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News and updates from BCSDN and the region

CfA: A Call for Members – BCSDN’s Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) (Deadline: N/A)

Target group: CSOs, activists, and informal groups interested in learning and sharing knowledge on accountability. Countries: Balkans Short description: BCSDN invites CSOs, networks, and activists across the Balkans, to join the Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) and support our Pledge for joint action and discussions in a safe space where we can commit to strengthening the

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CfA: Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (Deadline: 2 November)

Target group: Scholars in any field or discipline in the humanities or interpretive social sciences pursuing postdoctoral or advanced research. Countries: East Central and Southeastern Europe, including Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Short description: The Summer Institute for

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CfA: WBF Move Grants (Deadline: 6 November)

Target group: Individuals holding citizenship of one of the Western Balkans Fund Contracting Parties. Aim: Enhance intercultural dialogue and knowledge exchange between experts and professionals from the WB region; Support professional mobilities (i.e., regional travel for professional purposes) of artists, cultural professionals, academia, journalists, activists; Create links between professionals to support regional cooperation. Amount: 4,000

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CfA: Second Call For Residency Hosts Under Culture Moves Europe (Deadline: 16 January 2024)

Target group: Organisations and individual artists registered as legal entities in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries. Aim: The call provides grants to organisations and individual artists registered as legal entities in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries, that want to host international artists and cultural professionals for a residency project. Amount: N/A

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CfA: A Call for Members – BCSDN’s Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) (Deadline: N/A)

Target group: CSOs, activists, and informal groups interested in learning and sharing knowledge on accountability. Countries: Balkans Short description: BCSDN invites CSOs, networks, and activists across the Balkans, to join the Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) and support our Pledge for joint action and discussions in a safe space where we can commit to strengthening the

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CfA: Public Call for Submission of Applications for the “Successful Youth” Recognition for 2022 (Deadline: 20 October)

Target group: applicants who turn 35 by 2022 and have achieved significant results in the relevant category, except for the sixth category (young talent) for which only high school students can apply Countries: North Macedonia Short description: The recognition is awarded by the President of the Republic of North Macedonia as an incentive for the scientific

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CfA: Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (Deadline: 2 November)

Target group: Scholars in any field or discipline in the humanities or interpretive social sciences pursuing postdoctoral or advanced research in East Central and Southeastern Europe, including Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Countries: East Central and Southeastern Europe,

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CfA: A Call for Members – BCSDN’s Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) (Deadline: N/A)

Target group: CSOs, activists, and informal groups interested in learning and sharing knowledge on accountability Countries: Balkans Short description: BCSDN invites CSOs, networks, and activists across the Balkans, to join the Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) and support our Pledge for joint action and discussions in a safe space where we can commit to strengthening the accountability

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CfA: Enhancing Regional Cooperation and Mobility of Young Researchers in the Western Balkans (Deadline: 5 October)  

Target group: Young researchers from Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. Countries: Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. Short description: Enhancing Regional Cooperation and Mobility of Young Researchers in the Western Balkans program offers an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience and deepen their knowledge on thematic areas of their neighbouring countries. The project aims to increase

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CfA: Youth Actively Create Opportunities Activity Active Grant Applications (Deadline: 9 October)

Target group: Youth groups and youth-serving organizations, the private sector, community organizations, private education and training institutions, professional or business associations, NGOs, and partnerships of the abovementioned organizations. Countries: North Macedonia Short description: The overall goal of the USAID Youth Actively Create Opportunities Activity is to increase positive youth contributions to society and collective youth leadership

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CfA: WB6 MEDIA: Support to Media Freedom and Pluralism in the Western Balkans (Deadline: 15 October)

Target group: Independent media organisations, national and local media outlets, and other media actors operating in the region of WB6 Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia Short description: The programme implemented by GIZ in collaboration with Internews and DW Akademie, is aiming to enhance the capacities of professional independent media organisations to

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