News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Conference organized in Zagreb on the 27 March served as a final event for the Europe for Citizens project lead by Cenzura Plus and focused on the current situation of Croatia, which is to become a part of the EU in less than 4 months, and taking into account that Croatian civil society is
Read more →On the 11 March, KCSF officially launched the new resource center for civil society development in Prishtina together with the presentation of the monitoring Matrix on enabling environment for CSDev and the BCSDN Mid-term strategy activities supported under the IPA Balkan Civil Society Acquis project. The Norwegian Embassy in Kosovo supported the establishment and running
Read more →BCSDN members and partners have tested or participated for years in several monitoring methodologies developed to follow the enabling environment for civil society development (CSDev) or its parts. In most cases, these were funding and human intensive, partial (dealt with only one or several sub-areas) and general in their coverage of monitoring of the enabling
Read more →BCSDN members and partners have tested or participated for years in several monitoring methodologies developed to follow the enabling environment for civil society development (CSDev) or its parts. In most cases, these were funding and human intensive, partial (dealt with only one or several sub-areas) and general in their coverage of monitoring of the enabling
Read more →On the 28th of February, 2014 Partners Albania organized a round table to present its first Country Report aimed at monitoring the enabling environment for civil society in Albania. The Report, prepared within the framework of the BCSDN Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, presents the findings of the forgoing monitoring of
Read more →On 14th December, the IPA CSF/TACSO Programming Committee was convoked by the DG Enlargement with the aim to inform European networks and seek their comments on the up-coming plans with regards to IPA CSF activities. On the occasion of the meeting, which was attended by around 10 representatives of European networks, organizations were informed that
Read more →As a key regional actor in civil society development, BCSDN with its members has been involved in the two phases of technical assistance to CSOs offered in the framework of a TACSO project, primarily as a member of the EU Programming Committee or via its members as LAG members or host of TACSO local offices.
Read more →As a key regional actor in civil society development, BCSDN with its members has been involved in the two phases of technical assistance to CSOs offered in the framework of TACSO project, primarily as a member of the EU Programming Committee or via its members as LAG members or host of TACSO local offices. With
Read more →However, the most crucial areas for consolidating the enabling environment for CSDev in the mid-term such as tax regime, state support and human resources issues are insufficiently addressed. The greatest novelty this year is a recognition that “more enabling environment and the conditions for improved policy dialogue [need to be]put in place”, steaming from the
Read more →For the 4th consecutive year, BCSDN prepared background analysis on how civil society development (CSDev) in treated and what progress (or lack thereof) has been noted form the past year in Enlargement countries. The Analysis notes that overall, the Commission has maintained its focus on the issues pertinent to involvement of civil society in policy
Read more →On 17th October, Tanja Hafner Ademi, Executive Director and Venera Hajrullahu, the Chair of the Board held several meetings in DG Enlargement. In the context of EC Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2012-2013 and start of planning of civil society support under IPA II 2014-2020, the aim of the meetings was to present BCSDN vision
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