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CfA: RCGO Online Mentoring Support to CSOs in North Macedonia (Deadline: 30 April 2021)

Target groups: CSOs (esp. small local organizations) Eligible countries: North Macedonia Short description: Providing mentoring support, capacity building in the areas of: Strategic planning, Advocacy and participation in decision-making at the local level, Volunteering and organizing volunteer work, Visibility and communication strategy of organizations, etc. Date: N/A Link to original call (National Resource Center –

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CfA: Fourth ECPR-ODIHR Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy- OSCE post-Communist Member States (Deadline: 30 April 2021)

Target groups: 18 MA/Ph.D. researchers, practitioners, and civil society activists in the field of political parties and democracy working on OSCE post-communist member states. Eligible countries: OSCE post-Communist Member States. Short Description: Providing instruction and discussion on a broader range of issues in the study of political parties, party systems, elections, and democracy. Date: 30

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CfA: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2021: Call for Nominations (Deadline: 30 April 2021)

Target groups: Candidates who have performed a unique difference in a given group’s human rights situation, have been conducive to revealing large-scale systemic violations, or have successfully mobilized public opinion or the international community for a cause Eligible countries: Europe and beyond Short description: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. created in 2013, aims to reward

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CfA: Brussels Forum’s Young Professionals Summit 2021 (Deadline: 4 April 2021)

YPS is an annual flagship event hosted by the German Marshall Fund that connects the next generation of leaders with influential politicians, thinkers, journalists, and business representatives to discuss pressing policy challenges for the transatlantic community. YPS fosters dialogue, leadership training, and peer-to-peer learning through a tailor-made program for rising leaders and provides access to

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CfA: Youth Civic Engagement Award- North Macedonia (Deadline: 5 April 2021)

USAID’s Civic Engagement Project (CEP) invites nominations for its 2021 Youth Civic Engagement Award (YCEA). Individuals, organizations, institutions, media, businesses, or community members can submit a nomination for an individual young person, informal group, formal organization, or youth CSO alliance that has promoted young people to be civically engaged in their community. Will be delivered

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CfA: BIRN’s Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence 2021: Transformation- Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (Deadline: 9 April 2021)

BIRN awards 10 Fellowships to journalists from Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe who have an idea for a story that needs dedicated on-the-ground reporting, in-depth research, generous funding, and sustained editorial attention to do it justice. Applications are solicited under the 2021 theme, Transformation. The successful applicants will participate in BIRN’s ten-month programme for professional

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CfA: Civic Europe Idea Challenge- Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (Deadline: 26 April 2021)

Civic Europe is looking for up to 20 ideas from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe that strengthen civic engagement and social and political participation to tackle societal challenges at the local level in three different areas: community, capacity development, and visibility. The aim is to support locally rooted CSOs and civic initiatives active in communities

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CfA: BNLD Call for Experts for Comparative Analysis of the National Legal Frameworks in the Western Balkans (Deadline: 26 March 2021)

The Consultancy’s objective is to provide expert support to Balkan Network for Local Democracy – BNLD and its members in implementing the project “CSOs Networking for Better Local Democracy in the Balkans”. The project’s main objective is to contribute to a conducive environment for civil society development that enables them to become influential actors in

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CfA: Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) Western Balkans (Deadline: 22 March 2021)

The Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) is a training programme designed to build new networks, knowledge, and practices for increased transparency, efficiency, and public administration resilience. It aims to strengthen applicants’ capabilities to meet the requirements of a modern governance structure. The modules are composed of modern teaching methods linked with interactivity, collaboration,

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CfA: European Civic Academy (Deadline: 24 March 2021)

The objectives of the European Civic Academy are: mapping civil society needs in terms of research priorities; enable civic actors to gain knowledge about existing research, methodology, and approaches to inspire a strengthening and a renewal action framework; increase awareness among academic researchers about civil society needs and priorities and identify collaborative opportunities for future

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CfA: CPDE Global Webinar on the (In)Effectiveness of the COVID-19 Response, 31 March 2021 (Deadline: N/A)

CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) welcomes civil society and people’s organizations, policymakers, academics, press members, and other stakeholders to a global webinar on effectiveness in the pandemic response. At the event, CPDE will present its recent study, “World in Lockdown, Development on Hold: A special report on the (in)effectiveness of COVID-19 response,” to show

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CfA: The Dynamic Accountability of Practice Organizes Sharing Practices of Resilience Workshop, 23 March 2021 (Deadline: N/A)

The Dynamic Accountability Community of Practice (DACoP) invites CSO representatives to join their latest network and workshop session titled “Sharing Practices of Resilience” on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 13.00 PM CET. The 90-minute session will allow like-minded practitioners to meet, share, and exchange experiences on how they have adapted to the crisis, discussing the

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