News and updates from BCSDN and the region
BCSDN gladly announces that Biljana Spasovska has been appointed as the new BCSDN Executive Director. Biljana has been with BCSDN since 2013, performing the role of BCSDN Policy and Advocacy Officer. She has assumed the role of BCSDN Executive Director as of 1 September 2020 when Ilina Neshikj, officially ended her term and her 10
Read more →With its BCSDN members implementing the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, on 21-22 September 2020, BCSDN EO held the MM Workshop on the Zoom platform. The participants decided a part of the MM instruments to be further improved, reaffirmed, and adopted to the ongoing situation, correlated with the COVID 19 circumstances.
Read more →The report Assessment on the State of the Enabling Environment and Capacities of Civil Society against the Guidelines for EU support to Civil Society in Enlargement Region, 2014-2020 for the period 2018-2019, prepared by a consortia of researchers led by BCSDN, was published by EU TACSO 3. The report presents key findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding three
Read more →CCSP and BCSDN are pleased to present the fifth report of the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, regarding the developments in BiH throughout 2019. The findings present that there is no unified mechanism for allocation of public funds to CSOs; There is a lack of harmonization of the Associations and Foundation
Read more →The research analyzes the progress of the Western Balkans countries towards implementing their commitments since the WB Summits in London and Poznań, as part of the Berlin Process. Findings show that the Berlin Process has succeeded in redirecting the EU’s focus back on the WB6 and starting a high-level dialogue on equal terms between EU-WB6
Read more →As part of the Regional Civil Society Development Hub, BCSDN is pleased to announce the Call for Regional Multi-Country Action Grants. All regional networks, platforms, initiatives, and other forms of partnerships established in the Western Balkans and having member organizations in more than 2 countries from the region, are invited to apply. With the financial
Read more →The information session for the Call for Proposals “Strengthening Regional Cooperation to Promote Civic Space in the Western Balkan Countries” was held online on 2 September 2020. As part of the Regional Civil Society Development Hub activities, the Call intends to support regional networks and initiatives in the Western Balkans to foster regional cooperation among
Read more →The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has commissioned the present study to Wise Angle SL and SHINE 2Europe Lda. to analyze the pandemic consequences for CSOs and highlight their role and the benefits of their actions for European societies. The survey strives to collect information on the impact of COVID-19 on the work, sustainability,
Read more →After the end of the six-month Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union and the publication of the official report of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, justified questions and criteria for measures have been raised regarding Croatia’s failure to comply the important task in the midst of one of the biggest
Read more →MCIC, CSRC, and BCSDN are pleased to present the 7th edition of the MM on EE for CSDev, covering developments in N.Macedonia in 2019. According to the findings, the environment for development of the civil society was relatively enabling. The basic freedoms were guaranteed, with certain restrictions; there were no significant legal changes that influenced
Read more →As a part of the Regional Civil Society Development Hub, BCSDN is pleased to announce the Call for Regional Multi-Country Action Grants. All regional networks, platforms, initiatives, and other forms of partnerships established in the Western Balkans and having member organizations in more than 2 countries from the region, are invited to apply. With the
Read more →The global pandemic has plunged democracies across the world into a state of emergency, prohibiting and punishing mass protest, outlawing social gathering, and restricting commonly held, fundamental rights and freedoms. A strong civil society is essential to ensure that when the pandemic eases, the restrictions are not just repealed but reclaimed with a renewed sense
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