News and updates from BCSDN and the region
This recent article by Adam Fagan contributes to a growing literature focusing on the substance of donor-driven democracy promotion in Kosovo and presents a picture of donor behavior in flux. Drawing on extensive empirical research between 2010 and 2012, the research provides greater insights into which donors are providing what sort of assistance; how the
Read more →In response to the current situation taking place along the borders and train stations of the refugee route in Southeast Europe, the German Foundation Schüler Helfen Leben (SHL) announces a call for small and non-bureaucratic financial emergency relief fund. It is targeted to local NGOs and initiatives with the aim to support refigures in the
Read more →The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) published a new policy brief on the Western Balkans and the EU, titled “Beyond the Autopilot Mode”. This policy brief addresses the EU’s drained transformative leverage towards Western Balkan accession countries, on-going political tensions in Montenegro, the agonizing economic situation in the region, the main outputs of
Read more →CAS SEE is announcing a new annual call for Fellowships for the spring 2016, organized along the following themes: 1) Refugees, Migration and Democracy: Faces of the Protracted Relationship, and 2) (Re)thinking (about) the Crisis: Exploring the Danger and the Opportunities of Current Crisis-Hysteria; but also offer the possibility of open applications. The Fellowship Programme
Read more →TACSO Office for Montenegro, the Government Office for Cooperation with Non-governmental Organizations and the Center for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO) are organizing a conference „Development of Social Entrepreneurship in Montenegro“ aiming to improve knowledge of civil and public sector regarding social entrepreneurship as a mechanism for development of society and sustainability of NGOs and
Read more →The Euclid Summit is Euclid Network’s new flagship pan-European event, which captures the latest trends in skills and knowledge for social impact. The Summit will take place in Zagreb, from 24th to 26th February 2016 and it will foster knowhow exchange and develop foresight on emerging skills needs across knowhow for people, knowhow for money
Read more →TechSoup announced the launch of TechSoup.Global, the world’s first donor technology platform, designed to help social benefit organizations (SBOs) that cover 236 countries and territories. This technology, whose worth is USD 5.5 billion, has been providing service program for philanthropy and from now on it will provide an inclusive approach to donated technology for specific
Read more →The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announced an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a mechanism that will respond to evolving opportunities and threats to the protection and advancement of the fundamental freedoms of association, assembly, expression, and religion. DRL anticipates having USD 2,970,297 available
Read more →2015 has been marked by important international decision-making moments, including the Financing for Development Conference in Addis, the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York and the lead-up to the climate negotiations in Paris. Given the importance of these events for the existing development framework, it is no surprise that the EU declared 2015 as
Read more →BCSDN is delighted to announce the release of the newly revamped website. It has been developed with the aim to obtain a more aesthetical design and to create a more user-friendly browsing experience. The refined menu structure provides easy access to any information with simple navigation. The fine-tuned new homepage allows you to choose the
Read more →The Office for Cooperation with Civil Society of the Republic of Serbia in cooperation with the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government issued a call for CSOs to propose candidates for membership in the Special Inter-Ministerial Working Group (WG) for the drafting of the second Action Plan for the Implementation of the Open Government
Read more →BCSDN and ECNL organized a brainstorming meeting on designing “Government Self-assessment Tool on the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development” that took place in Belgrade, on 25th November. The meeting was targeted to representatives of six national Offices for Cooperation with Civil Society and other similar type of mechanisms mandated to develop policies and mechanisms
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