News and updates from BCSDN and the region
According to the new report, “Future-Proofing Nonprofits for the Post-Pandemic World”, published by CAF America, digital fundraising capabilities and strategic financial planning are essential skills that nonprofits need in order to remain resilient in the post-pandemic world. The report summarizes the findings from a poll of 805 charitable organizations (more than 300 European) in over
Read more →As part of the Regional Civil Society Development Hub Call for ad-hoc support, BCSDN is calling for organizations from the Western Balkans that face pressure to the civic space, hate speech, hostile attacks, or that want to react towards the changes of a law that affects their work, etc. The Call is offering rapid funding
Read more →The U.S. Embassy Podgorica/Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Department of State announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Democracy Commission Small Grants Program. The Program supports initiatives that contribute to open and competitive political systems and the protection of human rights. Project proposals should address one of the priority areas: Protection of
Read more →The Balkan Trust for Democracy is launching a second call for proposals responding to the civil society’s needs and challenges in the Balkans. The call aims to support CSOs working on strengthening the rule of law, freedom of expression, human rights protection, fight against domestic and gender-based violence, building stronger cooperation to reform processes weakened
Read more →The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)’s goal is the governments in Serbia, Kosovo, BiH, North Macedonia, Albania, and Montenegro through continued democracy and the rule of law reform processes to show improved respect for human rights. The program will address the following objectives: strengthening CSOs’ abilities to collaborate across borders on key
Read more →The Consultancy’s objective is to provide expert support to Balkan Network for Local Democracy – BNLD and its members in implementing the project “CSOs Networking for Better Local Democracy in the Balkans”. The project’s main objective is to contribute to a conducive environment for civil society development that enables them to become influential actors in
Read more →The Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) is a training programme designed to build new networks, knowledge, and practices for increased transparency, efficiency, and public administration resilience. It aims to strengthen applicants’ capabilities to meet the requirements of a modern governance structure. The modules are composed of modern teaching methods linked with interactivity, collaboration,
Read more →The objectives of the European Civic Academy are: mapping civil society needs in terms of research priorities; enable civic actors to gain knowledge about existing research, methodology, and approaches to inspire a strengthening and a renewal action framework; increase awareness among academic researchers about civil society needs and priorities and identify collaborative opportunities for future
Read more →CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) welcomes civil society and people’s organizations, policymakers, academics, press members, and other stakeholders to a global webinar on effectiveness in the pandemic response. At the event, CPDE will present its recent study, “World in Lockdown, Development on Hold: A special report on the (in)effectiveness of COVID-19 response,” to show
Read more →The Dynamic Accountability Community of Practice (DACoP) invites CSO representatives to join their latest network and workshop session titled “Sharing Practices of Resilience” on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 13.00 PM CET. The 90-minute session will allow like-minded practitioners to meet, share, and exchange experiences on how they have adapted to the crisis, discussing the
Read more →As part of the Regional Civil Society Development Hub activities, BCSDN is proud to announce the 10 successful grantees awarded under the first Call for proposals for regional multi-country action grants. The aim of the Hub is strengthened regional cooperation in promoting the civic space in the Western Balkan region, by supporting activities that will
Read more →On 11 February 2021, EU TACSO 3 organized an online event to present the findings of the “Mapping and Needs Assessment of the Regional Networks and Regional CSF Projects” report. Panelists from four regional networks from the Balkans exchanged success stories of operating in a network. Tina Divjak, from CNVOS, as a chair of the
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