This activitiy was implemented in cooperation with European Citizens’ Action Service (ECAS) from Brussels. ECAS has a extensive experience in hosting CSOs from countries of Eastern Europe and the Balkans on the on-the-job training. The project supported 5 representatives from 5 different countries in the regiona (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia). Suitable representatives were selected based on their CV, interest letter and plan of activities. Representatives were provided with basic travel, accommodations costs and small allowance to cover basic costs of one-month stay in Brussels.
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The newest edition of Balkan Civic Practices carries the title “Guide to Civil Dialogue in the Balkans.” In 2000, the European Commission underlined the importance of cooperation of CSOs the Commission and the national governments in its communication “The Commission and NGOs: building a stronger partnership” in which it stated that NGOs can make an important contribution to the development of democracy and civil society in the candidate countries. This edition of Balkan Civic Practices for the first time explores the setting (legal and practices) of civil dialogue in Western Balkan countries. It also presents the experience in civil dialogue…
The newest edition of Balkan Civic Practices carries the title “Media Relations – Guide for Civil Society Organizations”. Civil society organisations (CSOs) have more or less diverse experiences with media and journalists. Very often, the activities, projects, and efforts of CSOs are ignored, poorly understood or falsely presented. As could be deducted from numerous discussions with various CSOs from Slovenia and the Western Balkan countries, many have similar remarks, complaints and fears about the media. This guide attempts to give answer to most common questions, doubts and misconceptions about the media while communicating and working with them. The guide is…
Balkan Civil Society Development Network is proud to present the third issue of its periodical publication Balkan Civic Practices. This edition carries the title “A Guide to European Union – Funding for NGOs”. The Guide is a follow-up to the training on mobilization of resources organized in the framework of EU-funded project “Partnership in Action – Strenghtening Civil Society Development Network”. The European Commission is Europe’s largest donor. It is estimated that 1 billion Euro (out of a total budget of about 100 billion Euro) is available for NGO projects, and even that is the tip of the iceberg. A…
Balkan Civil Society Development Network is presenting the second issue of the publication Balkan Civic Practices. This edition carries the title “A Practical Guide To Partnership: How to Make it Work”. The publication was inspired by the training programmes on partnership and networking which took place in Feketic (Serbia) and Tirana (Albania) respectively on 26-28 April and 17-19 May 2006. This publication has been devoted to publishing presentations and recommendations to the experiences and best practices of partnership from EU neighbouring countries and BCSDN members. This guide will try to explore the concepts and ideas it underlies as well as…
Expected results are: Informed public and other stakeholders of the society about activities of the civil society organisations; Increased level of communication, coordination, and cooperation among civil society organisations; Stimulated dialogue among different actors of the society. The NGO Fair consists of three components: Forum activities; Exhibition part; Socio-cultural events. The following types of organizations can participate at the NGO Fair: Associations of citizens and foundations, as well as other stakeholders of the civil society; Foreign and international organisations and agencies; Enterprises/companies; Governmental institutions (ministries, agencies etc.). Civil society organizations can participate in any part of the Fair with stand…
The training was delivered by a training team from experienced networking organization – Center for Information Service, Cooperation and Development of NGOs (CNVOS) from Slovenia. The Novi Sad training was hosted by Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization (EHO) and Tirana training by Diakonia Agapes (DA), both BCSDN members and partners. 41 participants from Albania, BiH, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Montenegro attended the trainings. The three day training agenda was divided into three parts. The training team consisted of trainer Tina Divjak and Jadranka Vesel (CNVOS) from Slovenia. The first day of the training was oriented to presentation on civic dialog between…
The three representatives of the CAP were: Gulmira Jamanova, CAP Regional Coordinator, Director of CASDIN, Kazakhstan; Baktybek Shamkeyev, CAP member, Director of RDC-Elet, Kyrgyzstan and Djamila Kushchubekova, CAP Regional Secretariat, Program Manager of DCCA, Kyrgyzstan. The BCSDN Secretariat was presented by Tanja Hafner Ademi, BCSDN Coordinator and Zdenka Videnova, Assistant Coordinator. The first day of the visit was dedicated to presentation of MCIC, the host organization and the BCSDN network, which is seated in the organization. The second day was devoted to presentation of CAP and discussion on possibilities for joint cooperation. Among the identified possibilities were: exchange of information…
The main highlights of this year’s meeting were: – CNVOS, Slovenia, organization that is a partner in EU N2N project, became officially the member of the network; – CENZURA which has merged with NIT, Croatia, has been confirmed as its successor in the network; – due to absence on three consecutive meetings, WAWY membership is can¬cel¬led automatically Up-coming activities – on-the-job training possibilities for 1 month stay at ECAS office, Brussels; – training on civic dialogue (4-6 July Serbia; 11-13 July Albania); – help-desk service (to be operational from summer); – regular information activities (website, partner-project database, weekly e-mail alerts)…
The training was delivered by a media expert Kristina Plavsak Krajnc for Center for Information Service, Cooperation and Development of NGOs (CNVOS) from Slovenia. The Novi Sad training was hosted by Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization (EHO) and Tirana training by Diakonia Agapes (DA), both BCSDN members and partners. The training was attended by 33 participants from Albania, BiH, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Montenegro. The three day training agenda was divided into three parts. The first day was focused on knowing and understanding the media, working with the media, tolls and techniques of media relations. The second day topics were press…