News and updates from BCSDN and the region
In an interview for Global Standard for CSO accountability, the MCIC Project Officer Aleksandra Savevska explained how BCSDN’s member from North Macedonia, MCIC is implementing the Global Standard for CSO Accountability. Through the Program on Sustainable Civil Society – State Funding of CSOs, a EU- funded multi-year program aimed at fostering an enabling environment for
Read more →The Resilient Roots (RR) initiative examines whether organizations who are accountable to their primary constituents, that is, the individuals and communities they support and serve, are better able to withstand external threats related to closing civic space. The first case study looked at three dimensions of accountability (giving, taking, and holding to account) and provided
Read more →CSOs, big and small, global and local, are ‘system-relevant’ – it matters to millions of people that they remain operational and support the most vulnerable and their environment. It comes as no surprise that the SDG principle to ‘Leave no one behind’ has become a unifying theme of solidarity in response to the Coronavirus around
Read more →The COVID 19 pandemic will have long-term effects on civil society. Financial loss caused by cancelled activities will result in our partners forgoing critical investments and redirecting resources to delivery of critical services. Crucially, this health emergency is having a disproportionate impact on marginalized groups. Even before the Corona crises, these groups have a hard
Read more →With the changed context of the COVID-19 pandemic, NGOs’ programmes need to pivot rapidly to respond to different and additional needs, while coping with restrictions on travel, lockdown requirements and health concerns. This requires a massive amount of flexibility, as the parameters and cost structures of NGOs’ work shift. The article urges that in order
Read more →As coronavirus causes unprecedented disruption on a global level, CSOs are being asked and from them it’s expected to respond quickly to protect their staff and partners, and adapt their programmes to support the communities they work in. A large number of funders are aware that during the crises the traditional institutional philanthropy practices should
Read more →Traditionally, charity has allowed women to carve a place for themselves in the public sphere and to gain a great influence in various areas whereas the government’s doors were closed off to them. Their participation in philanthropy has become more than a vector for social and political recognition, it is a way to accelerate the
Read more →Open Technology Fund (OTF) is seeking applications for its Internet Freedom Fund to support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-centric projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies, and help advance inclusive and safe access to global communications networks for at-risk users including journalists, human rights defenders, civil society activists, and
Read more →The European Youth Foundation (EYF) is launching a special call for local or national youth organizations that are looking for funding for activities which respond to local needs arising from the COVID-19 crisis. Priority will be given to pilot activities that aim at demonstrating solidarity and support to all persons affected by the COVID-19 crisis,
Read more →Transparency Macedonia in cooperation with the NGO Infocenter, within the project “Civil Society Organizations and Media Against Corruption – Coalition for Zero Tolerance”, funded by the EU through the program to support the civil society and media freedom 2016 – 2017, reports call for grants for CSOs for 2020, for actions related to the fight
Read more →Sida, represented by the Embassy of Sweden in Tirana is looking for Innovative ideas for support to environmental civil society in Albania. The non-governmental organizations are invited to submit concept notes outlining ideas for new programmes. The programme should align with the core mandate and competences of the implementing organizations, for the purpose of enhancing
Read more →The Covid-19 pandemic emergency, accompanied by quarantine conditions, has created a series of challenges for the work of the non-profit sector. Аfter an assessment of needs was found that the need of organizations to have access to online platforms as a way to continue their activity, combined this in many cases with the need for
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