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News and updates from BCSDN and the region

BCSDN Podcast: Explaining Western Balkans: CSO, Interrupted: Lost in the Veto(s) – The long way to EU of North Macedonia

In the third episode of our podcast series- Explaining Western Balkans, BCSDN discusses the role of civil society in dealing with the ongoing society polarization concerning the so-called French proposal as a destabilizing factor. Civic space and the (imm)possibility of consolidation; how to protect it from narrowing, including the ongoing and aligned fears and hopes,

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EWB OpEd on Albanian and Macedonian Integration Into the EU

An OpEd published on the European Western Balkans by the Senior Event Officer within the External Cooperation and Events Team at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies goes into an in-depth analysis of the integration process of North Macedonia and Albania and the debut of the expression “start of a process of opening accession

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Civic Initiatives Video Tips: Multimedia Library with Know-How Tutorials for CSOs

BCSDN’s Serbian member Civic Initiatives launched the Video Tips section – a comprehensive multimedia library with a wide range of video tutorials and presentations on topics of CSOs’ interest. The video library offers various tutorials, from creating a communications strategy to instructions for preparing project applications for CSOs. In addition, a series of expert statements/presentations on topics

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Monitoring Matrix Country Report for Albania 2021

Partners Albania for Change and Development, the National Resource Centre for the Development of Civil Society of PA, and the Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) are pleased to present the ninth edition of the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development covering developments in Albania for 2021. The report shows new activities

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FRA Report: European Civil Society Still Under Pressure

The latest report from the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) shows that Civil society in Europe is still under pressure. Besides the EU Member States analysis of the legal environment and space of CSOs in supporting fundamental rights 2022, the report also includes a section on some of the candidate countries. The report that focuses

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French Proposal will Encourage Extreme Nationalists

In the latest Op-ed for European Western Balkans, the BiEPAG group members reflect that тhe French proposal for resolving bilateral issues between Bulgaria and North Macedonia will bury the enlargement process and seriously hurt the already tattered image of the EU in the region. Nikola Dimitrov (ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia) and Florian

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EU-Montenegro Stabilization and Association Council

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the representatives of the Government of Montenegro and the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement of the European Union, Olivér Várhelyi, welcomed the progress made regarding European integration of Montenegro and have tackled the upcoming challenges. The EU called on

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BCSDN Fostering Regional CSO-Media Cooperation

On the 28th and 29th of June, BCSDN conducted the regional workshop “Advancing Communication, Advocacy, and Networking Skills” in Struga, realized with the support of Sida. The workshop gathered our members – implementing partners of our Regional CSDev Hub, and representatives from the regional grantees supported through the Hub, as well as our CPDE partners.

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