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CfP: Supporting Advocacy for The Right to Free Assembly in The Balkans and The Eastern Partnership Region (Deadline: 10 April 2020)

ECNL announced a call for proposals to support national advocacy actions on the right to free assembly in Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, and Ukraine. ECNL is especially interested in proposals that include outreach to a broader range of stakeholders (i.e. judges, members of Parliaments, Ombudsman or

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CfP: Technical Assistance to the Government for Improving Cooperation with Civil Society in Montenegro (Deadline: 20 April 2020)

The main goal of the contract is to support public authorities to improve the quality of their engagement with CSOs in policy-making processes. This will be addressed through the provision of expertise and technical collaborations in order to develop proposals towards the improvement of all legal, strategic and institutional frameworks related to the sector. This

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CfP: UN WOMEN Seeking Proposals to Promote Women Survivors Access to Justice and Specialist Services in Turkey (Deadline: 15 April 2020)

UN Women published a call for proposals to select a responsible party to contribute to the programme Specific Objective 3: To empower women and girls (including those from disadvantaged groups) who have experienced discrimination or violence to advocate for and use available, accessible and quality services and more specifically to Output 3.3: Better access to

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CfP: Civil Society Facility Programme – Supporting Capacity Building and Partnership of Civil Society in Montenegro (Deadline: 18 June 2020)

The global objective of the call for proposals is: to strengthen participatory democracies and the EU integration process in Montenegro by empowering civil society to actively take part in decision making and by stimulating an enabling legal and financial environment for civil society. The specific objective(s) of the call for proposals are: to build the

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CfP: EIDHR Bosnia and Herzegovina – Country Based Support Scheme 2019-2020 (Deadline: 28 April 2020)

The overall objective of the action is to support and strengthen CSOs, democracy activists and human rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in BiH. The specific objective(s) are to: support human rights defenders and civil society in countering systematic, widespread, and gross human rights violations and attacks against fundamental freedoms; support

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CfP: Cultural Cooperation Projects in the Western Balkans 2019 (Deadline Extended: 31 March 2020)

The overall objective of the call is to foster reconciliation and good neighbourly relations in the Western Balkans through cultural cooperation and creation. The specific objectives of the call are: to increase cultural cross-border cooperation within the Western Balkans region and the EU Member States; to strengthen the competitiveness of the cultural and creative industries

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CfP: YouThink Activity, North Macedonia (Deadline: 16 April 2020)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the YouThink Activity. The goal of YouThink activity is to increase youths’ resilience to disinformation campaigns and political manipulation by enhancing their media literacy and critical thinking skills. The activity is part of a larger

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CfP: Community Philanthropy – Enabling Legal Environment, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Deadline: 20 April 2020)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified local and regional organizations to implement Community Philanthropy – Enabling Legal Environment Activity. The purpose of the activity is to enhance the culture of local community philanthropy in BiH as a tool towards self-reliance of local development. The

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CfP: MCIC Announces a Public Call for Grants for CSOs (Deadline: 24 March 2020)

The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) through the program “Sustainable Civil Society – State Financing of CSOs” announces a public call for grants for CSOs in North Macedonia. The program is implemented by the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) in partnership with BCSDN and the Center for Information, Cooperation and Development of Civil

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CfP: Open Society Foundation Call for Proposals – Serbia (Deadline: 2 March 2020)

The Open Society Foundation is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization that develops and supports projects and activities aimed at developing a democratic culture, openness, respect for diversity, full respect for the human rights of all and promoting the principles of the rule of law, good governance and accountability and citizen participation in public to

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