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Exploring how philanthropy can support community-led change, the article suggests that community-led efforts can be effective if driven by people with knowledge of and respect for community members, their culture, and context. Relationships are the basis of community-led work and play an essential role in priority setting, project design, implementation, learning, and improvement. Flexible funding
Read more →Besides the fact that philanthropic organizations have provided substantial means during a crisis, the pandemic has prompted an increasing public awareness of social inequalities and the dependencies in which philanthropic practice is embedded. Covid-19 reveals continuing tensions in the philanthropic sector on the lack of transparency and accountability worldwide that existed even before the outbreak
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. Grant amount: Max 10,000 EUR (total funding available 340,000 EUR). Duration:
Read more →Target groups: 100 local CSOs from Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey. Aim: Partners Albania invites small and medium-sized organizations working to improve youth’s position from communities in need at the local level to join and work together on the further development of the Youth Hub for the Western Balkans and Turkey (YBHWBT). CSOs
Read more →Target groups: Legal person registered at least two years before the call is launched; Non-governmental organisations, professional associations, employers’ associations, local government, municipalities, public bodies and any other non-governmental associations and independent foundations; Established in Republic of North Macedonia or in a Member State of the European Union. Aim: To enhance the involvement and impact
Read more →Target groups: Freelance journalists, staff journalists, or groups of newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad. Aim: The Gender Equality Grant is designed to help journalists take to a new level the reporting on issues related to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Grant amount: 5,000 USD. Duration: N/A.
Read more →Target groups: Woman-identifying journalists from across the world. Aim: Support projects including educational opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives. Grant amount: Average grant size is 10,000 USD. Duration: N/A. Link to the original call (International Women’s Media Foundation)
Read more →Target groups: CSOs coming from non-EU of the Balkans countries: Albania, BiH, Kosovo, Montenegro, N. Macedonia and Serbia. CSOs from Turkey are represented in CPDE by the Black Sea Sub-Regional Representative, while CSOs from Slovenia and Croatia are represented by the EU Sub-Regional Representative. Short Description: CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) a global CSO
Read more →Target groups: Nationals of the 17 CEI Member States: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine. Short Description: The CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism promotes high-quality investigative journalism and acknowledge the efforts of media professionals to
Read more →Target groups: Grassroots organizers, activists, artists, and changemakers worldwide. Short Description: GivingTuesday’s Starling Collective is a global learning community and innovative fellowship for grassroots organizers, activists, artists, and changemakers to discover and share best practices for increasing generosity and driving systems change. GivingTuesday’s Starling Collective welcomes innovators of all backgrounds, breaking down the barriers that
Read more →Target groups: 30 participants from Western Balkan countries that have experience in the field of political science, economics, social science, or international economic relations policy-makers, business sector leaders/entrepreneurs, academics and leaders of civil society, such as representatives of trade unions, NGOs, the media, business and professional associations. Short Description: The module addresses the challenges faced
Read more →Target groups: CSOs from North Macedonia. Short Description: NDI North Macedonia through the WoMen Lead project for the promotion of gender equality calls CSOs to develop and submit legislative initiatives in the field of gender-based violence and implementation of the Istanbul Convention. Countries: North Macedonia. Date: 24 months. Link to the original call (NDI North
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