News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: CSOs established in Kosovo Aim: To strengthen the capacities of civil society organisations from Kosovo, supporting their role as competent, transparent, effective and accountable civil society actors. Amount: The maximum amount of funds available for operating grants under each lot is 80,000 EUR. Duration: up to 48 months Deadline: 23 October Link to
Read more →Target group: Citizens of Serbia, especially members of vulnerable groups such as children and NEET youth, elderly people, people with disabilities, Roma, women, refugees, and precarious workers. Aim: Improving the quality and availability of social protection services to improve the position of vulnerable groups, improving labor rights and encouraging the employment of vulnerable groups, and
Read more →Target group: CSOs, CSO networks, professional organizations, or think tanks, legally registered in North Macedonia. Aim: To support women’s leadership and undertake local context-specific initiatives for reaching out to the most excluded groups of women to take an active part in decision-making by articulating their needs and priorities through the existing mechanisms for participatory processes.
Read more →Target group: All CSOs formally registered as non-profitable entities in accordance with the regulatory frameworks in six WB IPA beneficiaries i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, where the CSO (applicant) and partners are registered. Aim: To further support youth (young women and men) and their needs respecting identified regional similarities
Read more →Target group: EU member states Aim: To examine how narratives, including false and harmful ones, emerge and how to reconcile existing narratives with facts through a case-study approach. Amount: Up to 190,500 EUR. Duration: 18 months (extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment). The proposed start date is 1 September 2024. Deadline:
Read more →Target group: Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, NGOs/CSOs as well as international organizations Aim: Capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States Amount: 420,000 EUR Duration: N/A Deadline: 13 October Link to more information (Central European Initiative)
Read more →Target group: CSOs registered according to the Law on Associations and Foundations, other non-governmental, non-profit, civil associations registered in accordance with the Law on Scientific and Research Activity. Must have one bearer and at least two partners. Aim: To enable applicants on joining forces and concentrating their achievements in several areas/themes in order to achieve change where
Read more →Target group: EU member states Aim: To examine how narratives, including false and harmful ones, emerge and how to reconcile existing narratives with facts through a case-study approach. Amount: Up to EUR 190,500 Duration: 18 months (extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment). The proposed start date is 1 September 2024. Deadline:
Read more →Target group: Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, NGOs/CSOs as well as international organisations Aim: Capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular, from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States Amount: overall indicative amount made available is EUR 420,000 Duration: N/A Deadline: 13 October 2023 Link to
Read more →Target group: CSOs/ CSOs’ networks established and working in North Macedonia Aim: The global objective of this call for proposals is to strengthen the participatory democracy and the EU accession and approximation process in North Macedonia by empowering civil society and media organisations to contribute actively in the sector reforms in view of the EU integration
Read more →Target group: Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible countries, Women’s Rights or Feminist Organizations, Women-Led Organizations, Youth Focused Organizations, Young Women Led Organizations. Aim: Addressing the funding gap on women’s participation in formal peace processes and the implementation of peace agreements. Amount: Direct Support (up to 25,000 USD – this is not a grant, and no funding will
Read more →Target group: CSOs registered according to the Law on Associations and Foundations, other non-governmental, non-profit, and civil associations registered in accordance with the Law on Scientific and Research Activity. Must have one bearer and at least two partners. Aim: To enable applicants on joining forces and concentrating their achievements in several areas/themes in order to achieve
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