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CfA: EU TACSO 3 Regional Training and Exchange on Quality Standards and Good Governance Principles for Regional CSO Networks (Deadline: 19 May 2021)

Target groups: Regional CSOs networks from WBT. Short Description: The training programme aims to provide hands-on knowledge to the regional networks on how to practice the principle of good governance, integrate quality standards in their functioning and increase their transparency and accountability towards constituencies, institutions and donors. Countries: Western Balkans and Turkey. Date: 26-28 May

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CfA: EU TACSO 3 Regional Training on Storytelling and Efficient Communication (Deadline: 21 May 2021)

Target groups: CSOs from WBT. Short Description: The objective of the training is to increase the capacities of CSOs in basic communication skills and to enable them to prepare attractive stories delivered through different channels to a general audience and specific target groups. Countries: Western Balkans and Turkey. Date: 31 May- 2 June 2021. Link

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CfA: 2021 EU Award for Roma Integration in the Western Balkans and Turkey – “Extraordinary People Promoting Equality Through Employment” (Deadline: 25 May 2021)

Target groups: Roma and non-Roma individuals or entities from public institutions, private sector and CSOs (including teachers and healthcare actors, small businesses and social enterprises) from WBT. Short Description: The 2021 EU Roma Integration Award will promote private or public initiatives sensitive to the problem of lack of employment in the Roma communities, offer recognition,

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CfA: Remembering and Coexisting in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean Summer School- Turkey (Deadline: 3 May 2021)

Target groups: Advanced students, young researchers, and civil society activists working on history, cultural heritage, memory studies, human rights, and related fields. Short Description: The summer school offers a unique opportunity for young individuals to deepen their knowledge on pluralism, historical trauma, and human rights in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean. The aim is to

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CfA: Stanford GDPi-ICNL Tech Camp for Civic Space Defenders (Deadline: 10 May 2021)

Target groups: Civic space defenders interested in the impact of digital technology. Short Description: The tach camp will address: the effects of artificial intelligence on the freedoms of association, peaceful assembly, and expression (“civic space”); the growth of digital authoritarianism and its influence beyond state borders; disinformation and threats to free expression online; and the

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CfA: Peacebuilding Practices in Divided Societies (Deadline: 20 June 2021)

Target groups: Activists, students, researchers, theoreticians, journalists working in the fields of peacebuilding, dealing with the past, and human rights’ protection. Short Description: The course offers an excellent opportunity for learning about peacebuilding practices from the perspective of diverse divided societies. It is organized in cooperation between the Peace Academy which brings over 13 years

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CfA: Center for Democracy Foundation – Digital Politea Western Balkans Summer School (Deadline: 23 April 2021)

Target groups: Final-year undergraduate students, graduate students, young professionals and scholars up to and including the age of 28. Eligible countries: Western Balkans and Turkey Short description: Online school for youth to gain knowledge of democratic and European values, and actively participate in social and political processes, focusing on topics such as: EU and Enlargement;

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CfA: FOND Romania – Black Sea Region Development Effectiveness Principles Workshop (Deadline: 26 April 2021)

Targets groups: CSO representatives from the Black Sea NGO Forum (in particular the CSO Sustainability and Resilience Working Group), from the EU member states and non-EU Eligible countries: Black Sea Region Short description: Capacity building activity to tackle CSO Development Effectiveness Principles, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability of the ODA financing. Five modules

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