News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Each year, 10 journalists are being selected through an open competition to receive funding and professional support to conduct in-depth research and write journalistic stories that reveal something new about our world – or that reveal the familiar in a new light. Applicants selected by an independent committee to take part in the fellowship will
Read more →Journalists/media producers are invited to apply for the CIVICUS ICSW 2019 Media Fellowship. This fellowship enables selected candidates to attend and cover CIVICUS’ flagship international event, the 2019 International Civil Society Week (ICSW), being held in Belgrade, Serbia from April 8-12, 2019. ICSW is a key global gathering for civil society and other stakeholders to
Read more →The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is inviting applications for the Brussels Forum’s Young Professionals Summit (YPS). YPS is an annual flagship event hosted by The German Marshall Fund of the United States that connects the next generation of leaders with influential politicians, thinkers, journalists, and business representatives to discuss pressing policy
Read more →The 5th Annual NGO Leadership Workshop targets participants who work for an NGO in a challenged context and want to improve their internal and managerial capacities or increase their effectiveness in fundraising and communication with external environments. The objective of the Workshop is to empower selected civil society representatives to strengthen their internal expertise, managerial
Read more →The European Fund for the Balkans announces the new call for applications for its flagship Fellowship programme for Government Officials. It is a one-year practice-oriented educational programme which is supporting the Western Balkans’ administrations by educating and motivating the public officials to practice and advocate the European principles of public administration. It is targeting the
Read more →Young policy experts and/or civic activists from Central Europe and the Eastern Partnership countries with proven track record of policy analysis and/or civil society engagement are invited to apply for the German Marshall Fund of the United States new fellowship program launched last year. A year-long non-resident fellowship, including two workshops on policy research and
Read more →The Civil Society Scholar Awards support international academic mobility to enable doctoral students and university faculty to access resources that enrich socially-engaged research and critical scholarship in their home country or region. Civil Society Scholars are selected on the basis of their outstanding contributions to research or other engagement with local communities, to furthering debates
Read more →Partners Albania continues the implementation of the project “EMBRACE – Entrepreneurship Models Building Relations and Creative Economy” with the lunch of the second call for expression of interest by civil society organizations, for the capacity development program with regards to initiation/ strengthening of the business models or entrepreneurship initiatives by CSOs, contributing to the social economy of
Read more →The School of Transnational Governance (STG) at the European University Institute (EUI) is offering fellowships to early- and mid- career policy professionals for the academic year 2019-2020. The Policy Leaders Fellowship of the School of Transnational Governance provides a unique opportunity for policy professionals from around the world to further develop their policy work and
Read more →The Atlas Corps Fellowship is a 12-18 month Fellowship in the United States for the world’s top social change leaders. Fellows serve full-time at Host Organizations to develop leadership skills and learn effective practices through the Atlas Corps Global Leadership Lab professional development series and networking opportunities with other Fellows. Participants in this prestigious fellowship
Read more →From 16-29 June 2019, the Robert Bosch Stiftung will organize the Berlin Seminar: Truth, Justice & Remembrance 2019. The event will bring together 25 international actors, who are professionally engaged in the field of truth finding and documentation, (transitional) justice and the creation of shared history and remembrance. Journalists and representatives will gain insights into
Read more →The Bond Annual Conference and Awards is the biggest international development event in Europe, attracting over a thousand diverse people from across the international development and humanitarian sectors. NGOs, civil society leaders, researchers, funders, government and private sector come together to share ideas and interrogate emerging trends. As civil society faces an increasingly complicated political
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