News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: Media outlets, CSOs working in the field of media from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, or Serbia. Aim: The Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants support media outlets that want to engage their audiences in reporting by providing them with training and mentorship in engagement journalism and using the B-engaged tool (BE tool) developed
Read more →Target group: Emerging leaders — academics, journalists, policymakers, politicians, business professionals, and military officers — between 25 and 40 years old, from the United States, Europe, Japan, and other like-minded Asian countries. Countries: United States, Europe, Japan, and other like-minded Asian countries. Short description: The Young Strategists Forum seeks to develop a new generation of
Read more →Target group: Albanian NGOs Countries: Albania Short description: The goal of the Democracy Workshop programme is to promote an interest in democratic and political processes as well as to contribute to a better understanding of the principles of democracy and to gain knowledge about the role of the parliament in the democratic structure of a
Read more →Target group: CSOs worldwide Countries: Worldwide Short description: Connect Humanity and their partners are conducting a survey to help understand what CSOs and the communities they serve (program participants, partners in the field, or grantees) need to access the internet and participate fully in our digitized world. Link to more information
Read more →In the framework of the 2023 European Commission work program, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has called for empowering European civil society and involving all civil actors in designing EU policies. The EESC adopted a resolution containing its recommendations during its plenary assembly on 17 July. Despite the unparalleled situation, the EESC also
Read more →The study explores the implementation of the European Union (EU) Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, which constitute the policy framework and provide the operational means for protecting human rights activists in third countries. The first part of the study, written internally, provides an institutional perspective on implementing the Guidelines. It assesses the development of the
Read more →Recently, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced that the EuroPride festival, which features a Pride parade, would not be held in Belgrade as planned next month. The reasons behind this are the “significant crisis in Kosovo “, depicted by economic problems and fears of clashes resulting from the threats from right-wing extremists. The organizers, CSO communities, and many
Read more →The European Policy Institute – Skopje has published its quarterly brief on the key developments concerning the rule of law in the light of EU accession in North Macedonia for the period of April – June 2022. The document includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public
Read more →The European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Reviews – 2022 edition provides policymakers, urban practitioners, and experts with a consolidated method and examples of indicators that European local and regional governments can use to monitor the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) are processes that encompass both the monitoring
Read more →Major online platforms, emerging and specialized platforms, players in the advertising industry, fact-checkers, research, and civil society organizations delivered a strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation following the Commission’s Guidance of May 2021. The Code is a first-of-its-kind tool through which relevant players in the industry agreed – for the first time in 2018 –
Read more →The Minister of Justice of North Macedonia initiated the proposal for establishing an expert body that will define the criteria for registering CSOs at a government session after the storm of reactions in public about the established associations in the country that bear disputed historical names, including Hitler’s collaborators. According to the minister, the expert
Read more →War, emergencies, the pandemic, and political turbulence significantly affected the environment for CSOs in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region in 2021. Their space to operate and possibilities for activism faced restrictions, both in law and in practice. The report analyses 11 key areas of civil society operation, such as freedom of association, participation, or access
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