News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Accountable Now has launched the application for Independent Review Panel (IRP) Member. The IRP reviews Accountable Now member reports in line with the 12 accountability commitments and suggests a more impact-oriented, timely, and flexible reporting process. IRP assessments is openly disclosed, and the assessment triggers a significant improvement in the organizations. The expert should be
Read more →The report prepared by Trag Foundation and presented by the Civil Society Resource Center in Serbia identifies the grass-root organizations’ key capacity needs in the early stages of their development. It further provides systematic insight into organizations’ existing knowledge for specific interventions in their organizational development at the Resource Center and recommendations to strengthen the
Read more →In its latest newsletter, the Dynamic Accountability Community of Practice displays the connections between Dynamic Accountability and environmental actions. It notes that from Earth Day to the Just Recovery Gathering, April has been the month of climate action when civil society celebrated the environment and climate. The newsletter presents examples from around the civil society
Read more →Gender and Social Justice is the idea of good governance, in which institutions are effective, accountable, and inclusive at all levels of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 16. Integrity Action’s Gender and Social Justice Approach encompasses working with partners to support locally-led and inclusive agendas and solutions. This includes listening to what monitors, partners and
Read more →In its 2021 call to action, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) recognized the Global Standard for CSO Accountability as a reference standard that can be adopted and implemented by CSOs to strengthen their accountability practices by encouraging continuous two-way dialogue with stakeholders. OGP further calls its members to use their new and existing action plans
Read more →The interviews and posts covered in the latest issue of the Global Standard Newsletter examine the variety of actions that organizations can implement in the context of the last four GS commitments, such as: to empower staff and volunteers, handle resources responsibly, ensure effective feedback systems, and promote responsive decision-making and responsible leadership. The contents
Read more →The 22 April marked Earth Day, devoted to protesting and advocating for the protection of Earth. CSOs worldwide should be accountable to the people they work, as well as to the Earth, and the environment. There are five ways in which CSOs can be accountable to the environment. First, an Environmental policy is a basis for any
Read more →On 23 March 2021, BCSDN Communication Officer Marija Vishinova participated at the Dynamic Accountability Community of Practice network and workshop session “Sharing Practices of Resilience”, organized by the Global Standard, CIVICUS, Keystone, and Restless Development. The event provided a chance for like-minded practitioners to exchange experiences on how their organizations/ networks have adapted to the
Read more →To be truly accountable, CSOs should be led by: promoting and fighting for the protection of human rights, ensuring that principles of do-no-harm guide their program and project work, and prioritizing activities by sustainability values. Accountable Now members show their progress in line with the 12 GS principles through the accountability reports, while in response,
Read more →On 30 March 2021, BCSDN held an online event to present the project results of 5 Macedonian CSO networks, which under the program “Sustainable Civil Society– State Financing of CSOs” enhanced their capacities, transparency, and accountability. The EU-funded program is implemented by MCIC in partnership with BCSDN and the CNVOS from Slovenia. The Executive Directors
Read more →In its latest newsletter, the Global Standard for CSO Accountability through the Cluster B commitments examines how different organizations approach to change; what kind of actions they implement to ensure that the people they cooperate have a key role in driving their work; how organizations are building strong, accountable, and respectful partnerships, and how they
Read more →In its recent blogpost, Accountable Now presents how CSOs practicing a different kind of accountability towards their stakeholders is at the heart of the Global Standard’s mission. According to GS’ dynamic accountability, CSOs are not only accountable to their donors and governments but primarily to their constituents and stakeholders. Through implementing dynamic accountability practices like
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