SBPPF Coordination Meeting of Partners
On 30 August 2013 BCSDN team (Tanja Hafner Ademi, Ilina Nesik and Deniza Bundalevska) met with Andrea Cox from the Pontis Foundation in order to…
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CfA: Visegrad-Balkan Public Policy Fund – Young Researchers Programme, Fellowship Offer
Under the Visegrad-Balkan Public Policy Fund, Young Researches Programme, the Balkan Civil Society Development Network – BCSDN, the Pontis Foundation (Slovakia), the Association of Czech…
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European Parliament Elections, 2014: CSOs Need to Influence Political Agendas
European Parliament (EP) Elections will be held on 22-25 May, 2014. The 2014 EP Elections provides a chance for citizens of the 28 EU member…
Read more →More Grant Schemes, not TA for Civil Society under IPA Macedonia
Tanja Hafner Ademi, Executive Director of BCSDN was a witness at an oversight hearing on IPA funds at the Macedonia Parliament taking place on 11th…
Read more →Guidelines for Support to Civil Society in the Enlargement Countries: Outcomes of Online and National Consultations May-June 2013
The European Commission’s (EC) DG Enlargement is in the process of developing guidelines for support to civil society in the enlargement countries for the period…
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CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report 2013: Western Balkans Overview
During April CIVICUS published the 2013 edition of their State of Civil Society Report. The 2013 report shows that CSOs still face many uphill battles…
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Nation in Transit 2013: Make a “U” Turn after Thessaloniki
In response to domestic pressure for democratic change, authoritarian regimes throughout Eurasia cracked down on civil society and political opposition leaders in 2012, according to…
Read more →Presentation at the EECS: The Matrix Can Inspire Cooperation with Social Partners
On the13th June, Tanja Hafner Ademi, the Executive Director, presented BCSDN’s Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for CSDev at the 29th Meeting of the Western…
Read more →Support and Solidarity with Turkish Civil Society
On 31th May 2013, what started as a small peaceful demonstration over the plans to turn Gezi Park in Taksim Square, Istanbul into a shopping…
Read more →Kick-off conference: BCSDN is Partnering with Top EU Academic Institutions to See How to Maximize EU Integration Capacity
BCSDN representatives, Tanja Hafner Ademi and Ilina Nesik participated in a 3-day formal launch of the “Maximizing the Integration Capacity of the EU: Lessons and…
Read more →18 Regional Projects and Networks Present Their Finalized Network Strategies
After a 6 months inception period, the 18 projects (among them Balkan Civil Society Acquis-Strengthening the Advocacy and Monitoring Potential and Capacities of CSOs) presented…
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18 Regional Projects and Networks Present Their Finalized Network Strategies
After a 6 months inception period, the 18 projects (among them Balkan Civil Society Acquis-Strengthening the Advocacy and Monitoring Potential and Capacities of CSOs) presented…
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