News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target group: N/A Countries: International/Online Short description: Ministers and policy influencers from across the world discuss how they are addressing inequality and why we have not seen the scale and speed of progress the pandemic has warranted. This event will draw on a recent report, from rhetoric to action: Delivering equality and inclusion from the
Read more →Target group: Individuals or CSOs active in the defence of human rights Countries: International Short description: The Prize, created in 2013, aims to reward outstanding civil society action in defending human rights in Europe and beyond. Candidates should have made a real difference to the human rights situation of a given group, been instrumental in
Read more →Target group: National and international CSOs; Stakeholders; Human Rights Institutions and Academics acting in the field of human rights protection Countries: International Short description: The Special Rapporteur wishes to receive inputs from Member States, civil society, national human rights institutions, academics, international organizations, and other interested stakeholders, by responding to the following questionnaires to help
Read more →Target group: CIVICUS’ member organization; individual member affiliated to a civil society organization; non-member representatives interested in improving their organization’s accountability practices Countries: International Short description: Accountability Accelerator is a free online course that will teach you how to make your work more relevant and responsive to the communities that you serve – vital ingredients
Read more →Target group: Young people interested in building regional cooperation. Countries: North Macedonia and Greece Short description: The initiative for establishing youth cooperation offices envisions and gives a unique opportunity to build up an institutional mechanism for bringing young people from North Macedonia and Greece together and giving them an opportunity to collaborate by getting to
Read more →The European Commission has published the executive decision on the financing of the multi-country multiannual action plan on an EU Civil Society Facility and Media Programme in favor of the Western Balkans and Turkey for 2021-2023. The decision on the Civil Society Facility and Media Programme for the Western Balkans and Turkey consists of a
Read more →The report titled “Democracy and Emergencies: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for democratic resilience” presents a series of 20 recommendations, directed at government leaders, public institutions, and civil society in all democratic countries. It puts forward concrete, feasible suggestions to strengthen democracies’ ability to keep their democratic institutions working in emergencies; to protect fundamental rights
Read more →Transparency International published the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2021 on January 25, ranking and scoring the state of the countries regarding the state of corruption and (un)democratic practices. According to this year’s ranking, Montego holds 46th place making it one of the 3 top-ranked countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Meanwhile, Turkey and
Read more →On 25 January OECD has reached a decision to open accession discussion with six candidates to OECD Membership – Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru, and Romania. Ahead of the candidate countries lays the process of creating roadmaps for the detailed assessment process will now be prepared provided those countries confirm their adherence to the values,
Read more →Complementing their ongoing tracking of civic space on the CIVICUS Monitor the CIVICUS Alliance has launched the CIVICUS Lens – new analysis and commentary initiative that highlights stories of civic action and civil society breakthroughs. Baring in mind CIVICUS`s scope of research – contemporary political, economic and social trends and their impact on civil society,
Read more →The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness shares what it achieved in policy advocacy, capacity development, and network management in 2021, and expresses continuing commitment to effective development cooperation this 2022 and beyond. See more here. Source: CPDE
Read more →The South Eastern Leadership for Development Initiative (SELDI) has published a policy document that estimates the state of civil society cooperation for good governance and explores the mechanism for a more effective mechanism for CSO cooperation in the good governance area. The document notes a key conclusion that funding needs to be complemented by indigenous,
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