News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Institute for Central-Eastern and Balkan Europe (IECOB) has published of the Volume ”Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe: Selected Comparative Studies”, authored by Jovana Škrijel, Qemal Krosi, Marjan Icovski, Rastko Antić and edited by Adriano Remiddi. The Volume, which is the result of the collaboration between IECOB and the ”European Regional Master Degree
Read more →The McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University is accepting nominations for the 2016 Brown Democracy Medal. The medal and USD 5.000 are awarded annually to bring attention to the best new work being done by individuals or organizations to advance democracy in the United States and around the globe. The Brown Medal recognizes
Read more →This Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) report offers an assessment of how well state institutions in Macedonia rate with regard to accountability, and how citizens perceive the level of accountability in the institutions. The report concludes that although there is a significant advancement in terms of the transparency and openness of the central
Read more →Each year, Rotary selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of their peace centers. Fellows are selected globally every year to earn either a master’s degree or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at the Rotary Peace Centers at leading universities in
Read more →Within their project Strengthening Local Transparency, Belgrade Open School (BOS) and Toplica Center for Democracy and Human Rights in cooperation with the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities, issued a call for program support to CSOs through small grants. The aim of the program is to further improve local transparency and inform the locals on
Read more →AuthorAID has announced the first set of AuthorAID travel grants and workshop grants for 2016. It plans to award the following grants to people working in eligible developing countries (only Kosovo from the WBT region), following a competitive selection process. AuthorAID helps researchers in developing countries to publish and otherwise communicate their work by awarding
Read more →Under the Europe for Citizens Program 2014 – 2020, strand “Democratic Engagement and Civic Participation”, EU issued a call for proposals with a deadline set on March 1st 2016. The aim of this call is to foster European citizenship and improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level, encourage democratic participation of citizens
Read more →On 8th January, on invitation by The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Biljana Spasovska, BCSDN’s Policy and Advocacy Officer, participated at the Hearing in the framework of EESC opinion on “EU Enlargement Strategy”. The aim of the hearing was to gather experts from DG NEAR and other institutions and think tanks and CSOs from
Read more →A strong dialogue between government and civil society provides a sound foundation for open government reforms in Croatia. The adoption and implementation of commitments aimed at strengthening public consultations in policy-making responds to long-term priorities of both government and civil society. There is visible progress in citizen participation, as well as in the number of
Read more →CSOs all over the world are under significant pressure. Armed with smart phones and connected like never before, civil society actors have found new ways to organize, demand greater government accountability, and inject their voices into policy debates. As citizens’ voices have grown louder and more influential, many governments have responded by cracking down on
Read more →Within the Balkan Public Policy Fund, the association ZAJP from Banja Luka, BiH, with the support of CPCD, published and promoted the policy paper “Establishing Cooperation between the BiH Government and CSOs”. The paper was presented at a round table, organized on 24 November, 2015, which aimed to discuss issues relevant for establishing institutional cooperation
Read more →A new Law on Amendments to Corporate Profit Tax Law, adopted on 29th December, 2015, by parliament members in National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, now ensures the equal treatment of CSOs – social care service providers. This comes as a result of long advocacy efforts for legislative changes by CSOs in Serbia, led by
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