News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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 CSO’s 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: CSOs in Montenegro Aim: Contribute to the successful EU integration process of Montenegro by empowering the civil society participation in decision-making processes and implementation of reforms, and strengthening partnerships between CSOs, as well as CSOs and local authorities Grant amount: 10,000 – 60,000 EUR (total funding available 550,000 EUR) Duration: 6 – 12
Read more →Target groups: CSOs in North Macedonia Aim: To support and strengthen CSOs, democracy activists, and human rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in third countries. (Priorities: Raise awareness about respect of human rights; assist state authorities in developing and implementing laws, regulations and policies; build practitioners’ capacity to respond to the
Read more →Target groups: legal person and non-profit-making CSOs Aim: To improve dialogue between the Civil Society and the government institutions, and to increase capacities of the CSOs to address reform processes and EU integration process. (Priorities: Capacity building, monitoring and advocacy in the areas of environment and climate action, economic policy and competitiveness, socio-economic development, foreign,
Read more →Target groups: Final-year undergraduate students, graduate students, young professionals and scholars up to and including the age of 28. Eligible countries: Western Balkans and Turkey Short description: Online school for youth to gain knowledge of democratic and European values, and actively participate in social and political processes, focusing on topics such as: EU and Enlargement;
Read more →Targets groups: CSO representatives from the Black Sea NGO Forum (in particular the CSO Sustainability and Resilience Working Group), from the EU member states and non-EU Eligible countries: Black Sea Region Short description: Capacity building activity to tackle CSO Development Effectiveness Principles, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability of the ODA financing. Five modules
Read more →Target groups: CSOs (esp. small local organizations) Eligible countries: North Macedonia Short description: Providing mentoring support, capacity building in the areas of: Strategic planning, Advocacy and participation in decision-making at the local level, Volunteering and organizing volunteer work, Visibility and communication strategy of organizations, etc. Date: N/A Link to original call (National Resource Center –
Read more →Target groups: 18 MA/Ph.D. researchers, practitioners, and civil society activists in the field of political parties and democracy working on OSCE post-communist member states. Eligible countries: OSCE post-Communist Member States. Short Description: Providing instruction and discussion on a broader range of issues in the study of political parties, party systems, elections, and democracy. Date: 30
Read more →Target groups: Candidates who have performed a unique difference in a given group’s human rights situation, have been conducive to revealing large-scale systemic violations, or have successfully mobilized public opinion or the international community for a cause Eligible countries: Europe and beyond Short description: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. created in 2013, aims to reward
Read more →As the new IPA III financial framework (2021-2027) is being finalized, BCSDN has published its latest Opinion, discussing how the EU can more effectively support civil society. In the new IPA III, civil society remains a thematic priority for intervention and is for the first time a cross-cutting theme in all five windows. Amid growing
Read more →BCSDN gladly announces the revised version of the Call for Proposals for Ad-Hoc Grants under the Sida-funded Regional Civil Society Development Hub. To support CSO efforts and regional cooperation in promoting the civic space in the WB region, we have broadened the Call’s scope and extended the funding opportunities to informal organizations as well. The
Read more →In its latest Opinion adopted on 24 March 2021, the EESC has noted the importance of civil society to have a greater role in the entire enlargement process and be better recognized in the new accession methodology, stressing also that building the national capacity of CSOs and facilitating regional cooperation and exchange should be among
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