News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Integrity Action launched an online brainstorm on how to sustain impact of social accountability. They present the citizen-centered accountability (CCA) mechanisms, in which citizens provide feedback on services they are entitled to, by looking at a survey analysis. The conclusions are that civil society’s prominence is unsurprising, and the interest in this topic among civil society practitioners
Read more →DIGNA Self-Assessment Tool on Diversity & Inclusion helps CSOs and movements become more inclusive, diverse, and sensitive to their people’s needs, identities, and backgrounds. The self-assessment is divided into several key categories: Culture, Infrastructure, Leadership, Learning and Accountability, People Management, Project & Program Design, Planning & Strategy, External Relationships. The tool assists CSOs in becoming
Read more →Civil society remained connected with people in a crisis and conveyed a positive narrative about its work and what it can achieve together. The article suggests that CSOs must do more to walk the talk on diversity and inclusion (D&I). This is an opportunity to act differently to be seen differently. There are now new
Read more →Plan International has developed global guidance that outlines the organization’s principles for partnerships. The foundational principles have been produced together with a multi-year upskilling programme and annual partnerships surveys. The next challenge the organisation faces is socialising the guidance in the face of COVID-19 and the shift away from meetings and workshops to online meeting
Read more →In an interview, the Global Director of Learning at Accountability Lab shared insights and lessons on how other sectors can bring valuable tools to transparency, civic participation, and accountability. She pointed to meaningful stakeholder engagement and citizen-oriented design as necessary to bring about change at a systemic level for affected communities to have increased agency
Read more →The CIVICUS report explores the solidarity shown in the civil society responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report outlines some of the many civic responses to the pandemic. CSOs have taken up various roles, such as frontline responders, defenders of human rights, and assisted vulnerable and excluded groups. The analysis uses empirical data, such as
Read more →The survey is being conducted by Integrity Action as a part of research on how to sustain mechanisms of “citizen-centred accountability”. CCA mechanisms function to allow citizens to provide feedback and hold key authorities to account. The survey composed of 11 questions is structured around two key issues: funding models and forms of ownership. Take
Read more →In 2018, the Global Standard for CSO Accountability sought to further the accountability of CSOs using three outcomes measurements focusing on monitoring and evaluation, accountability and learning, transparency, and responsiveness. The pandemic has challenged the NGO sector with shrinking funds and disinformation, which has made it more important than ever for CSOs to consider their
Read more →BCSDN, as part of AGNA and the Global Standard for CSO Accountability, celebrated the Global Accountability Week (GAW) 2020 to promote civil society accountability by presenting CSO accountability initiatives across the world, and to improve the understanding of dynamic accountability. On the second day of the GAW, BCSDN led a session on CSO Accountability in
Read more →BCSDN has established the Regional Civil Society Development Hub, which provides support and funding initiatives for CSOs in the Western Balkans. The Hub is financially assisted by SIDA and aims to advance the transparency and accountability of CSOs to establish a better environment for civil society. Regional grants through the Hub help to administer accountability
Read more →During the Civica Mobilitas Festival “Day of the CSOs”, MCIC and BCSDN led a workshop, and as a part of Global Standard for CSO Accountability, presented the Rendir App, a self-assessment tool designed to improve CSO accountability to over 15 CSO representatives across North Macedonia. At the event, the CSOs had the chance through the
Read more →BCSDN, as part of AGNA and the Global Standard for CSO Accountability, is celebrating the Global Accountability Week (GAW) from 12-16 October 2020, to promote civil society accountability by showcasing CSO accountability initiatives from around the world. On the second day of the GAW 2020, BCSDN led a session on CSO Accountability in times of COVID
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