News and updates from BCSDN and the region
More than 30 platforms of CSOs have written to the Presidents of the EU institutions and to the different actors involved in the negotiations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, calling for a more ambitious agreement, taking into account the concerns of civil society and people in Europe. They are urging MMF Negotiators: to
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 →Engagement for Joint Action (EJA Kosovo) is a KCSF program that supports civil society initiatives through grants and capacity building with the overall aim to contribute to a democratic and inclusive society in Kosovo, on its path towards integration into the EU. The program aims to contribute towards two main objectives: civil society uses and
Read more →To tackle the long-term effects of Covid-19, UNDP Europe, and Central Asia is launching BOOST, a regional acceleration program for social impact innovation. It will support emerging solutions in the region in the areas of digitalization, economy, and health. 5 applicants will be selected to join the BOOST acceleration program and up to five will
Read more →Under the framework of the EU/CoE joint programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”, and its action on “Promotion of diversity and equality in Albania” CoE is launching a call for proposals to improve the functioning of anti-discrimination mechanisms and their accessibility to vulnerable groups in line with European standards, especially with
Read more →The overall objective of the Call for Proposals is: to contribute to strengthening municipal capacities to establish and deliver inclusive services to citizens in social care, employment, and inclusive education. Calls for Proposals are structured into three main “lots” (thematic areas) with specific objectives related to each lot. The amount of EU contribution for each
Read more →ICEDA informs about publishing the upcoming Call for Applications that would provide support to CSOs to promote the Digital Agenda through the first Small Grants Scheme Cycle LOT 1: Awarding of sub-grants for the e-Government Support Centers, awarding 15 small grants to CSOs from Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia (the target is approximately
Read more →The fragile democracies in the Western Balkans, facing numerous obstacles in the sphere of functioning of democratic institutions, the rule of law, human and minority rights, media freedom, and public administration reform, were even more challenged by the COVID-19 crisis, thus challenging the stability and ongoing reforms. The purpose of the Call for Proposals is
Read more →BCSDN is looking for evaluators who have experience in assessing project applications for Calls for proposals for grants. The assignment will include the evaluation of project proposals (FULL applications only) received under the Call for Regional Multi-Country Action Grants, recently published by BCSDN. The indicative timing for the assignment is October 2020, and the duration
Read more →The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has launched a call for participants for the online Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth for Environment”. The conference is organized by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum under the auspices of the German presidency of CoE, with the support of the EU and the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation. Participants will discover
Read more →The Center for Media, Data, and Society at Central European University in Budapest is providing a unique hybrid-style online, and offline course on cross-border investigative journalism, aiming to equip reporters with improved skills of the latest investigative reporting techniques to be able to research, conduct and present region-specific cross-border investigations; to teach how to integrate
Read more →The conference will take place within four thematically different panels: Europe as an area of peace and stability; Europe as a space of cultural diversity; Europe as a global actor; If not the EU, is there/has there been an alternative? The aims of the Forum are: Promoting and encouraging young scholars to engage with Central
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