News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Donacije.rs is a Serbian crowdfunding platform where registered nonprofit organizations can launch a campaign to gather funds for their projects. This is a new opportunity for individuals, organizations and companies to make a contribution to a concrete idea for social good, quickly and easily, by donating online with their credit cards. Thanks to the mass
Read more →The side event at UN Human Rights Council 38th Session, organized by Civil Society Europe and CIVICUS, aims to bring together civil society representatives, UN bodies and State/EU representatives to discuss their intersecting role in promoting and protecting civic space in the EU. The event will provide an opportunity to present findings from a new
Read more →The Venice Academy of Human Rights is an international and interdisciplinary programme of excellence for human rights education, research and debate. It provides an enriching forum for emerging ideas, practices and policy options in the field of human rights. The Academy hosts distinguished experts to promote critical and useful research and innovation through the exchange
Read more →The Union of International Associations is organizing its Associations Round Table Europe 2018. The UIA Associations Round Table is an opportunity to learn through networking and through practice: meet representatives of other international associations and share experience and knowledge; and gain practical skills and tools to help you do your work better. Table sessions will
Read more →This year, the CSO Open Days in Croatia will take place on 24 – 26 May. It is an opportunity for citizens to participate in numerous creative workshops, lectures, presentations and actions intended to inform them about various community projects and programmes, as well as possibilities for volunteering in the CSOs. The activities of CSOs
Read more →The conference will provide an international platform for the development of strategies on how citizenship education and civil society can counter the negative trend in liberal democracy and defend the civic space and basic democratic rights and freedoms in our societies. Scholars, practitioners and activists from all over Europe and its eastern and southern neighbors
Read more →The 2018 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is a free, public event bringing together scholars, journalists, local officials, election administrators, and engaged citizens who are interested in direct and participatory democracy. Participants will work to define the particular characteristics of what makes a city global and democratic—and then enshrine those definitions in a charter
Read more →The EU-Western Balkans Summit, which is set to take place on 17 May in Sofia and will be hosted by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, will bring together the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union and their counterparts from the Western Balkan region. It
Read more →The program aims to strengthen the capacity of CSOs in Serbia to design, develop and implement local advocacy initiatives and affect their local self-governments and other community actors. The program includes: 1) Training for capacity building, and 2) Financial support for the implementation of advocacy initiatives. The total duration of the program is 12 months
Read more →Applicants under 36 years old, interested in building networks and increasing knowledge of transparent, efficient and resilient public administration, who are currently working with public administration, in politics or within the civil society, are invited to the first SI Summer Academy for Young Professionals in Western Balkans (SAYP) 2018. Participation in SAYP starts with a
Read more →The European Fund for the Balkans’ 10th Anniversary is a two-day event that will bring together an international audience from politics, the media, civil society, academia, arts and culture, business and philanthropy to discuss the future of Europe and the European future of the Balkans. The event’s highlights will include the launching of the Declaration
Read more →ALDA is inviting participants to the two-day events dedicated to “Local Democracy, our commitment for Europe” at the European Economic and Social Committee on the 3rd and 4th of May in Brussels. Around events, debates, working group and stands, the event allows participants an opportunity to deepen together the fundamental role of local democracy, shared
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