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News and updates from BCSDN and the region

Towards a Gender-Transformative Organisation: Toolkit for an Assessment of Organisational Gender Policies and Practices

The toolkit was developed to support different types of organizations (including for-profits), in their journey towards gender transformation. It contains a participatory gender self-assessment in 3 stages designed to assess organizations’ commitments and practices. It supports the process of self-reflection about how gender-transformative approaches are realized and practiced within organizations’ structures and networks. Last, it

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BCSDN Opinion on IPA III Consultations: A Need for Inclusive, Structured, and Effective Collaboration Process

BCSDN’s input on the IPA III Multi-Country Action Document 2024, submitted to TACSO on 11 July as part of the open consultations, emphasizes the significance of meaningfully consulting CSOs in these processes. We bring attention to the limitations of the current consultation process and urge EU for inclusive, structured, and effective collaboration, and the need

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BCSDN Finalizes its Strategic Revisioning Process

BCSDN successfully completed its strategic revisioning process. In a meeting in Podgorica, BCSDN members and Executive Office team redefined the network’s goals, mission, and vision. These revisions aim to enhance BCSDN advocacy role in providing more enabling civil society environment in the Balkans. Through dynamic dialogue, BCSDN member representatives agreed on priorities for the next

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CPDE Co-organises HLPF 2023 Side-event on the VNRs and Inclusive Partnerships for Sustainable Development

CPDE, together with Action for Sustainable Development (A4SD), Forus, Coalition 2030, Zambia Council for Social Development, Accion Chile, Center for Human Rights and Development Mongolia, and the governments of Ireland, Zambia, Switzerland, Chile, and Mongolia, held a side-event to the UN HLPF titled “Inclusive Partnerships for a Resilient Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: Leaving No

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The SDGs Need a Strong and Loud Civil Society

Agenda 2030 has suffered a significant setback. Its engine, civil society, is being severely limited in its ability to affect positive change. Civil society’s role is vital, as it helps drive the action, cooperation, and innovation to realize the SDGs. The Global Goals are entering their most important development phase, at the halfway point to

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Partners Albania Published Capacity and Needs Assessment of CSOs in Albania

The assessment conducted by the National Resource Center for Civil Society in Albania aims to identify the current needs of organizations for capacity building in the field of organizational management, financial sustainability, participation in policy-making, and the European integration process. The identified needs will serve as a basis for the development of future capacity-building programs

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European Commission Published Rule of Law Report 2023

EC has released its fourth annual Rule of Law Report, assessing the rule of law situation in each EU Member State. The report focuses on national justice systems, anti-corruption frameworks, media pluralism, and institutional checks and balances. While some Member States still face Rule of Law concerns, the report has prompted positive changes and reforms.

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Balkan Youth Deserve the Truth About the Past – Not Denials

In the face of nationalistic tendencies that threaten civic space in Serbia, Sofija Todorovic from Youth Initiative for Human Rights in an op-ed, underscores the importance of truth, peace, anti-fascism, solidarity, and democracy as fundamental steps to a future free from conflicts and wars. Through YIHR’s proactive response, these challenges are being addressed head-on, fostering

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OECD Published Government at a Glance 2023

OECD released the “Governance at a Glance Report 2023” which highlights the impact of recent crises on global economic resilience. Despite governments’ prompt response to challenges, efforts to reinforce trust and democratic resilience must be intensified due to environmental, demographic, fiscal, and technological obstacles. Key report’s findings include the undermining of trust in public institutions,

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