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The PAR Monitor cycle enables the comparison of trends against the baseline results of the PAR Monitor for 2017/2018 and indicates slight progress at best in the WB generally. In the policy development area, PAR Monitor 2019/2020 starts by focusing on the information available to citizens on governmental performance. Evidence shows that citizens of the
Read more →New technologies are crucial to the right to peaceful assemblies. This trend has been further accelerated, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. ICT and AI technologies provide many possibilities to facilitate protests and have a downside effect by allowing States and private actors to restrict the right of peaceful assemblies. The briefing is a
Read more →A draft law in two parts proposes an amendment to the Non-profit Legal Entities Act in Bulgaria. One is the part regarding the functioning of the Civil Society Development Council. The other is proposing the creation of a new legal framework on declaring and controlling the funding of NGOs received from a foreign country or
Read more →Enshrined in international law and an established global norm, the freedom of peaceful assembly is a fundamental right to collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend a common interest without fear of retribution. Freedom of peaceful assembly is a critical form of political participation in a healthy civil society. It shapes the debate, public policies, and
Read more →The current approach to anti-money laundering in the EU leaves the Member States significant space to adopt national rules. However, the resulting fragmentation has proven one of the main enablers in recent money laundering cases. The Commission welcomes feedback on what rules should be further harmonized to remedy this fragmentation and new areas that should
Read more →The report presents the results and the methodology of the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM2020), a tool assessing the risks to media pluralism in EU members and some candidate countries. In a media ecosystem that has been rapidly evolving, particularly under the pressure of the digitalization of the information industry, rapid technological advancements have created new
Read more →The calamity caused by the COVID 19 is an opportunity to be traced to new ways of working, that put accountability practices and decentralized organization at their heart. Dynamic accountability is about engendering the “what has been” into the “what could be” regarding meaningful engagement. It is an internal motivation that pushes organizations beyond minimum
Read more →CSOs need to develop resiliency in their systems, staff, and strategies to weather uncertainty and change. Partners Global’s Resiliency+ Framework helps CSOs identify the external threats and internal vulnerabilities that impede them from implementing resilient operations and offers strategies, tactics, and tools to build resiliency around seven key factors. They are Adaptive Capacity, Business Acumen,
Read more →The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) started an annual consultation with organizations participating in its Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) in 2018, focusing on the challenges they experience. The consultation followed the publication of FRA’s 2018 report on Challenges facing civil society working on human rights in the EU, highlighting diverse areas of concern, based on
Read more →For Albania, the year 2019 has been uncommon and challenging. The situation that followed the earthquake in November was unprecedented and brought a transition in the culture of donation, humanism, and solidarity among the Albanian citizens. Through careful daily monitoring of donations, campaigns, and events published in various media outlets, social media, websites of public
Read more →From March to early June 2020, The European Foundation Centre conducted a survey for its members, affiliates, and partners to determine what immediate measures they were taking/ planning to take, internally, and in their programmatic and funding activities, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey aimed to gain an initial overview of how EFC
Read more →EU published a report on development cooperation: Does the EU deliver?, providing a detailed analysis of the EU institutions’ and Member States’ performance in the implementation of the effectiveness principles, as agreed by the international community over the past ten years. The document provides insights into EU donors’ performance as well as adjusting the monitoring
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