This week’s Cenzura Plus presents a TV show that will cover important political events during Croatia’s national elections. The topics that will be presented are: What was the atmosphere during the election period? What were irregularities noted by independent observers? What is Platform 112 and what are its demands? How to control work of our future Government representatives, and what would be a proper way for ensuring the fulfillment of their pre-election promises? What will happen after the elections? Will the referendum regarding the EU accession be postponed, and if yes, why? The show has been produced by the Association…
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MCIC held a national conference “Civil Society on Local Level: Exchange of Experiences” as part of the bi-annual fair of municipalities ZELS Expo (Associations of the units of local self governments of the Republic of Macedonia-ZELS), in the framework of the EIDHR supported project “Civil Dialogue on Local Level”. On the conference, other project activities including the prepared publications – comparative review from five countries, home-country analysis, three strategies, and the consultative processes in the three municipalities in which more than 120 people participated were also presented. Further information (in Macedonian) is available on the project’s web page.
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 underlining the role of civil society as essential for a liberal democracy, this has been recognized he said by the EC and other organization and this is why supporting it, is vital especially in the pre-accession period. He also added that while working with…
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 underlining the role of civil society as essential for a liberal democracy, this has been recognized he said by the EC and other organization and this is why supporting it, is vital especially in the pre-accession period. He also added that while working with GMF…
CONCORD, the European Confederation for Relief and Development and Open Society Institute Brussels have published their position papers on the newly-formed Civil Society Facility under the European Neighborhood Policy (covering Easter Europe, Caucasus, North Africa and Mediterranean countries). The CONCORD Statement and the OSI policy brief “From Funder to Partner? Prospects for the European Neighbourhood Policy’s Civil Society Facility” echo the concerns and principles the EU needs to support when working with civil society voiced by civil society under the IPA CSF. The two positions, among others call for investment in existing structures and networks to provide for ownership and…
The Institute for Democracy and Mediation has published its 2010 Annual Report summarizing the main IDM activities for 2010. The report gives an overview to the rich IDM portfolio of projects implemented, the main events organized, the activities connected with policy debate’s publicity, publications and articles published, as well as a preview of the donor’s contribution in the budget. The full report can be downloaded here.
Under the coordination of VESTA, an initiative called “Citizens for Europe” was launched in Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed to insure the commitment of the government officials’ made to the citizens. A public support is needed for the necessary steps to be taken in the sectors of energy, environment, agriculture, rural development, labour and employment, in order to improve the living standards of ordinary citizens and to get the country closer to the EU. During the course of this year, 33 civil society organisations gathered under the initiative, and four public sessions were held with the authorities. Recommendations were given by…
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 to discuss the TACSO project objectives for 2011-2013, which among others include up-date of need assessments of civil society in each country, project work plans and exist/sustainability strategy of the project. Also, the conference included presentation of IPA prospects for civil society beyond 2013 and…
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 to discuss the TACSO project objectives for 2011-2013, which among others include up-date of need assessments of civil society in each country, project work plans and exist/sustainability strategy of the project. Also, the conference included presentation of IPA prospects for civil society beyond 2013 and…
The Macedonian center for international cooperation (MCIC) in cooperation with the Insitute for democracy Macedonia (IDSCS) conducted a new research regarding the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece. The research showed that the citizens in Macedonia continue to be against a change of the name: almost half of the citizens (45.3%) are against any kind of change of the name, 44.6% responded that they do not accept any kind of geographical reference, while 39.6% would not want a change of name even for the cost of stagnation. That a compromise should be made that will not pose a threat to…