News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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 →The Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) has published a few user-friendly documents produced for the Higher Education sector and the Public Enterprises sector, intending to outline the sector-specific risks with selected examples of how the most prevalent risks can be successfully targeted and equip beneficiaries with the right tools and building their capacities on using them. The documents
Read more →In the third episode of our podcast series- Explaining Western Balkans, BCSDN discusses the role of civil society in dealing with the ongoing society polarization concerning the so-called French proposal as a destabilizing factor. Civic space and the (imm)possibility of consolidation; how to protect it from narrowing, including the ongoing and aligned fears and hopes,
Read more →An OpEd published on the European Western Balkans by the Senior Event Officer within the External Cooperation and Events Team at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies goes into an in-depth analysis of the integration process of North Macedonia and Albania and the debut of the expression “start of a process of opening accession
Read more →BCSDN’s Serbian member Civic Initiatives launched the Video Tips section – a comprehensive multimedia library with a wide range of video tutorials and presentations on topics of CSOs’ interest. The video library offers various tutorials, from creating a communications strategy to instructions for preparing project applications for CSOs. In addition, a series of expert statements/presentations on topics
Read more →In 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal for a regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising, while some EU member states also try to incorporate their solutions into ongoing reforms of national electoral laws. In the proposed EU regulation, “political advertising” is defined to encompass electoral advertising or advertising coming from political
Read more →The report produced by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in cooperation with the Ministry of Information Society and the Administration of North Macedonia, determines the current situation with digital skills in the country. The report aims to assess the current supply and demand of digital skills in the country and develop a digital skills strategy
Read more →Dynamic Accountability Group of Practice (DACoP) is a space for organizations and practitioners to collaborate to share practices and network on dynamic accountability. DACoP’s convening organizations have provided a range of formats and options for engagement and have explored the views of its members to understand what does and doesn’t work. The global community will
Read more →To help CSOs integrate a gender perspective in their work, Accountable Now, the Global Standard for CSO Accountability, and Accountability Lab, have put together a Gender Cheat Sheet with 10 ways that CSOs can ensure that they do not lose the gender perspective. The source provides practical tips that organizations can use to reflect on
Read more →Democracy is one of the priorities of the EU’s new funding instrument, Global Europe, also known as the Neighbourhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument. For the first time, this initiative presents various foreign policy and development tools to allow for more flexible use of the available funds, which total EUR 79.5 billion. As the EU
Read more →“Conducive Environment for Philanthropic Activity in Albania”, published by BCSDN member Partners Albania, presents the legal aspects and regulatory framework concerning the conducive environment of philanthropic activity. The paper is based on the challenges and bottlenecks that companies in Albania face regarding donations. The paper is focused on three issues: the legal framework of philanthropic
Read more →Much of the progress made over recent years towards achieving the 2030 Agenda’s goals and targets, adopted by all countries in 2015, has stalled or been reversed lately, in part due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The policy brief aims to provide an overview of the progress made by the UN Member States
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