News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target groups: New young leaders between 18-29 years old, who will inspire change within their communities and across the Western Balkan region and the EU. Short Description: The Young European Ambassadors (YEA) platform is a creative network of future young game changers from across the Western Balkans. It is a well-known network, sharing with their
Read more →Target groups: Young professionals born in or after 1980 with at least five years of professional leadership experience and demonstrated political or civic engagement. Short Description: The thematic focus of this year’s Landecker Democracy Fellowship is social cohesion. Its goal is to support young professionals in their quest to build bridges and form unique and
Read more →On 27 May 2021, BCSDN took part in the first meeting of one of the five working groups as per the thematic clusters of the CSO Convention on the Future of Europe, coordinated by Civil Society Europe. Over 75 European networks and platforms have come together to scrutinize the democratic functioning on the Conference of
Read more →Target groups: NPOs from the Balkan countries Short Description: The event will showcase good practice examples in conducting highly effective and collaborative risk assessment and lessons learned from engaging with the nonprofit and banking sector during and after the process. It will also discuss benefits of streamlined and continuous engagement with the non profit sector
Read more →Around 10,000 protesters gathered in Ljubljana’s Preseren Square for the “All-Slovenian uprising” anti-government protest, asking for termination of the rule of the current prime minister and the right-wing government, urging for snap elections. The protesters blamed the Slovenian prime minister for using the coronavirus pandemic to restrict freedoms, neglect social dialogue, attack the media, and
Read more →BCSDN member Partners Albania is implementing an initiative to empower NGOs to engage in preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing proactively. As a part of this intervention, in March 2021, Partners Albania held a series of local roundtable discussions with organizations and other stakeholders, to discuss the main findings of their report on the legal
Read more →On 1- 2 June 2021, the Aspen Institute Germany, together with the Southeast Europe Association, organizes the online Western Balkans “Civil Society & Think Tank Forum I: Road to Berlin” of this year’s Berlin Process Summit. The forum is hosted by the German Government, and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. The first day
Read more →Target groups: CSOs representative and community-based organisations from the Western Balkan and Turkey. Short Description: The exchange is being organized as a follow-up to the EU TACSO 3 Regional Meet-up on Emergency Response from June 2020. The aim is to complement the discussion on the consequences on civil society and society in general and how
Read more →In its latest report, CIVICUS evokes 10 years of civil society activity and highlights vital concepts of civil society actions in 2021 and beyond. The report draws from a number of in-depth interviews and online consultations with civil society activists, leaders, and experts, who shared their civil society stories. The report is based on the
Read more →The three-year EU-funded Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform (WeBER) presents its PAR Monitor report 2019/2020. The publication results from the monitoring conducted in 2020 by the Think for Europe Network members. It is a comparative collection of key findings from the WB in the six areas of PAR
Read more →The European Center For Not-for Profit Law (ECNL) and Anna Rurka, Past President of the Conference of INGOs, delivered a paper assessing the participatory trends during the COVID-19 emergency responses. The research marks how CSOs could meaningfully participate in decision-making and draws conclusions from the existing good practices. It also provides recommendations on what is
Read more →In its 2020 Anticorruption Report, the Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI) presents the needs and priority concerns for the origin of the corruption sources and provides a model for advancing governance integrity and squeezing corruption in the Western Balkans. Besides the region’s recent progress in curbing corruption and the adoption of anticorruption
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