News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Civil Society Exchange Program (CSE) is a 6 – 8 months international mobility program for CSOs and initiatives in Turkey and Europe. The program aims to CSOs to foster and form international partnerships and work with their partners to strengthen their organizational capacity. COVID-19 pandemic has pushed societies into reimagining what mobility and cross-border
Read more →The Literary Residence Program is a part of the Reading Balkans project, which is a cooperation project of the Publishing House Goga (Slo), Goten Publishing (MK), Krokodil (Srb), Udruga Kurs (Cro), Poeteka (Alb), Qendra Multimedia (Kos), PEN Centre (BIH) and partners. The Literary Residence Program ‘Reading Balkans 2021’ is open to welcome fiction writers (M/F),
Read more →BCSDN is looking for evaluators who have experience in assessing project applications for Calls for proposals for grants. The assignment will include the evaluation of project proposals (FULL applications only) received under the Call for Regional Multi-Country Action Grants, recently published by BCSDN. The indicative timing for the assignment is October 2020, and the duration
Read more →The Conference identifies the need for a networking platform for sharing experiences and practices for the relevant engagement of young people in the EU integration process. The 18th edition of the International Youth Conference would be a suitable online forum to discuss and create joint youth vision for the SEE region’s future after the unpredictable
Read more →The Conference is a significant forum for discussion on important issues concerning the participation of civil society and the media in the European integration process of Serbia and the Western Balkans. Sixth in a series, Move.Link.Engage. The Conference is organized by the Belgrade Open School with the support of the Embassy of Sweden in Serbia.
Read more →The RISE project is launching an open call for young entrepreneurs from the six Western Balkan countries to develop their social business ideas. Through a series of workshops, lectures, meetups, mobility programs, and financial support, young people will have an opportunity to learn, grow, do business, and find a way for a solution to their
Read more →Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, office in Belgrade, in cooperation with Women’s Leadership Academy, organizes a political educational program aimed towards women from social-democratic political parties and organizations in the Western Balkans. Regional Women’s Leadership Academy is a unique program for female activists from left political parties, movements, CSOs and trade unions in Serbia, BiH, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania,
Read more →BCSDN is looking for evaluators who have experience in assessing project applications for Calls for proposals for grants. The assignment will include the evaluation of project proposals (FULL applications only) received under the Call for Regional Multi-Country Action Grants, recently published by BCSDN. The indicative timing for the assignment is October 2020, and the duration
Read more →The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has launched a call for participants for the online Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth for Environment”. The conference is organized by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum under the auspices of the German presidency of CoE, with the support of the EU and the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation. Participants will discover
Read more →The Center for Media, Data, and Society at Central European University in Budapest is providing a unique hybrid-style online, and offline course on cross-border investigative journalism, aiming to equip reporters with improved skills of the latest investigative reporting techniques to be able to research, conduct and present region-specific cross-border investigations; to teach how to integrate
Read more →The conference will take place within four thematically different panels: Europe as an area of peace and stability; Europe as a space of cultural diversity; Europe as a global actor; If not the EU, is there/has there been an alternative? The aims of the Forum are: Promoting and encouraging young scholars to engage with Central
Read more →Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights (SAHR) is a global community of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), striving to end impunity for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and accompany survivors on their quest for justice. Fellows will identify a specific case of sexual-based violence or discrimination in their community and execute a chosen intervention towards justice, reparations, and
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