News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: Young CSO activists between the ages of 19 and 32 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia Short description: The Regional Youth Partnership program seeks to develop the next generation of leaders in the Western Balkans. The program seeks to bring those dynamic individuals together from
Read more →Target group: CSO and SE representatives Countries: International Short description: The webinar and learning series aims to introduce CSOs and actors to alternative funding avenues through shared learning and experiences from community foundations and grantmakers in Africa. Link to more information (Giving for Change)
Read more →Target group: Researchers, scholars, academics Countries: International Short description: The Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF) is GMF’s flagship leadership development program. Created in 1982 to introduce a new generation of European leaders to the United States, it now prepares leaders from both sides of the Atlantic for transatlantic relations. Link to more information (GMF)
Read more →Target group: 20-35 years old enthusiasts with well-articulated plans for a social change project and sustained engagement with the project throughout the fellowship year Countries: International Short description: Dalai Lama Fellows, founded in 2010 with the inspiration and encouragement of the 14th Dalai Lama, is reimagining leadership by cultivating and supporting an international movement of
Read more →Target group: CSO representatives Countries: International/Europe Short description: Large-scale crises have repeatedly affected Europe and the world in recent decades, with the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis the most recent examples. These multifaceted crises showcase the systemic nature of the challenges we face today: climate change and the related natural
Read more →Target group: International development partners, CSOs, private sector actor, local governments, and other other domestic actors in a partner countries can participate in the exercise (Participation in the monitoring exercise is led by the Global partners’ country governments). Countries: International/Global Short description: The Global Partnership monitoring is a partner country-led exercise to promote collective accountability
Read more →Target group: CSO representatives Countries: International/Europe Short description: This survey is being run by the European Fundraising Association (EFA) in partnership with Salesforce.org. EFA is a network of national fundraising associations and bodies from 18 European countries. The results will be anonymized and published in a free report. Please note that this survey is only
Read more →Target group: CSO representatives and activists with an interest in practicing advanced accountability Countries: International Short description: This is an introductory conversation about accountability, aimed at practitioners who are new to dynamic accountability and for those who may already be in the know, but would like to come and share their experiences further. Link to
Read more →Target group: CSO representatives, activists, and stakeholders interested in practicing advanced accountability Countries: International (but mostly Western Balkans related) Short description: The workshop will aim to reflect on the recent success and challenges of Western Balkans Donors- CSOs’ relations in building a more accountable, resilient, and effective civil society in the region. To shift the
Read more →Target group: CSOs in the Western Balkans and Turkey Countries: WBT Short description: European Commission, DG NEAR, the EU TACSO 3 project is publishing the annual Civil Society Survey for the Western Balkans and Turkey. The survey aims to collect input on the implementation of the EU Civil Society Guidelines for the Western Balkans and
Read more →Target group: Ukrainian scholars, based in Ukraine and abroad Countries: Ukraine/International Short description: Russian aggression against Ukraine has a profound impact on millions of people who are internally displaced or have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Like their fellow citizens, many Ukrainian scholars are displaced, exiled, and/or disabled to continue their work. The war has
Read more →Target group: Entry-level CSO workers Countries: Kosovo Short description: School of activism is a space for the professional education of CSOs and growth of activism which aims to develop skills, and increase the competence of smaller and grassroots CSOs, to increase their presence in the community in which they operate and in policy-making processes, following
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