News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The European Fundraising Association has recently shared its most recent newsletter, offering a comprehensive overview of all the ongoing and upcoming events and development in the area. It provides its usual round-up of news from across Europe, along with our list of the forthcoming conferences and events for fundraisers, insights from “Making space to learn
Read more →Target groups: Informal or registered organizations from the Western Balkans Aim: Providing rapid funding (in the form of expert support or direct funding for regional actions) for CSOs’ immediate needs or innovation whenever they need to address some challenging situation and protect civic space. Amount: max EUR 10.000 (total funding available EUR 340.000). Duration: up
Read more →Target group: CSOs acting in the field of environment in Albania and Serbia Aim: To impact enhancing, activities with a potential to generate significant added value to the program’s objectives and into the local organic markets Amount: CHF 5.000 -CHF 10.000 Duration: N/A Link to the original call (IFOAM)
Read more →Target group: Registered CSOs from EU members states, non-EU counties, and EEA countries Aim: To strengthen the independence of producers concerning broadcasters and digital platforms, to enhance collaboration between operators, including independent producers, broadcasters, digital platforms, and sales agents, from different countries participating in the MEDIA Strand, to produce high-quality programming aimed at wide international
Read more →Target group: CSO representatives Countries: International Short description: The session aim to discuss the multiple approaches that CSOs are using to apply diversity and inclusion into their work. It will start off with a presentation on measuring D+I by Care International colleagues, followed by break out group and a Panel discussion featuring colleagues from Accountability
Read more →Target group: female local political leader Countries: International Short description: The 12-months training focuses on developing political leadership skills and is open only to women who hold an elected seat in a local or regional government in any of the OECD-DAC listed ODA-countries. All parts of the training are based on equity, participation, transparency and
Read more →Target group: N/A Countries: International Short description: The IRP is a body of internationally recognised experts in accountability, development, human rights, non-profit organisational management, academia, and business who volunteer their time to provide in depth and tailored feedback to Accountable Now’s members’ Accountability Reports. Link to more information (Accountable Now)
Read more →Target group: SLAPP victims, experts, journalists, media professionals, lawyers, policymakers, free speech advocates, academics, ombudspersons, judges, and civil society representatives Countries: International Short description: The aim of the conference is to examine European and national political and other initiatives against SLAPPs, to bring to light its impact on journalism and to discuss available financial and
Read more →The new DG NEAR Guidelines for EU Support to Civil Society in the Enlargement Region 2021- 2027 are a vital document for promoting an enabling environment and supporting CSOs’ capacities and role in the development of the Western Balkans and Turkey and in the EU enlargement process. The revised Guidelines, published in May 2022, have solid
Read more →Partners Albania for Change and Development, the National Resource Centre for the Development of Civil Society of PA, and the Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) are pleased to present the ninth edition of the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development covering developments in Albania for 2021. The report shows new activities
Read more →The latest report from the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) shows that Civil society in Europe is still under pressure. Besides the EU Member States analysis of the legal environment and space of CSOs in supporting fundamental rights 2022, the report also includes a section on some of the candidate countries. The report that focuses
Read more →Serbian CSOs gathered around the “Three Freedoms” Platform urgently requested the Ministry of the Interior to protect citizens who were exposed to attacks from private security in Novi Sad, as well as to stop the application of repressive measures and excessive force by Ministry of Interior members. The Serbian CSOs demand activists to be provided
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