News and updates from BCSDN and the region
CONCORD has just published a policy paper evaluating the thematic programmes of the external instrument and proposing alternatives. The document explains why the current proposed amount of 7 billion EUR for thematic lines under the Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) is insufficient to allow the EU to be able to live up to
Read more →It was around the middle of 2016 when the Global Fund for Community Foundations, started to use the hash-tag #ShiftThePower. These are increasingly challenging times for civil society globally with many of the rules of recent decades fast being re-written. Traditional flows of aid are changing and new actors – from China’s emergence as a
Read more →The 2017 Charitable Giving Report is one of the most credible resources on fundraising performance in the social good community, tracking nearly USD 30 billion in U.S.-based charitable giving from the Blackbaud Index. In this report, you’ll get your first look at 2017 giving data and how philanthropy was affected by this year of change
Read more →All 193 member nations of the United Nations agreed in September 2015 to adopt a set of seventeen “Sustainable Development Goals,” to be achieved by 2030. Each of the goals—in such areas as education and health care —is laudable in and of itself, and governments and organizations are working to achieve them. But so far
Read more →Fond Romania has published the report “The Donor-CSO Relationship in the Black Sea Region” that maps the donors active in the wider Black Sea region, assesses the level of accessibility of the funds offered and analyzes the degree to which donor-CSO relationship is leading to a sustainable and independent civil society. Moreover, the report puts
Read more →A new report by the Council on Foundations and Foundation Center reveals that international giving by U.S. foundations increased by 29% from 2011 to 2015, reaching an all-time high of $9.3 billion in 2015. Key findings from this trends analysis include: just 12% of international grant dollars from U.S. foundations went directly to organizations based
Read more →The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development- Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) held a meeting with CSOs representatives in May. The goal of this event was to promote dialogue with CSOs and strengthen civil society space. In this occasion, CSOs from all over the world had the opportunity to express their concerns and share information with
Read more →When the Member States of the United Nations approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, they agreed that the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets should be met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society. Governments and stakeholders negotiating the 2030 Agenda backed the ambition of leaving no one behind,
Read more →The U.S. publishes an enormous amount of data on foreign assistance—including detailed information on budgets, spending, and results—as well as what could be considered electronic libraries of documents on projects, evaluations, and contracts. Just finding all the information—scattered across a multitude of websites—can be daunting. That task is made all the more difficult when different
Read more →#LiftUpPhilanthropy is a global and open campaign to raise the strategic importance and value of the development of philanthropy. It aims to raise funders’ awareness of the importance of investing in the support ecosystem, or infrastructure, that allows philanthropy to develop in growth, quality and diversity. Funders interested in the development of the field, philanthropy
Read more →Around the world, space for civil society is closing, requiring donors to respond with new, innovative approaches. Current donor approaches have at times made civil society organizations more vulnerable to attacks and restrictions in different country contexts, notes a CSIS Human Rights Initiative report that examines the flow of financial support to civil society, and
Read more →The European Commission has put forward ambitious yet realistic proposals for a modern EU budget that reflects rapid developments in innovation, the economy, the environment and geopolitics, amongst others. For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the EC is proposing to increase the external action budget to €123 billion, to significantly simplify its structure, and
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