to Goal (Saradnjom do Cilja) submitted the Draft Regulations of the Criteria, Standards and Procedures for Allocation of Montenegro State Property to CSOs, both to the Montenegrin Government and the Council for the Development of CSOs. The Coalition representatives emphasized that, throughout the years, numerous CSOs have been given
Read more →The Embassy of the Netherlands in Albania and the Albanian Institute of Science will host a #DiploHack on ‘A Voice for Civil Society – Using Open Data to Strengthen Civil Society Advocacy’. A #DiploHack combines the specific know-how and skill sets of NGOs, social entrepreneurs, tech developers and designers, and those of diplomats, journalists, academics,
Read more →The Aspen Institute Romania is currently inviting applications for its Young Leaders Program 2016. The Program will bring increased regional participation and create additional diversity and relevance. The Program main goals to promote and advance progressive leadership within society and to develop the regional network of Aspen Fellows, based on shared values and common interests.
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