News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Western Balkans Youth Conference aims to create a platform for the youth, students, and recent graduates in arts, humanities, social sciences, and technical sciences to promote the EU values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, and rule law, and human rights. The presenters are encouraged to explore the interdisciplinary subject to evaluate the Western Balkans’
Read more →EU TACSO 3 project is looking for a research team to support its annual monitoring exercise of the EU Guidelines for Support to Civil Society in Enlargement Region, 2014-2020. The annual report will be subject to in-country consultations and validation, to which the research team would be expected to participate. The annual monitoring has two
Read more →The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of North Macedonia, invites CSO representatives to consultations on priorities and potential activities to be funded under the forthcoming Call for Proposals, 2020 Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA), Civil Society Facility. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consultations will take place online, on 17 December, Thursday, from 09:00hrs
Read more →EU TACSO 3, for the needs and in cooperation with the DG NEAR, invites civil society to make visible their efforts to the wider public through publishing success stories of their work being done in influencing (national/local) sectoral policy dialogue(s). The following areas can be taken into consideration for submitting inputs: Awareness raising for the
Read more →The 26th Session of the Council for Cooperation with and Development of the Civil Sector was held on 7 December 2020. It reviewed the proposed activities for financial support of associations and foundations from the draft budget of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia for 2021. It was concluded that it is necessary
Read more →The Aspen Institute has set up a program that aims to support non-profit policy organizations to improve their understanding of Germany, German policies, and German Western Balkan policies and meet with Berlin-based organizations and policymakers. The applications are looking for independent policy research organizations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia,
Read more →The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland is offering six scholarships to students from the Western Balkans. The Call is open to those applying for the Master of European Interdisciplinary Studies at the Natolin campus in Warsaw for the academic year 2020/2021 or 2021/2022. Read more here. Source: College of Europe
Read more →This survey is part of FRA’s wider research looking to improve the situation for human rights CSOs in the EU. The questions aim to look at the views and experiences of organizations concerning the overall situation, the impact of your working regulatory environment, threats and attacks, access to finance and resources and access and participation
Read more →EqualiTECH is a regional hackathon designed to engage the technological potential of young people in the Western Balkans for the fight against injustice and inequality. The event is centred around themes such as access to legal services for marginalized communities, identifying friendly places for minority groups, identifying the challenges for human rights organizations, and addressing
Read more →The Globsec programme intends to support the Western Balkans’ democratisation and reconciliation process by engaging young professionals and journalists from the region. The programme will hold activities to train young leaders in democracy promotion, media literacy, negotiation, and policy-making. The aim is to establish a network of young Western Balkan ambassadors who will continue to
Read more →United People Global Sustainability Leadership aims to mobilise people and organisations to support positive citizen leadership on sustainability. The 1-week experience offers training for 500 participants on an island in the USA, the Hurricane Island Centre for Science and Leadership, to work for sustainability and citizen leadership. The training is open to people aged 18
Read more →The Aspen Institute has set up a program that aims to support non-profit policy organizations to improve their understanding of Germany, German policies, and German Western Balkan policies and meet with Berlin-based organizations and policymakers. The applications are looking for independent policy research organizations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia,
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