News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Council of Europe’s Democratic Governance Department has been working for some time to put into practice the recent Committee of Ministers Guidelines for civil…
Read more →Interested to learn how applying a dynamic understanding of accountability can improve the effectiveness of your CSO? Then join us at the International Civil Society…
Read more →The Global Standard is a reference standard that captures a globally shared, dynamic understanding of CSO accountability. It was developed by accountability Initiatives from Africa,…
Read more →On July 13th, 2017, the Office for Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations within the General Secretariat of the Government of Macedonia, held a consultative meeting with…
Read more →The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held the 6th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum in Sarajevo on 10-11 July. Participants adopted a Final Declaration calling for…
Read more →On 13 June, after two postponed votes, the Hungarian Parliament will vote the Law on the Transparency of Foreign Funded Organisations. The law is in…
Read more →Building on last year’s efforts in assessing the state of the enabling environment in 8 countries of the Black Sea region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,…
Read more →At the session of the Government of the Republic of Croatia held on 13 April 2017, the Report on the Financing of Civil Society Organizations…
Read more →The rise of populist leaders poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while encouraging abuse by autocrats around the world, notes the Human Rights…
Read more →On 30-31 March, CSOs from around the world gathered in Bangkok as part of CPDE’s Breaking Ground and Taking Root: The Istanbul Principles @ 7 event.…
Read more →After a long period of stagnation and decline in democratic governance across the 29 countries of Nations in Transit, 2016 was marked with populist successes that raised…
Read more →The European Commission (EC) is conducting a Mid-term evaluation of the External Financing Instruments, including the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA), with the aim to have…
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