News and updates from BCSDN and the region
After the official Call for joining the Regional Accountability of Practice (RACoP), on 30th November, BCSDN held a launching event for all CSOs practitioners who expressed willingness to join the regional community. This initiative comes after a long process of assessing the state of civil society in the region and the ongoing adverse trends, furthering
Read more →Accountable Now has announced two upcoming conversations on how organizations can make a stronger impact in the next year. The Dynamic Accountability Dialogue #2: Accountable Future, happening on 6 December, aims to identify and brainstorm the accountability needs and challenges for organizations in 2023. Please find more information here. Additionally, they are holding an Open House on 8
Read more →Calls for audits to expose and mitigate harms related to algorithmic decision systems are proliferating and audit provisions are coming into force, notably in the EU’s Digital Services Act. In response to these growing concerns, research organizations working on technology accountability have called for ethics and/or human rights auditing of algorithms, and the artificial intelligence
Read more →BCSDN is happy to invite you to the kick-off meeting of the Regional Community of Practice (RACoP), which will take place via Zoom platform on…
Read more →The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) is cordially inviting you to become a part of the Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) and support our Pledge for joint action and discussions in a safe space where we can commit to strengthening accountability and transparency of our actions. RACoP will enhance continuous learning, improve our
Read more →Community feedback mechanisms are meant to help CSOs hear from communities and act on what they are hearing systematically and efficiently. This toolkit aims to assemble all available resources across the six stages of the feedback cycle and directs the user to those most relevant to a specific situation. Read more here. Source: Community Engagement
Read more →The new resource on the Feminist approach in the context of global cooperation presents recommendations in the policy document, based on conversations with Shrishtee Bajpai, a researcher from the environmental action group, highlighting that feminist development is not something that is only or primarily necessary “over there” but rather something that practitioners and institutions in
Read more →The Open Government Partnership’s (OGP) unique model brings together governments and CSOs to initiate and implement change. As lead co-chairs of the OGP Steering Committee, Anabel Cruz (Founder Director of the Institute for Communication and Development in Uruguay, a Global Standard for CSO Accountability Partner) and the Government of Estonia (represented by Taimar Peterkop, Secretary
Read more →Nowadays, CSOs are working with the indisputable fact that civil society’s operating space around the globe is shrinking. Distrust, disinformation, and polarization are growing, hand in hand with obstructions and deliberate attacks against the very existence of civil society and its representatives. The lack of understanding has been mapped as the main issue because governments
Read more →From 3-7 October, CIVICUS’s group of national network organizations (AGNA), celebrated Global Accountability Week 2022. Participants worldwide through online activities learned and lead discussions on “unpacking” and diving deep into the concept of “dynamic accountability”, and exploring opportunities for building more robust civic space. On the last day of the GAW 2022, BCSDN organized a
Read more →The Humanitarian Accountability Report 2022 aims to advance collective efforts to create a more accountable aid system for people in crisis, providing a mixed picture of progress on accountability to crisis-affected people. The report highlights three findings echoed throughout the data, analysis, case studies, and conversations. It notes that progress can be seen when organizations
Read more →We gladly present and invite you to two CSO accountability events, marking the Global Accountability Week (GAW) 2022. The first event towards which BCSDN generously contributes will take place on the 3rd of October under the title “Unpacking Dynamic Accountability Together!”. Find the RSVP form here. The second event is scheduled for the 7th of October
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