News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The characteristics of social enterprises differ a lot from country to country concerning their number, size, legal forms and fields of activities. To create a clearer picture, the Commission has carried out a series of studies, mapping the reality of social enterprises in the 35 European countries using a common definition and approach. The EU
Read more →Prepared within the scope of Monitoring and Enhancing the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Project financed by the EU, BCSDN’ s member from Turkey, TUSEV published a report that includes a detailed analysis of public sector-CSO cooperation in Croatia, Estonia, and France with specific references to the types of mechanisms used or the principles adopted.
Read more →CSOs’ right to privacy has been facing increasing attacks over the past years. New rules were proposed and/or enacted in the name of transparency, protection of national security, countering money laundering and terrorism financing. These rules affect how and what kind of information CSOs have to report and disclose to the public or the authorities,
Read more →The index assessed 167 countries on the basis of five categories: electoral process and pluralism; the functioning of government; political participation; political culture; and civil liberties. Most Western European countries were considered full democracies, with Norway scoring the highest worldwide, while most Eastern European nations were considered flawed democracies or “hybrid” regimes. The Democracy Index
Read more →The book offers an in-depth investigation of the emergence and spread of social mobilizations that transcend ethnicity in societies violently divided along ethno-national lines. Using BiH as a case study, the book explores episodes of mobilization which have superseded ethno-nationalist cleavages. Marked by citizen demand for accountable governance, responsive urbanism, and access to basic human
Read more →From “Balkan spring” protests in Serbia, Albania and Montenegro to women’s rights marches in Croatia and anti-corruption rallies in Romania, people in the Balkans took to the streets in record numbers in 2019. People in the region protested in public against authoritarianism, corruption, the lack of women’s right and inaction on the environment. People in
Read more →ECNL Briefer on Monitoring Public Assemblies gives a quick rundown of principles and practices human rights groups or individuals have to consider before, during and after monitoring a public assembly, protest or demonstration. The briefer provides answers to the questions such as: How do you have to plan and prepare to monitor an assembly? What
Read more →The thematic study reflects on the state of NGOs carrying out humanitarian assistance and related work in support of refugees and other migrants in Council of Europe (CoE) Member States, and the extent to which any law that criminalizes NGO activity and the enforcement of such law impacts on legitimate NGO activity. The study concludes
Read more →Despite the fact that the Universal Declaration with its broad range of political, civil, social, cultural and economic rights stands for “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”, unfortunately the Western Balkans and Turkey (WBT) cannot testify for a comprehensive level of enabling environment for civil society. Throughout the region, as the
Read more →An informal document of the European Commission on the situation in Chapters 23 and 24 in negotiations with Serbia, the so-called “non-paper”, has been published on the website of the Serbian Ministry of European Integration. It represents a six-month report that informs the EU Member States on the situation in areas of key importance for
Read more →A new BIRN report shows that Liberal-sounding access to information laws – vital for a free media – have yet to bring real transparency to the traditionally secretive countries of the Balkan region. With the aid of the information gained from 854 official requests to access public documents, submitted between January 2017 and June 2019,
Read more →The Center for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO), organized a conference in Podgorica titled: “My Community – A Strong Community”. Among the speakers, was the…
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