News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →Target groups: Young people from the Western Balkans. Short Description: MladiRini invites young person from the WB, to provide a significant contribution to the ongoing initiative which covers the topics of democracy, rule of law, internet freedoms, and the environment from its own perspective. The MladiRini gives a voice to the WB youth and provides
Read more →Target groups: Undergraduate and master students originally from, or residing in a country in South Eastern Europe and the neighboring area (SEE+). Short Description: The School is a youth-focused SEEDIG initiative whose mission is to offer undergraduate and master students from South Eastern Europe and the neighboring area (SEE+) a space to learn, network, exchange
Read more →Target groups: Young leaders aged between 18 and 35 years. Short Description: Young BSF will focus on the participation of young people in European affairs, will introduce, and list the opportunities for their engagement (on the EU level), as well as the problems they face. The discussions will focus on how to address challenges and
Read more →Target groups: Students and recent graduates wishing to explore pathways into public sector innovation careers and eager to be a part of the emerging movement of applying innovation methods to the design and implementation of public policies and services in the WB. Short Description: The CPI Innovation Fellows Program is an opportunity for aspiring policy
Read more →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
Read more →Target groups: New young leaders between 18-29 years old, who will inspire change within their communities and across the Western Balkan region and the EU. Short Description: The Young European Ambassadors (YEA) platform is a creative network of future young game changers from across the Western Balkans. It is a well-known network, sharing with their
Read more →Target groups: Young professionals born in or after 1980 with at least five years of professional leadership experience and demonstrated political or civic engagement. Short Description: The thematic focus of this year’s Landecker Democracy Fellowship is social cohesion. Its goal is to support young professionals in their quest to build bridges and form unique and
Read more →Target groups: NPOs from the Balkan countries Short Description: The event will showcase good practice examples in conducting highly effective and collaborative risk assessment and lessons learned from engaging with the nonprofit and banking sector during and after the process. It will also discuss benefits of streamlined and continuous engagement with the non profit sector
Read more →Target groups: CSOs representative and community-based organisations from the Western Balkan and Turkey. Short Description: The exchange is being organized as a follow-up to the EU TACSO 3 Regional Meet-up on Emergency Response from June 2020. The aim is to complement the discussion on the consequences on civil society and society in general and how
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