News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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
Read more →The document presents the Key Findings and Recommendations of the reflection document on SDG national level implementation and the VNR process. The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) conducted the study this May-June 2019 in countries whose governments presented their VNRs in the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). The objective/s of the study was to reflect
Read more →The second Balkan Civic Practices edition, with eight contributions from our network and partners, shares stories of CSOs actions in times of shrinking civic space in the Balkans and the wider Europe. From joint action by building national and transnational, thematic and cross-sector alliances, to creating synergies between traditional civil society organizations and non-formal social
Read more →The First Senior Level Meeting (SLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) was held from July 13 to 14 at the UN Headquarters in New York, on the margins of the UN HLFP on Sustainable Development, bringing together more than 500 key representatives from development actors around the world, including our Balkan
Read more →Civil society groups across the globe make significant contributions to development and the Sustainable Development Goals cannot be fully realised if the onslaught on civil society and human rights defenders continues, concluded the FoAA consultations in May 2019 in Johanessburg. More than 60 representatives of civil society from 25 countries met in Johannesburg, South Africa
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