News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) has published a handbook to help the donor community integrate a feminist lens into grantmaking, mainly on how to fund work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in humanitarian and development settings. The handbook contains a comprehensive overview of the key features and goals
Read more →Target group: Eligibility is not restricted. All U.S. and non-U.S. private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations, and other non-governmental organizations, are eligible to apply. Aim: To create a broad social movement against corruption in North Macedonia uniting the efforts of like-minded actors to demand zero tolerance for corruption. The activity’s principal intent is to increase citizen,
Read more →Target group: Organizations with the potential to successfully implement the project in North Macedonia to support local efforts to address the challenges discussed in the call. Aim: To support economic growth in North Macedonia driven by the private sector. The goals of this Activity are to increase micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) productivity; create
Read more →Target group: CSOs registered and operating in North Macedonia Aim: To strengthen civil society effectiveness by improving the enabling environment for civil society, at the central and local level, and by structured CSO’s cooperation with public institutions and the business community in the country. Amount: up to EUR 180.000 in-kind support Duration: min. 3 months,
Read more →Target group: CSOs registered and operating in North Macedonia Aim: To strengthen the participatory democracy and the EU integration and approximation process in North Macedonia by empowering civil society to contribute actively to the decision-making and improving the enabling environment for civil society work and freedom of expression. Strengthening of the civil society networking for
Read more →Target group: CIVICUS members Aim: Enhance solidarity within the alliance, fostering a sense of belonging to a global movement for change; Support civil society diversity and resilience, especially among smaller, non-formal actors; Create opportunities where they do not exist for change-seeking actors to contribute to a more just, inclusive and sustainable world. Amount: up to
Read more →Target group: CSO representatives Countries: International/Europe Short description: Large-scale crises have repeatedly affected Europe and the world in recent decades, with the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis the most recent examples. These multifaceted crises showcase the systemic nature of the challenges we face today: climate change and the related natural
Read more →Target group: International development partners, CSOs, private sector actor, local governments, and other other domestic actors in a partner countries can participate in the exercise (Participation in the monitoring exercise is led by the Global partners’ country governments). Countries: International/Global Short description: The Global Partnership monitoring is a partner country-led exercise to promote collective accountability
Read more →Target group: CSO representatives Countries: International/Europe Short description: This survey is being run by the European Fundraising Association (EFA) in partnership with Salesforce.org. EFA is a network of national fundraising associations and bodies from 18 European countries. The results will be anonymized and published in a free report. Please note that this survey is only
Read more →The Civil Society High-Level Conference on Youth policies in the Western Balkans took place on the 16th of September in Prague, bringing together EESC members, CSO representatives from the Western Balkans countries, as well as Czech officials and CSOs. BCSDN`s Executive Director, Ms. Biljana Spasovska, as one of the main speaker of the panel: “European
Read more →As a result of obstructing or repressing civic space, CIVICUS Monitor has recently published a new watchlist of countries. Due to the government’s attempts to ban the LGBTQI+ EuroPride march event, the constant attacks on human rights activists, SLAPPs, and omnipresent pro-right rhetoric, Serbia has joined the watchlist alongside Zimbabwe, Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Guatemala.
Read more →BCSDN member, the Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation (MCIC) organized the fifth edition of its Civica Mobilitas festival. More than 110 CSOs and social enterprises from all over the country presented their activities and obtained citizens’ interest. The event offered a rich and varied program, providing space for discussion on interactive topics such as environment
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