News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: CSOs from North Macedonia and Serbia Aim: To contribute to strengthening participatory democracies and Euro Atlantic integrations in the Western Balkans by empowering CSOs and CSO networks for a stronger and active role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development in Albania, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
Read more →Target group: CSOs registered and working in North Macedonia Aim: Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy; and the rule of law in North Macedonia. Amount: EUR 100.000 – EUR 250.000 Duration: 18 up to 36 months Link to the original call (International Partnership)
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, in order to produce high-quality programming aimed at
Read more →Target group: Scholars, Researchers; CSO representatives, and Policymakers acting in the field of anti-corruption Countries: International Short description: Each edition of the IACC features up to 60 workshops coordinated by the global anti-corruption community. Proposals are being accepted until 15 August 2022 and are to be submitted online through the form below. Applicants will receive
Read more →Target group: Individuals, Researchers, and Scholars from ExYu Countries Countries: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovenia, Montenegro Short description: The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is seeking to commission material about forced disappearances and mass graves in the former Yugoslavia as part of its online mass graves database project, Bitter Land, and for potential inclusion
Read more →Target group: CSOs, Informal groups, and network representatives interested in the area of accountability and transparency Countries: International (Online) Short description: The session aims to discuss the multiple approaches that CSOs are using to apply diversity and inclusion in their work. It will start with a presentation on measuring D+I by Care International colleagues, followed
Read more →Target group: Researchers, Youth Workers, Formal education representatives, Policymakers Countries: International Short description: The Youth@Work: “Connecting policy, research, and practice” Conference will bring together a diverse group of researchers, policymakers, youth workers, and others actively working in the youth work sector to discuss how to build processes to inform youth work with relevant and rigorous
Read more →The newest edition of the European Commission Rule of Law Report overviews the positive and the negative key rule of law developments in the EU, with 27 country chapters in every member state. The report follows up on challenges identified in previous reports and observes issues such as public service media, the use of spyware,
Read more →In the latest Op-ed for European Western Balkans, the BiEPAG group members reflect that тhe French proposal for resolving bilateral issues between Bulgaria and North Macedonia will bury the enlargement process and seriously hurt the already tattered image of the EU in the region. Nikola Dimitrov (ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia) and Florian
Read more →Several Civica Mobilitas grantees have initiated a joint response to recent developments in which violence threatens to take the place of peaceful protest and debate, noting how the current events put us in front of serious challenges, not only as people from CSOs but also individually, as citizens. Read the whole reaction (in the local
Read more →The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the representatives of the Government of Montenegro and the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement of the European Union, Olivér Várhelyi, welcomed the progress made regarding European integration of Montenegro and have tackled the upcoming challenges. The EU called on
Read more →The so-called French proposal for an agreement between North Macedonia and Bulgaria further activated, but also focused on CSOs in the country. The CSOs have repeatedly expressed their unequivocal position that the negotiations must not be secret and that the government must ensure a transparent process in solving this historical issue, leaving enough space for
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