The Center for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO) presents the first edition of the electronic magazine about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR Magazine). The aim of this type of e-magazine in Montenego is to provide information on current developments in the area of developing the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, promoting examples of good practice, as well as ensuring space for finding potential partners for successful realization of socially responsible ideas. CRNVO invites the interested public to actively contribute to the creation process of this magazine with their comments and suggestions. Read the CSR Magazine here.
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DG ELARG is currently working on the proposal for the assistance to civil society (CS) for the years 2014-15 through the IPA II – Civil Society Facility and Media Programme 2014-15. With this regard, for a consultation round before entering the finalisation phase, the synthesis of the draft Country Programmes for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia, as well as the Multi-Country Programme, are available for download at the following link. Feedback and comments are to be submitted no later than 27 June to the following e-mail address: ELARG-CSF@ec.europa.eu.
On 30th of May, Analytica, one of the SBPPF Grantees, organized the promotion of their policy paper called „Energy and security sector governance in Macedonia: How to improve its efficiency?“. The research analyzes the energy and security sector governance in Macedonia by focusing on the energy and security sector institutions‘ efficiency in order to draft recommendations for its improvement by drawing lessons from positive Slovak examples, a newer EU and NATO member and former communist country which has noted good development in the mentioned two sectors. The project’s overall aim is contributing to better application of the good governance principles…
On 26th May, BCSDN in cooperation with CONCORD Enlargement, Pre-Accession and Neighborhood (EPAN) Working Group and TRIALOG organized a briefing meeting on the current flood situation in BiH and Serbia. Omir Tufo from Center for Promotion of Civil Society (BiH) and Bojana Selakovic from Civic Initiatives (Serbia), both BCSDN members, presented the current situation and response by their organization and civil society activities on the ground. The meeting discussed both immediate needs, but also potential support for long-term reconstruction, rehabilitation and socio-economic development. The authorities failed to prevent and appropriately respond to the crisis. While addressing the immediate humanitarian needs,…
On 27th May, BCSDN in partnership with European Center for Non-profit Law (ECNL) presented the 1st-ever Regional Report on Enabling Environment for CSDev in Enlargement Countries. The presentation of findings and recommendations steaming from the expert Report opened by Venera Hajrullahu, BCSDN Board Chair who commended the incredible development and partnership that the Monitoring Matrix and Reports created between civil society, European Commission and Governments. Gordana Delic, Director of Balkan Trust for Democracy stressed that civil society and its inclusion on policy-making is crucial for a quality reform process and the need for the EU to send strong and clear…
Within CPCD’s two-year project “Be the change”, which aims to encourage and empower citizens and CSOs to become change agents in their local communities in Bosnia & Herzegovina, CPCD has launched a public call for small grants for the program area “Initiatives for community development”. CSOs and informal citizen groups that act locally and promote volunteering, corporative and individual philanthropy, and social responsibility, are invited to apply with concept notes for initiatives on solving community problems and implementing activities that benefit the wider local communities on the long-term. Although the call is open to every initiative from across B&H, due…
The EC and the Delegations intend to conduct consultations on the programing of the national IPA CSFs, through consultation meetings in each WBT country, and possibly via written contributions. DG ENLARG has set an internal deadline of 19th May for the Delegations to send first ideas on IPA CSF funding for 2014-2015 and it is expected that, based on this, consultations are to take place end May/early June. In some countries such as Albania, Montenegro, initial consultation already took place, so a second round can be expected also. The consultations should include planning of national and regional assistance. The main…
“What is the environment in which CSOs work, and what can the EC and Governments do to improve it?” is the topic of BCSDN’s annual policy workshop for 2014, which will take place in Brussels on the 27th of May. At the workshop, the regional findings of the monitoring of the enabling environment for civil society development in 8 WBT countries will be presented. The findings are result of extensive monitoring conducted by BCSDN’s members through the use of uniquely developed monitoring methodology – The Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development. This methodology has been recognized by…
“A lack of people and funds to implement the Law on the Official Use of Minority Communities’ Languages at local level”, is the general picture in 31 local government units using more than one language in official use, with a population of over 800.000 citizens. “Residents in these communities aren’t informed about the benefits and limitations of local multilingual language policies. None of these LGUs has a specialized translation unit as part of its municipal administration”. These are some of the key findings of the study “Local policies for language minority communities: tools for effective implementation” which was publically presented…
Issues like enlargement fatigue, obstacles that the EU faces dealing with these countries and the obstacles the countries face in the integration process were tackled at the conference. The aim of AcadEU is to create a network of researchers, academia, practitioners, and civil society in order to: raise the awareness about the EU and its role in integration processes in Europe; increase the quality of co-operation in teaching and research on EU-related topics and wider communication of knowledge on the EU identify and bring in junior researchers into the network motivate active public involvement in debates about the relevance of…