News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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 →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 →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 →Our policy paper, “The Successes and Failures of the EU Pre-accession Policy in the Balkans: Support to Civil Society,” which was first presented at The Right to Be Heard: EU Enlargement Policy and Civil Society in Western Balkans workshop held in Brussels on 10th September is now available in English and four local languages: Albanian,
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →The first issue has been devoted to publishing presentations and recommendations delivered on the occasion of the Regional Workshop organized under the same title by Association of Protestant Development Organizations from Brussels, Belgium and Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation, from Skopje, Macedonia, which took place in Skopje, 22-23rd July 2004. The main objective of the
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