News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: Professionals with a proven track record in project management, monitoring, and evaluation Countries: WB6 Short description: Regional Pool of Evaluators will be created from all six countries in the region, like a pool of recognized experts in the topics related to technical evaluation of applications received in response to public calls for grants
Read more →Target group: individuals from public, private, non-governmental, and academic sectors, from all academic backgrounds Countries: International Short description: Transparency International School on Integrity is an annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders. The School exposes its participants to the latest developments in the field of anti-corruption and accountability and offers real opportunities to
Read more →Target group: professionals with between 5 to 10 years of experience in foreign and national security policy and who are working in government think tanks, media, and the private or non-profit sectors Countries: International Short description: The Penn Kemble Forum on Democracy promotes bipartisan conversation among young foreign policy leaders in Washington, DC. The Forum
Read more →Ever since the changes in the Criminal Code in BiH were publicly introduced, the talk on destabilization has been out. Some claim minor inconveniences and nationalistic rivalry amongst presidential representatives, while others claim to be living through the biggest destabilization in the past 26 years. What is the general atmosphere in the BiH during this
Read more →EU TACSO 3 organized the EU Western Balkans and Turkey Civil Society Forum on 8 – 9 June 2022, in Skopje, North Macedonia. Senior officials from the European Commission, EU Delegations, governments, and diverse representatives from civil society organizations attended the Forum. The discussions led through the forum to the conclusion: that the role of
Read more →The Democracy Perception Index (DPI), conducted by Latana in collaboration with the Alliance of Democracies, aims to understand the global crisis that democracy is facing from the perspective of ordinary people from around the world. It is the largest annual study on people’s perception of democracy, representing over 75% of the world’s population. The DPI
Read more →Between sufficient and good or 2.44 is the average grade that the citizens gave to the Government for its work in the first 100 days, showed the results of the latest research of MCIC “100 days Government” conducted in the period from 3 to 13 May 2022. The majority of citizens (65.1%) stated that the
Read more →Civil society is uniquely well-equipped to play a leading role in development and humanitarian assistance efforts, and in promoting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In all too many countries, though, civil society is subject to heavy constraints, and is hampered from leading and contributing to development and humanitarian assistance initiatives. ICNL has
Read more →A briefing paper released by the International Commission of Jurists points out that, “while new digital technology may be helpful for the protection of human rights, it also carries a real and potential negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights”. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the international human rights legal
Read more →Within the framework of the Solidarity Action Network (SANE), a guidance “Navigating cybersecurity: Guidance for (I)CSO professionals” has been developed to help civil society actors better respond to cybersecurity challenges and digital threats. The guidance shares lessons learned and best practices from a series of SANE curated conversations on the topics of data protection and
Read more →Citizens are important allies of public institutions, the non-governmental sector, and the media in the fight against corruption. Advocacy campaigns conducted through public information and education activities are creative and constructive tools to motivate and engage citizens to oppose corruption, it was stated at the kick-off Masterclass “From silence to action” organized in Sarajevo for
Read more →During a recent interview with Eszter Filippinyi, deputy director of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI), a donor collaborative promoting citizen empowerment and government openness, we talked about how donors are dealing with CSO power shift and mutual accountability. Read more here. Source: CSO Standard
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