News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Few organizations working on women`s rights issues and gender equality published a commentary on the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) regarding it`s genders perspectives. Considering the significant gender inequalities that persist in the Western Balkans, furthering gender equality in all sectors is essential for progress on reforms and towards development more generally. Indeed, gender equality
Read more →If democracy assistance is supposed to enhance democratic practice, it should not be aggregated with programs designed to improve health, education, the environment, or economic growth, notes a recent article on the latest USAID`s report. Carefully tailored democracy assistance packages can positively affect democratization independent of factors that influence the decision to provide aid, research
Read more →On the 4th of November, as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated its 60th anniversary, USAID Administrator Samantha Power delivered remarks outlining a bold vision for the future of USAID and inclusive development around the world. Read more here. Source: USAID
Read more →Humanitarians are already being forced to deal with the impacts, losses and damages of climate change-related risks and disasters, like floods, cyclones and droughts. And while there is increasing acknowledgement that the climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis, many humanitarian organisations haven’t determined yet how to best address climate crises in their activities. New article
Read more →At the annual three-day conference of the European Foundation Centre (EFC, among roughly 400 representatives of philanthropic foundations and organizations across Europe participated and focused on trends and possible solutions to topical challenges. Within the conclusions, speakers stressed the importance of recognising how interconnected we all are, and how we cannot make progress alone. Finding mutual
Read more →The Swedish government adopted a new seven-year strategy for reform cooperation between Sweden and the Western Balkans and Turkey. The ongoing cooperation with the countries of the region aims to strengthen the conditions for democratic and inclusive development. The strategic document foresees enhancing the cooperation within the Western Balkans countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,
Read more →Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje recently published a policy document authored by Dragan Tilev on the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance III (IPA III) 2021-2027 in the context of the significance of the mechanism in the accession process for the Western Balkans countries. The document notes that part of the IPA III is a
Read more →The EFC, the ClimateWorks Foundation, and The Hour is Late have published “Foundation funding for climate change mitigation: Europe spotlight”, a report covering philanthropic climate change mitigation funding in and from Europe. The report is the most comprehensive ever published on philanthropic climate change mitigation funding in and from Europe, drawing on data covering 6,230
Read more →Philanthropy in Europe is as diverse as European societies are, and this reality is reflected in the varied legal traditions and approaches to regulating these unique civil society actors. The research “Comparative Highlights of Foundation Laws”, to be published on 1 October, untangles this diversity and provides a nuanced understanding of the legal and fiscal
Read more →The Transparency and Accountability Initiative has published a policy brief decicated on the trends in transparency, accountability, and participation funding globally in the face of COVID-19, and presents implications for funders to consider as they make decisions in this uncertain environment. The brief is based on a more comprehensive report and prior research based on
Read more →Alliance magazine shows the remarkable growth in organizations supporting the development of philanthropy across the world in the past 25 years. The field is now given another boost with the publication of a major WINGS study “Acting together to lift up philanthropy”, which offers guidance on how to build a supportive ecosystem for the field.
Read more →The Alliance for Gender Equality in Europe brings together for the first time local and pan-European civil society actors with diverse funders to support progress in the areas of gender equality and women’s rights in Europe. It is a two-part initiative comprising both a pooled fund (with an open call for proposals until 6 October
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