News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Major amendments to Bulgaria’s Law against Domestic Violence look set to enter into force in the face of fierce opposition from pro-Russian parties who say the changes promote LGBTI rights at the expense of ‘traditional’ family values. Responding to anti-violence protests following a brutal knife attack on an 18-year-old girl in Stara Zagora in late
Read more →Civil society often faces complex challenges with their access to financial services across the world. These challenges affect the three basic stages of the relationship between banks and CSOs: onboarding CSOs as clients (difficulty opening a bank account, extensive and burdensome due diligence); transaction monitoring and suspending/freezing accounts and transactions; as well as termination (ending
Read more →In a recent article for bond, Restless Development advocates youth leadership for sustainability, yet obstacles hinder intuitive funding. Philanthropy adapts to equity demands, colonial legacies, and potential closures for justice. Hope emerges in adaptable funding models, but progress lags for urgent youth-led initiatives. To address pressing environmental concerns, funders must adopt innovative, flexible mechanisms empowering
Read more →Target group: CSOs registered according to the Law on Associations and Foundations, other non-governmental, non-profit, civil associations registered in accordance with the Law on Scientific and Research Activity. Must have one bearer and at least two partners. Aim: To enable applicants on joining forces and concentrating their achievements in several areas/themes in order to achieve change where
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 EUR 190,500 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 organisations Aim: Capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular, from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States Amount: overall indicative amount made available is EUR 420,000 Duration: N/A Deadline: 13 October 2023 Link to
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 and Europe to support the mobility and exchange of CSOs. The aim of the fund is to promote collaboration, networking, and knowledge sharing among CSOs
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
Read more →Target group: CSOs representatives Countries: Worldwide Short description: The GPA is the culmination of community and national People’s Assemblies in 35 countries and counting, where representatives of marginalised and excluded groups and civil society monitored and discussed the SDG implementation. Its objective is to bring civil society together and ensure that governments uphold their commitments,
Read more →Target group: 18-30 years of age, actively engaged in their community, passionate about social inclusion, and willing to bring their contribution Countries: residents from one of the 46 European countries Short description: Some 120 policymakers, religious actors, youth representatives, civil society leaders, and experts will come together in Rotterdam for the 5th EPDF to discuss
Read more →Target group: CSOs/ CSO networks in the Western Balkans Countries: Western Balkans Short description: The survey investigates institutional forms of giving in six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia) and includes regional work across them. The survey is part of research focused on strategies and practices for supporting
Read more →Target group: CSOs/ CSOs’ networks established and working in North Macedonia Aim: The global objective of this call for proposals is to strengthen the participatory democracy and the EU accession and approximation process in North Macedonia by empowering civil society and media organisations to contribute actively in the sector reforms in view of the EU integration
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