News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Parliamentary Assembly of BiH missed the opportunity, especially with the obstruction of representatives/delegates from the Croatian National Assembly and Alliance of Independent Social Democrats to pass amendments to the Election Law on improving the integrity of the election process, as stated in the public address of the Declaration for the Constitutional Change of BiH.
Read more →North Macedonia’s Justice Ministry is proposing to criminalize the violation of freedom of opinion and expression as part of planned changes to the country’s criminal code. The proposed changes have been part of the new version of the criminal code, published on the National Electronic Register of Regulations, and now subjected to public consultation. For
Read more →The National Resource Centre for CSOs in Albania has raised the concerns of the CSO community after attending the meeting of the National Council for Civil Society (NCCS) during which the monitoring of the roadmap for the government’s policy “On the creation of an enabling environment for civil society 2019-2023” has been presented. The elaborate
Read more →The report results from a desk-research exercise carried out by the CIVICUS Youth Action Team to bring to light the current trends of youth engagement in civic spaces. It analyses the physical and digital developments, the strategies used in countries worldwide, and emerging practices used by young activists. The findings highlight possible areas to strengthen
Read more →ECNL and PILnet have launched a series of overviews of banking conditions in European countries. These overviews aim to support CSOs that willing to open a bank account in the selected countries or compare conditions between the countries. The overviews also aim to help CSOs navigate through the organizational banking requirements which are becoming increasingly
Read more →The recent Liberties Podcast reflects how the internet is changing – for the better. MEP Alexandra Geese and Eliska Pirkova of Access Now discussed how the EU passed the Digital Services Act (DSA), landmark legislation to restore users’ rights and rein in the dangerous business practices of Big Tech. They highlighted how new rules will
Read more →BCSDN member the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) held a workshop on Accountable work and Ethical financing of CSOs. Some of the representatives of the signatory members of the Civil Society Code joined to reflect on their internal working concerning the two commitments covered in the Code: Good Governance and Ethical funding and Responsible Resource Management. Ms. Marija Vishinova
Read more →EURODIS and the rare disease patient community co-developed a guide to support their patients and patient organizations to understand how to best capture and act on the insights of the rare disease patient community, ultimately ensuring that their voice and lived experience is at the heart of what the patient organization does. The guide is
Read more →The CIVICUS World Alliance is mobilizing a global community to cultivate trust, new ways of thinking, deeper conversation, and meaningful collaboration between grassroots activists, donors, and allies. Noting five actions that can be immodestly undertaken to help drive this collective revolution, CIVICUS is calling for an overhaul of the relationships and systems between activists, donors,
Read more →The implementation of the 2030 Agenda has fallen massively behind as a result of insufficient development finance. Furthermore, the slowly subsiding COVID-19 crisis had led to a simultaneous collapse of all sources of finance. This year’s UN High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) have been dedicated to building back better after the crisis. However, the
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 from N. Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Montenegro. Aim: Overall objective of the Project is to contribute to strengthening participatory democracies and Euro Atlantic integrations in the Western Balkans by empowering civil society organizations and CSO networks for stronger and active role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies for
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