News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Watchdog organizations have brought attention to a noticeable “surge in censorship” within Turkey following the May elections. The government has employed the judicial system as a means of retaliating against journalists and media outlets that expressed opposition to Turkish President Erdogan and the ruling party. Data from the Mapping Media Freedom of the European Centre
Read more →On 21 August, approximately 50 women joined together in a protest outside the Ministry of Justice in Zagreb. On behalf of nearly 40 women’s organizations and initiatives, they called on the Ministry to improve women’s safety across Croatia and establish a working group on formulating legal solutions to address femicide as well as femicide to
Read more →CSOs practitioners worldwide are invited to the ‘Co-Design and Collaboration’ workshop on 7 September, organized by the Dynamic Accountability Community of Practice (DACoP) coordination team, in which an active part takes BCSDN. This workshop aims to foster the sharing of diverse co-design approaches employed by organizations, collaboratively pinpoint challenges, and explore avenues to enhance co-design
Read more →Transparency and accountability are important for building trust and support in philanthropic organizations. It is considered a part of good governance. There is a growing demand for guidance on how to increase transparency and accountability in the philanthropic sector. The new “Guide on Transparency and Accountability for Philanthropic Organisations: Moving from Reflection to Action,” provides
Read more →Foundations are all confronted with their grantees’ internal capacity issues yet can be at a loss on how to best support them – and do so in a way that does not reinforce the existing imbalance of power. The event held by the Philea Organisational Development (OD) Community of Practice in March, centered on the
Read more →Target group: Citizens of Serbia, especially members of vulnerable groups such as children and NEET youth, elderly people, people with disabilities, Roma, women, refugees, and precarious workers. Aim: Improving the quality and availability of social protection services to improve the position of vulnerable groups, improving labor rights and encouraging the employment of vulnerable groups, and
Read more →Target group: CSOs, CSO networks, professional organizations, or think tanks, legally registered in North Macedonia. Aim: To support women’s leadership and undertake local context-specific initiatives for reaching out to the most excluded groups of women to take an active part in decision-making by articulating their needs and priorities through the existing mechanisms for participatory processes.
Read more →Target group: All CSOs formally registered as non-profitable entities in accordance with the regulatory frameworks in six WB IPA beneficiaries i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, where the CSO (applicant) and partners are registered. Aim: To further support youth (young women and men) and their needs respecting identified regional similarities
Read more →Target group: EU member states Aim: To examine how narratives, including false and harmful ones, emerge and how to reconcile existing narratives with facts through a case-study approach. Amount: Up to 190,500 EUR. Duration: 18 months (extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment). The proposed start date is 1 September 2024. Deadline:
Read more →Target group: Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, NGOs/CSOs as well as international organizations Aim: Capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States Amount: 420,000 EUR Duration: N/A Deadline: 13 October Link to more information (Central European Initiative)
Read more →Target group: CSOs from the Balkans region, but also from Europe Countries: Balkans-Europe Short description. BCSDN is announcing a call for applications for the Mobility Fund for CSOs from the Balkans Region to support the mobility and exchange of CSOs within the Balkans. The aim of the fund is to promote collaboration, networking, and knowledge sharing
Read more →Target group: CSOs, activists, and informal groups interested in learning and sharing knowledge on accountability Countries: Balkans Short description: BCSDN invites CSOs, networks, and activists across the Balkans, to join the Regional Accountability Community of Practice (RACoP) and support our Pledge for joint action and discussions in a safe space where we can commit to strengthening the accountability
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