News and updates from BCSDN and the region
In the latest Op-ed for European Western Balkans, the BiEPAG group members reflect that тhe French proposal for resolving bilateral issues between Bulgaria and North Macedonia will bury the enlargement process and seriously hurt the already tattered image of the EU in the region. Nikola Dimitrov (ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia) and Florian
Read more →Several Civica Mobilitas grantees have initiated a joint response to recent developments in which violence threatens to take the place of peaceful protest and debate, noting how the current events put us in front of serious challenges, not only as people from CSOs but also individually, as citizens. Read the whole reaction (in the local
Read more →The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the representatives of the Government of Montenegro and the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement of the European Union, Olivér Várhelyi, welcomed the progress made regarding European integration of Montenegro and have tackled the upcoming challenges. The EU called on
Read more →On the 28th and 29th of June, BCSDN conducted the regional workshop “Advancing Communication, Advocacy, and Networking Skills” in Struga, realized with the support of Sida. The workshop gathered our members – implementing partners of our Regional CSDev Hub, and representatives from the regional grantees supported through the Hub, as well as our CPDE partners.
Read more →CIVICUS has published the 11th in their annually published series, taking a new, condensed, and more accessible format. In January 2022, CIVICUS launched CIVICUS LENS – a rolling commentary and analysis initiative that covers the key current stories involving and affecting civil society. This report draws from and summarises that analysis, directly informed by the
Read more →Civil society organizations’ rapid mobilizations and recommendations have been and are essential in the context of the multifaceted crises affecting our societies which each time exacerbate the many vulnerabilities people are confronted with, such as the financial crisis in the early 2010s, the COVID-19 pandemic, the humanitarian crisis following the Russian invasion of Ukraine or
Read more →The Institute for Democracy (IDSCS) and the Institute for European Policy (EPI), two eminent members of the think-tank community in North Macedonia, today in the Public Room presented the document The Bulgarian veto of Macedonia’s European integration: what kind of apple can bite Macedonia? The panel discussion was addressed by Katerina Kolozova, Director of the
Read more →The decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to procure an abortion, has sent the same kind of political shockwaves worldwide. Dragoslava Barzut from the Civic Initiative has publicly addressed the concern that once again women are put in a position
Read more →Ever since the changes in the Criminal Code in BiH were publicly introduced, the talk on destabilization has been out. Some claim minor inconveniences and nationalistic rivalry amongst presidential representatives, while others claim to be living through the biggest destabilization in the past 26 years. What is the general atmosphere in the BiH during this
Read more →EU TACSO 3 organized the EU Western Balkans and Turkey Civil Society Forum on 8 – 9 June 2022, in Skopje, North Macedonia. Senior officials from the European Commission, EU Delegations, governments, and diverse representatives from civil society organizations attended the Forum. The discussions led through the forum to the conclusion: that the role of
Read more →The Democracy Perception Index (DPI), conducted by Latana in collaboration with the Alliance of Democracies, aims to understand the global crisis that democracy is facing from the perspective of ordinary people from around the world. It is the largest annual study on people’s perception of democracy, representing over 75% of the world’s population. The DPI
Read more →Between sufficient and good or 2.44 is the average grade that the citizens gave to the Government for its work in the first 100 days, showed the results of the latest research of MCIC “100 days Government” conducted in the period from 3 to 13 May 2022. The majority of citizens (65.1%) stated that the
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