News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Youth Education Cooperation Fund is a grant scheme established by The Balkan Forum, with support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, which aims to foster regional cooperation and dialogue between young people in the Western Balkan countries. The objective of this call is to support regional youth initiatives in the Western Balkans with the aim of
Read more →The Visegrad Fund is launching the first call for applications for Visegrad, Visegrad+ and Strategic grants in 2020, which support cross-border and transnational regional projects in Visegrad region, Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans countries. The call is dedicated to applicants that aim to share knowledge, enhance innovation and engage citizens in the Visegrad region and
Read more →The Democracy and Media Foundation provides financial support to organizations, projects and initiatives that promote a strong, critical media and a strong, just democratic state based on the rule of law. The objectives are to counter all forms of totalitarianism in social and political life and to strive for a vigorous democracy and multifaceted, opinionating
Read more →The overall goal of the joint regional programme is to help create more spaces for constructive dialogue between various communities, between citizens and their highest elected leaders, thus promoting peaceful coexistence, increased trust and genuine respect for diversity. It aims to: support dialogue and collaborative action around jointly identified priorities; empower adolescents and youth for
Read more →The specific objective(s) of this call are: CSOs are able to communicate the results of their activities to the public; national and/or local authorities have enabling policies and rules for grass-roots organizations and/or civic initiatives; CSOs monitor and evaluate the results and impact of their work; CSOs regularly network within and outside the beneficiary, etc.
Read more →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
Read more →Applicants are invited to apply for the first round of the Truepic social impact grant program which is designed to help organizations working to positively impact their community or the world. In this program, Truepic’s offers its flagship Vision platform to capture better, higher trust, and verified images to allow for improved decision-making and accelerated
Read more →The program supports NGO efforts to promote women’s leadership and the political, economic, and social advancement of women across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The program welcomes proposals for projects that equip women who have leadership potential with the skills and knowledge to advocate effectively for their rights and to become opinion leaders, successful communicators and businesswomen.
Read more →The program supports initiatives with the primary goal of promoting interethnic and intercommunity exchange, collaboration, and joint projects. The program seeks projects and initiatives that clearly develop increased tolerance and cooperation between the ethnically and geographically diverse communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Proposals should engage youth belonging to at least one of two specific age
Read more →The Call welcomes the participation of all interested organizations and institutions. In addition, it offers a new opportunity to apply for not only one-year cycle, but also two-year cycle process, with the aim to foster and encourage the commitment to World Heritage. The World Heritage Volunteers Campaign 2020 shall aim to: Raise awareness; Empower young
Read more →The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands invites local CSOs to apply for the MATRA 2020 Fund. For next year the MATRA budget delegated to the Embassy will allow for 4-6 new projects to be financially supported. The concept notes cover 4 areas: Rule of Law; Anti-Corruption; Fighting Organized Crime and Money Laundering; Democratization,
Read more →Meeting the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda requires the efforts of all of society. Everywhere, every day, ordinary people are acting on the issues that they care about. Over one billion active volunteers are carrying out a wide range of roles, from providing care and support to neighbors, extending basic services to under-served areas, campaigning
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