News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target groups: All interested citizens – individuals, companies, non-governmental organizations, media, institutions Short Description: The Fund for Active Citizenship, in partnership with the Directorate for Diaspora and the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro, and with the support of the European Commission and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is opening a competition for the Iskra Philanthropy Award.
Read more →Target group: Representatives of civic organizations and social movements, academics Short Description: Democratic civic actors usually share similar values and aspirations for a just and sustainable world; however, they often consider the issue they deal with as the entry point to achieve a different and better society and world and the most urgent to tackle.
Read more →Target group: CSOs with proven track record of good practices in entrepreneurship area Short Description: YES Alliance launches Call for Regional Good Practices implemented by CSOs for supporting youth entrepreneurship in times of Covid-19, including those that could be replicated or scaled-up by others across the region. Organizations whose good practices are going to be
Read more →Target group: CDPE Members Short Description: The workshops aims towards helping the building of each other’s skills in developing and implementing a communications plan/strategy; provide an introduction to the tools and resources members can use for EDC-related communications work and create a space for information/best practices exchange around CPDE/civil society communications. Countries: N/A Date: 19
Read more →Target group: Social Entrepreneurs, CSOs, Business Representatives, Public Authorities Short Description: Distinguished speakers in the event will discuss the opportunities, supporting mechanisms and the important role that start-ups and new enterprises can play in the region’s future economy and society. They will provide insight and discussion on national legal and regulatory frameworks, policies and existing
Read more →Target group: CSOs, CEOs, Non-profit Organizations Short Description: This webinar explores the key attributes for successful organizations in a world changed by Covid-19 and reflects on 10 years of building better NGOs and international organizations: What are the factors that successful organisations have in common?;How did they do during the Covid-19 pandemic?; and What does
Read more →Target groups: Youngsters from EU and non-EU Balkan countries, up to 26 years Short Description: The forum will enable discussion of common issues, face policymakers, and mobilize new energies from below, facilitating the emergence of a young transnational network to engineer new initiatives and bring about fresh views on both the EU and Balkan integration.
Read more →Target groups: CSOs from Western Balkans and Turkey Short Description: The Community Resilience Forum will address one of the most critical issues for civil society – CSOs relation with constituencies and genuine activism. The specific objectives of the event are: (1) To introduce CSOs from WBT with new approaches and good practice models to activism
Read more →Target groups: Youth-led or youth-focused organizations and informal groups worldwide. Short Description: Last year Restless Development published Resilient Realities: The State of Youth Civil Society 2020, which shone a light on the challenges faced by youth groups and organizations as a result of worldwide covid lockdowns, reduced resources, and shrinking civic space. This year, the
Read more →Target groups: Young innovators, age 18 to 35 Short Description: RISE – Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs is a project for the motivated, committed youth, willing to learn and change things for the betterment of the Western Balkans. We aim to support your social business ideas that will make the region a better place. RISE
Read more →Target groups: NPOs from Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Short Description: Catalyst Balkans presents the Catalyst’s Digital Month, a free virtual event consisted of 7 workshops in order participants to learn how to strategically utilize nonprofit tech and digital tools to help grow their association or a
Read more →Target groups: CSOs in the Western Balkans and Turkey. Short Description: The training programme aims to provide theoretical and hands-on knowledge to different range of highly capacitated CSOs including National Resource Centres (NRCs), national and regional networks, re-granting organisations, social service providers, capacity building providers etc. Countries: Western Balkans and Turkey. Date: 28 – 29
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