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CfA: Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Balkans (Deadline: 21 August 2021)

Target groups: Journalists and writers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. Short Description: BiRN has partnered with ATINA NGO to counter the growing trend of violence based on the victims’ gender by increasing the capacity of journalists to understand the complexity of gender-based violence and exploitation and empowering them to

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CfA: Launch of CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) Elections for 4 Representatives of the Europe Region (Deadline: 24 July 2021)

Target groups: CSOs coming from non-EU of the Balkans countries: Albania, BiH, Kosovo, Montenegro, N. Macedonia and Serbia. CSOs from Turkey are represented in CPDE by the Black Sea Sub-Regional Representative, while CSOs from Slovenia and Croatia are represented by the EU Sub-Regional Representative. Short Description: CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) a global CSO

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CfA: Transparency International School on Integrity 2021 (Deadline EXTENDED: 20 July 2021)

Target groups: Senior students, graduates, and young professionals under the age of 35, eager to learn how to stand up against corruption and how to achieve greater transparency in their country. Short Description: Transparency International School on Integrity is an annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders. The School exposes its participants to

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CfA: Think Visegrad Fellowship (Deadline: 15 August 2021)

Target groups: Expert fellows from non-Visegrad countries with at least five years experience in their field of research. Short Description: Think Visegrad is a think tank platform for structured dialogue on issues of strategic regional importance. The platform aims to analyze key issues for the Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), and provides recommendations

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CfA: UNDP Graduate Programme 2021 (Deadline: 4 July 2021)

Target groups: Nationals of the countries where UNDP supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Short Description: UNDP is launching a new and exciting 2-year Graduate Programme that will equip outstanding young graduates with the skills and experience required to kick-start their career in international development, and accelerate progress towards the SDGs, build better futures and

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CfA: Balkan SAYS 2021 (Deadline: 12 July 2021)

Target groups: Aspiring students and young professionals eager to gain new knowledge and experience on important security challenges in the Balkans. Short Description: Balkan SAYS – Security Architecture Youth Seminar is a youth oriented international security seminar. Its mission is to connect students and young professionals, to discuss important security topics with distinguished speakers and

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CfA: ECNL Webinar: ‘(In)Secure: How Biometrics Collection Under Pretext of Counter-Terrorism Threatens Civic Space?’ (Deadline: 10 July 2021)

Target groups: CSOs representatives from across the world. Short Description: Since the September 11th attacks, decision makers across the globe have embraced overreaching surveillance technologies. The global “War on Terror” normalized an array of invasive surveillance technologies. Collection and storage of biometrics data and the application of statistical methods to such data have been touted

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CfA: Transparency International School on Integrity 2021 (Deadline: 4 July 2021)

Target groups: Senior students, graduates, and young professionals under the age of 35, eager to learn how to stand up against corruption and how to achieve greater transparency in their country. Short Description: Transparency International School on Integrity is an annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders. The School exposes its participants to

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