News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The report explores the aspects of Social Enterprises in Albania regarding three main principles: social dimension, economic dimension, and governing structure, and presents the challenges and needs of their development. The baseline study strives to map established and potential social enterprises in Albania and better understand their characteristics, needs, and trends in the sector in
Read more →The financial implications of the Covid-19 pandemic could severely affect the long-term sustainability and durability of civil society, particularly of small, informal, and grassroots groups and individuals who were already struggling to sustain their work before the crisis. This is a crucial finding of the recent CIVICUS alliance survey asking 127 members from 50 countries
Read more →The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many governments to launch emergency spending and tax policy measures to mitigate the potentially catastrophic impact on the people and economies’ health. The adjustments’ speed has challenged traditional approaches to managing risks, inefficiencies, budgetary allocations, and corruption. The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) network, with support of the OGP
Read more →The COVID 19 crisis indicates he challenges to economies and people’s lives and daily routines, resulting in uncertainty and rapidly changing consumer needs and behaviors. Nevertheless, a crisis can also be a powerful driver of innovation and creativity. The article presents lessons that CSOs can take from the world of business. The pandemic has accelerated
Read more →As part of the Regional Civil Society Development Hub, BCSDN is pleased to announce the Call for Ad-Hoc Support Grants. Organization from the WB region, struggling with shrinking civic space in their country, facing pressure to the Civic space, incidences of hate speech, hostile attacks, or want to react towards the changes of a law
Read more →The Ecumenical Women’s Initiative (EWI) published a call for proposals to support women as initiators and agents of change in faith communities and society. The Call strives to supporting and connecting individuals and groups working in the fields of women’s rights, peacebuilding, and reconciliation, belief-based ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue and cooperation in BiH, Croatia, Kosovo,
Read more →SEENPM member organizations are looking for project proposals aimed at strengthening the capacities of CSOs to help safeguard media freedom and pluralism in the Western Balkans. The call is part of Resilience: Civil Society for Media Free of Hate and Disinformation, a regional project supported by the EU and implemented in the Western Balkans and
Read more →The Road to WSF Western Balkans Program (WB Program) is part of “The Road to Warsaw Security Forum 2021”. It is encompassed of a series of online events that aim to promote EU expansion to the WB, as well as to share Poland’s transformation and European integration experience with regional civil society opinion leaders and
Read more →As part of the Media for All Project, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, will host a four-month traineeship programme to connect students and young journalists to gain practical knowledge by working with media organizations in the Western Balkans. Senior journalism students, recent graduates, or young journalists, looking for an opportunity to learn from highly dedicated
Read more →Applications are open to submitting investigative articles from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo for the annual EU Investigative Journalism Award. Investigative stories published from January 1 to December 31, 2019, and related to freedom of expression, the rule of law, transparency, abuse of power and fundamental rights, corruption, and organized crime are welcomed to apply.
Read more →Dedicated to international exchange, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program provides five-month fellowships to leading democracy activists, journalists, civil society leaders, and scholars from around the world. During their time in residence at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Washington D.C., fellows reflect on their experiences and consider lessons learned; conduct independent research and writing;
Read more →To tackle the ongoing challenges and threats to the European democracies, a number of CSOs develop initiatives to protect democratic institutions and reverse the trend of shrinking civic space. Such as: coalition building, knowledge sharing, campaigning, empowering activists, and networking. Based on the conversations with the community, CFEU has decided to allocate its 2020 budget
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