News and updates from BCSDN and the region
A new report by the Development Alternative, a group of organisations coordinated by Restless Development, collates research, discussions and evidence into the state of youth civil society, carried out as part of the. It sets out the current challenges faced by a diverse youth civil society and outlines the shared vision and necessary actions needed
Read more →CONCORD has developed “EU Delegations unwrapped, a practical guide for CSO engagement with EUDs” handbook on EUD engagement with civil society, a capacity-building tool to: support CSOs active at the country and local levels to engage effectively and meaningfully with EU Delegations in country and the EU in general; to build the capacity of CSOs
Read more →Open Government Partnership (OGP) releases its first comprehensive assessment of the state of open government. This report provides a thorough and honest review of progress made by OGP member countries in the first seven years of the partnership. In determining its findings, the report examines a vast amount of the world’s governance data, across multiple
Read more →The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH requests all concerned CSOs in Serbia to express their interest in participating in the establishment of a society wide dialogue platform on implementing the global 2030 Agenda. The platform will be structured according to the Ecologic, Economic, Social dimensions of sustainable development and will be organised in
Read more →The Study identifies the factors influencing citizens’ choices in favour of populism and the role of CSOs in countering it in eight non metropolitan areas with high populist vote. The research shows that economic decline, social instability and limited levels of education are significant factors in explaining the increase in support for populists throughout the
Read more →The Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) invites comments from the public on one draft text that was prepared by one of its sub-ordinate bodies and is meant to be adopted by the Committee of Ministers in early 2020. The draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the human
Read more →From 31 July to 2 August, the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) welcomed 20 research partners, including BCSDN, at the annual CIVICUS Monitor workshop,…
Read more →The publication presents CPDE’s contribution to the 2018-19 Third Monitoring Exercise of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). Its Key Messages and Recommendations aim to inform and augment dialogue in the GPEDC. CPDE is committed to dialogue on outstanding development effectiveness challenges, including ‘unfinished businesses for many key commitments and indicators agreed in
Read more →The UN High Level Policy Forum was held from July 9 to 18 July in the UN Headquarters in New York. As a part of the event, CPDE Civil Society Forum took place on 12th July 2019 covering the topic of “Addressing Accountability, Strengthening Advocacy for Effective Development Cooperation.” In addition, the Civil Society Forum
Read more →CIVICUS published the report for the International Civil Society Week (ICSW) 2019. The ICSW 2019, was organized in partnership between CIVICUS and Civic Initiatives from Serbia, as local hosts, and BCSDN. The event brought together over 700 international delegates from 93 countries in Belgrade to engage in dialogue and actions around working together to enable
Read more →Forum 2020, an informal platform of over 20 Croatian CSOs focused on the Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union (1 January – 30 June 2020), published their priorities for the presidency from a civil society perspective. They are coordinated by CROSOL – Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity within the project “Towards
Read more →The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) presents the fifth instalment of the Balkan Barometer, an annual survey of regional perceptions and attitudes across a wide array of social, political and economic factors impacting life in South East Europe (SEE). The survey’s result, are modestly optimistic, showing growing support for EU membership with more than half of
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