News and updates from BCSDN and the region
In the first study of its kind, Tectonica and GQR surveyed 150 progressive organizations fighting for social, environmental, and economic justice across Europe. The organizations provided answers to questions, such as: How can we define digital organising? How well is it understood? What do digital organising practices look like? How much are they utilised in
Read more →BCSDN published its 11th consecutive analysis of the European Commission Enlargement Package 2020, assessing the progress made in the area of civil society development and dialogue with public institutions in Enlargement countries, and published recently, against BCSDN’s Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development. Regarding the overall progress in the enabling environment for
Read more →The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) coordinates a global activity in evidencing Effectiveness in COVID-19 response to catch the application of effective development cooperation (EDC) principles in national and sectoral strategies policies for COVID-19 response. As part of this global effort, on 1 October 2020, BCSDN organized a regional webinar on the Zoom platform to
Read more →In the past months, TUSEV created the Survey on The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Civil Society Organizations Operating in Turkey, to determine the common problems experienced by CSOs during the crisis period in a more participatory way. In total, 170 CSOs participated in the survey. The first phase was conducted between 10 and 15 April
Read more →The political leaders and citizens from the Balkans should also participate in the discussion on the Conference on the Future of Europe on a consultative basis, together with the representative and citizens’ dimensions of the process. The discussion paper emphasizes that even if there is no formal invitation to join the CoFoE process, the Balkan
Read more →The policy paper provides analysis and policy recommendations to political actors in the EU and SEE6 on the current reframing of the European Union ́s enlargement policy towards the region. Integrating the SEE6 into the EU would be a step towards achieving the EU’s finalité. Ultimately, it would imply that European integration has consolidated into
Read more →The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) is coordinating a global activity in evidencing Effectiveness in COVID-19 Response aimed to capture the application of effective development cooperation (EDC) principles in national and sectoral strategies and policies for COVID-19 response. As part of this global effort, country case studies have been conducted all across the world,
Read more →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
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