News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) has published its second set of proposals on the EU AI Act amendments focus on risk designation and impact assessments – flexibility mechanisms that support innovation and fundamental rights. In the document, ECNL calls on the EU to adopt meaningful fundamental rights impact assessment requirements for AI systems
Read more →As a part of the Citizen Engagement Activity, implemented by our member Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development in Kosovo, the first meeting of the Informal Philanthropy Forum in Kosovo was held in Pristina, last week. Designed to be a platform for dialogue and action between
Read more →Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis – Skopje, our member organization, Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation and Southeast European Leadership for Development Initiative (SELDI) held a regional forum: “Fighting Corruption: The Western Balkans in Focus” in Skopje last week. The event aimed to give impetus to ongoing and necessary anti-corruption reforms and to provide a space
Read more →EU TACSO has published Assessment of the State of the Enabling Environment and Capacities of Civil Society against the2014-2020 Guidelines for EU Support to Civil Society in the Enlargement region for the year 2020. The study has been carried out by a team of researchers of the Balkan Civil Society Development Network. The main focus
Read more →The Council for Cooperation between the Government and the Civil Society in North Macedonia does not agree with the suspension of the procedure for adoption of the General Secretariat’s Draft-Program for financing the program activities of the associations and foundations for 2022. With this decision, the Government has abandoned the current good practice for consultations
Read more →Centre for the Promotion of Civil Society has published and promoted the research on the state of Civil Society under the CVID-19 circumstances, for 2020. The main goal of the research is to show the consequences of civil society organizations in BiH due to reduced public funding by all levels of government in order to
Read more →Civil society needs a safe and enabling environment. That civic space has been shrinking in parts of Europe was widely documented even before the pandemic hit. The adoption this month by the European Parliament of the report on this theme is crucial in the current political environment that emphasizes the need for CSOs to act,
Read more →Youth civil society’s lack of confidence in formal power and rejection of traditional hierarchies has led it to rely on its own creativity and embeddedness within communities to be a powerful force for good. Without youth civil society, communities’ recovery from the pandemic to date would have undoubtedly been held back. Youth civil society has
Read more →Organizations gathered around the “Three Freedoms” Platform have expressed their concerns over the criminal prosecution of Youth Student Action`s activists and the “double standards” in the reaction of the authorities, while also noting that their protest is a direct consequence of deafening the institutions to the problems of citizens and preventing them from influencing decisions
Read more →Liberties have published its third report on the state of rule of law in the European Union. Comprised of an overview of trends and 17 individual country reports written by Liberties’ member and partner organizations, this comprehensive report vets how well member states are faring at protecting democracy, justice, and the rule of law. One
Read more →Supported through the USAID Civic Engagement Project, the first handbook on prevention of exposure of money laundering and financing terrorism was prepared by Konekt in cooperation with the European Centre for Not for profit Law and the RSM Financial Intelligence Unit. The handbook identifies potential risks for non-profits, which is the first step towards taking
Read more →Reaction published on the official website of BCSDN member organization Civic Initiatives strongly opposes the new strategy for civil society development, adopted by the Serbian government. The reaction states how the strategy, that foresees implementation until 2030 serves only to improve the government’s reputation before the international community, and not to substantially improve conditions for
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