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Gender Responsive Policy-Making at The Local and National Level, Article Published

Ensuring sustainable gender-equality across public institutions in Kosovo is challenging to attain. The policies are not designed through a gender perspective, and women are not accordingly represented in decision-making positions. The policy article delivers an in-depth analysis of the necessity for integrating gender mainstreaming as a cross-cutting characteristic in the change of policies. It highlights

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Beyond Recovery: Towards 2030 Published

The next phase of UNDP’s COVID-19 crisis response is designed to help decision-makers look beyond recovery, towards 2030, making choices and managing complexity and uncertainty in four main areas: governance, social protection, green economy, and digital disruption. It encompasses our role in technically leading the UN’s socio-economic response. Governments and civil society will need to

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Monitoring the Enabling Enviroment

Partners Albania Published the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development (CSDev) Report 2019 for Albania

PA for Change and Development, National Resource Center for Civil Society in Albania, and the BCSDN are pleased to present the 7th edition of the MM on Enabling Environment for CSDev, covering developments in Albania in 2019. According to the findings, there is a lack of an electronic register with comprehensive records for CSOs to

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Monitoring the Enabling Enviroment

Civic Initiatives Published the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development (CSDev) Report 2019 for Serbia

Civic Initiatives and BCSDN are pleased to present the fifth edition of the MM on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development (CSDev), covering developments in Serbia in 2019. According to the findings for 2019, the socio-political environment in Serbia was significantly unfavorable for the operations and development of CSOs. Numerous cases of violations of freedom

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Monitoring the Enabling Enviroment

CRNVO Published the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development (CSDev) Report 2019 for Montenegro

CRNVO and BCSDN are pleased to present the fifth edition of the 2019 MM Report on Enabling Environment for CSDev for Montenegro. According to the findings, there are still many obstacles in the work of CSOs. There is no Register on CSOs updated regularly; Current fiscal policies provide enough incentives for work of CSOs, individuals

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Monitoring the Enabling Enviroment

TUSEV Published the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society 2019 Report for Turkey

Prepared within the scope of Monitoring and Enhancing Enabling Environment for Civil Society Project financed by the EU, BCSDN’s member organization from Turkey, TUSEV published the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society 2019. Prepared following the General Monitoring Matrix Methodology, the report presents the state of civil society in terms of Basic Legal

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Monitoring the Enabling Enviroment

Report on 2019 Enabling Environment for Civil Society in North Macedonia Presented

On 23 July 2020, the Civil Society Resource Centre together with its leading implementing partner and BCSDN member –MCIC organized an online event for presenting the findings from the monitoring of the enabling environment for civil society in 2019 in North Macedonia, conducted through the Monitoring Matrix for Civil Society Development. According to the findings

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HLPF: SDGs Off-Track, Under Further Threat by COVID-19

During the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2020, the global civil society platform CPDE, warned on being off-track in achieving the SDGs, which are under further threat amid COVID-19, as indicated in its survey on the implementation of the SDGs and the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). The HLPF 2020 is the UN’s main platform for

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CSOs and North Macedonia’s European integration: Towards Strategic Participation and Transparent Accession Negotiations, Advocacy Paper Published

The advocacy paper published by IDSC shares and supports the position of the European Commission, that CSOs are natural partners to the Parliament, apart from the institutions of the system, emphasizing that both the Parliament and CSOs represent and safeguard the same interests – the interests of the citizens of North Macedonia The paper focuses

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