News and updates from BCSDN and the region
To tackle the long-term effects of Covid-19, UNDP Europe, and Central Asia is launching BOOST, a regional acceleration program for social impact innovation. It will support emerging solutions in the region in the areas of digitalization, economy, and health. 5 applicants will be selected to join the BOOST acceleration program and up to five will
Read more →Under the framework of the EU/CoE joint programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”, and its action on “Promotion of diversity and equality in Albania” CoE is launching a call for proposals to improve the functioning of anti-discrimination mechanisms and their accessibility to vulnerable groups in line with European standards, especially with
Read more →The overall objective of the Call for Proposals is: to contribute to strengthening municipal capacities to establish and deliver inclusive services to citizens in social care, employment, and inclusive education. Calls for Proposals are structured into three main “lots” (thematic areas) with specific objectives related to each lot. The amount of EU contribution for each
Read more →ICEDA informs about publishing the upcoming Call for Applications that would provide support to CSOs to promote the Digital Agenda through the first Small Grants Scheme Cycle LOT 1: Awarding of sub-grants for the e-Government Support Centers, awarding 15 small grants to CSOs from Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia (the target is approximately
Read more →The fragile democracies in the Western Balkans, facing numerous obstacles in the sphere of functioning of democratic institutions, the rule of law, human and minority rights, media freedom, and public administration reform, were even more challenged by the COVID-19 crisis, thus challenging the stability and ongoing reforms. The purpose of the Call for Proposals is
Read more →As a part of Regional Civil Society Development Hub, BCSDN is pleased to announce the Call for Ad- Hoc Grants. Organization from the WB region, struggling with shrinking civic space in their country, facing pressure to the civic space, incidences of hate speech, hostile attacks, or want to react towards the changes of a law
Read more →Under the framework of the EU/CoE joint programme “Horizontal Facility for the WB and Turkey 2019-2022”, and its action on “Promotion of diversity and equality in BiH”, CoE is launching a call for proposals. The Call aims to fund concrete responses on combating discrimination, including discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and/or gender identity,
Read more →The United States Embassy in Tirana announces an open competition for assistance awards through the notice for funding opportunity of the Democracy Commission small grants program. The small grants program is for non-governmental activities that promotes grassroots democracy. Projects should include democracy building aspects such as: public awareness, respect for human rights and advocacy for
Read more →The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC), in partnership with the Institute for Political Studies (ISP) and Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), through the initiative: “I participate! My voice, my vote counts”, funded by the EU announces a call for proposals. The overall objective of the call is: to empower local CSOs to promote democratic processes in the
Read more →European Commission is looking for applications for Civil Society Projects to support projects promoted by transnational partnerships and networks directly involving citizens. The project should consist of stimulating and organizing reflection, debates, or other activities related to the Programme’s multiannual priority themes and propose practical solutions that can be found through cooperation or coordination at
Read more →One Young World has launched the first global Fund for young leaders working on the front lines of COVID-19. The Fund is the first of its kind for young leaders addressing the impacts of COVID-19, which is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and United Way. The average grant size distributed by the
Read more →The funding for the call is provided by SIDA, with the project “Protecting Civic Space- Regional Civil Society Development Hub”, implemented by BCSDN. Ad-hoc support is an instrument established to provide rapid funding for a CSO’s immediate need or for innovation to promote civic space ONLY when there is insufficient time to operate through the
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