News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The monitoring matrix is being developed in the frames of the project “Cross-Sector Regional Partnership for Enabling Legal Environment for Civil Society Development”, with the objective to establish regional Gov2CSO platform for monitoring the progress in creating enabling environment for civil society development (CSDev) in the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey (WBT). BACKGROUND
Read more →We are proud to present the 8th edition of our Balkan Civic Practices series under the title “Donors’ Strategies and Practices in Civil Society Development in the Balkans. Civil Society Lost in Translation?”. It presents the first ever analysis and overview of major donors supporting civil society in the Balkans. Its aim is to provide
Read more →On 22nd November, BCSDN in cooperation with the German Marshall Fund (GMF) office in Brussels organized a policy workshop “Civil Society Lost in Translation? Donor Strategies and Practices in Support of Civil Society Development in the Balkans”. Mr. Michael Leigh, Senior Advisor, GMF Brussels & former Director General, DG Enlargement, European Commission open the workshop by
Read more →On 25th and 26th October, “Regional Conference to Reflect and Elaborate on the Future Perspectives for IPA CSF and TACSO 2 Planning” brought together around 60 representatives of civil society (LAG and EUPC), Commission (incl. EUD), national Government representatives and Technical Assistance for CSOs (TACSO)-project staff in Prishtina, Kosovo. The objective of the conference was
Read more →BCSDN presents an analysis based on the country Progress Reports published on 12th October against the set policy benchmarks in the European or Accession partnerships for each country as well as against network’s recommendations to the Commission on how monitoring and progress in civil society development and civil dialogue can be achieved in a coherent, effective, ownership
Read more →BCSDN presents an analysis based on the country Progress Reports published on 12th October against the set policy benchmarks in the European or Accession partnerships for each country as well as against network’s recommendations to the Commission on how monitoring and progress in civil society development and civil dialogue can be achieved in a coherent, effective, ownership
Read more →On the 9th of November, the European Commission presented its annual assessments of the progress made by the potential and candidate countries from the Western Balkans and Turkey in membership towards the EU. Apart from the Enlargement Strategy Paper 2010-2011, which outsets the Commission’s enlargement agenda for the period, it also comprises the Opinions on
Read more →To date, civil society is considered an important part of the Enlargement strategy and is a regional benchmark, which the Commission continues to realize through support to civil society organizations (CSOs) in form of the Civil Society Facility (CSF). Following the publication of the reports BCSDN has prepared a short analysis available now for download.
Read more →As of 2nd June, 2010, the Commission announced (through the TACSO website) that there will be no external evaluation to the project. It is not clear whether or when there would be an evaluation of the other two components of the Facility, i.e. P2P and Partnership Action. On 5th June, 2009 (i.e. over one year ago),
Read more →This policy paper is continuation of the BCSDN effort to offer both local and international stakeholders, especially the EU institutions, analysis and recommendations related to development of civil society in the Balkans with a focus on its role in the EU accession process. While drawing from findings and recommendations from the Balkan Civic Practices 6
Read more →Following the recent publication of the European Commission’s Progress Reports on candidate and potential candidate countries, BCSDN reviewed them immediately. We have compiled a short analysis of the reports as they pertain to civil society and this is now available for download. Additionally raw data from the Progress Reports are available along with the benchmarks.
Read more →Following the recent publication of the European Commission’s Progress Reports on candidate and potential candidate countries, BCSDN reviewed them immediately. We have compiled a short analysis of the reports as they pertain to civil society and this is now available for download. Additionally raw data from the Progress Reports are available along with the benchmarks.
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