News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The OECD DAC Civil Society Days 2021 (27 May – 4 June) highlighted the need to increase individual and collective donor efforts to enable civil society’s responses to crises and development needs. It looked for enhanced partnerships to promote sustainable development by respecting, protecting, and promoting civic space; supporting and engaging with civil society; encouraging
Read more →On 27 May 2021, BCSDN took part in the first meeting of one of the five working groups as per the thematic clusters of the CSO Convention on the Future of Europe, coordinated by Civil Society Europe. Over 75 European networks and platforms have come together to scrutinize the democratic functioning on the Conference of
Read more →On 1- 2 June 2021, the Aspen Institute Germany, together with the Southeast Europe Association, organizes the online Western Balkans “Civil Society & Think Tank Forum I: Road to Berlin” of this year’s Berlin Process Summit. The forum is hosted by the German Government, and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. The first day
Read more →In its latest report, CIVICUS evokes 10 years of civil society activity and highlights vital concepts of civil society actions in 2021 and beyond. The report draws from a number of in-depth interviews and online consultations with civil society activists, leaders, and experts, who shared their civil society stories. The report is based on the
Read more →The three-year EU-funded Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform (WeBER) presents its PAR Monitor report 2019/2020. The publication results from the monitoring conducted in 2020 by the Think for Europe Network members. It is a comparative collection of key findings from the WB in the six areas of PAR
Read more →The European Center For Not-for Profit Law (ECNL) and Anna Rurka, Past President of the Conference of INGOs, delivered a paper assessing the participatory trends during the COVID-19 emergency responses. The research marks how CSOs could meaningfully participate in decision-making and draws conclusions from the existing good practices. It also provides recommendations on what is
Read more →In its 2020 Anticorruption Report, the Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI) presents the needs and priority concerns for the origin of the corruption sources and provides a model for advancing governance integrity and squeezing corruption in the Western Balkans. Besides the region’s recent progress in curbing corruption and the adoption of anticorruption
Read more →We gladly present our latest video, sharing insights on how CSO accountability is implemented in practice and how we can do more and inspire others. The video highlights that CSOs do a lot of great work to make our societies a better place. People are at the core of our work, but there is still
Read more →BCSDN Western Balkans members published surveys aiming to research the capacities and the accountability and transparency practices of CSOs in the region during 2020. The survey findings will support the Annual assessment on the State of the Enabling Environment and Capacities of Civil Society in the Western Balkans and Turkey, against the Guidelines for EU
Read more →The newest “Nations in Transit” Freedom House report, tracking 29 former communist countries in Europe and Eurasia, listed the 6 Western Balkan countries as “transitional governments or hybrid regimes”. On a scale of 1 to 7, Serbia has scored 3,89, followed by Montenegro’s score of 3,96. N.Macedonia improved with 3,82, Albania has declined to 3,75,
Read more →The report prepared by Cooperation Canada and supported by a coalition of CSOs worldwide provides an independent analysis of reporting by United Nations Member States to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). It examines the current status of 2030 Agenda implementation, unwraps trends in reporting, and identifies good practice. This year’s report focuses
Read more →To support organizations in applying foresight thinking in social change work, JustLabs provides a guide presenting the human rights and social change field with a crucial tool to achieve it. The guide explains that if foresight becomes part of the organization’s DNA, social change actors could have better clarity and power to influence the future.
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