News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Funders hold many responsibilities, such as allocation of resources in pursuit of their strategies and designing and adapting grantmaking practices that enable and support the work of grantee organizations. Funder grantmaking and learning practices are best when informed by grantee organization needs and experience. Yet there are myriad factors that limit or even prevent the
Read more →First emerging in the 1970s, women’s funds and foundations focus on gender equality and other issues that disproportionately affect women and girls. Women’s fund and foundation donors serve as examples of activist philanthropists, for whom being visible as a donor is critical to propelling change. They also exemplify how, by identifying a specific set of
Read more →Each year the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of CSOs worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. NED is interested in proposals from local, independent organizations for nonpartisan programs that seek to: Promote and defend human rights and the rule of law; Support freedom of information and
Read more →Montenegro Institute for Media publish a call for project proposals which goal is to improve the capacity of CSOs in Montenegro in order to promote the practice and the policy of the media and information policy on a local level. This call is a part of the regional project Media for Citizens – Citizens for
Read more →The Nordic Support for Progress of North Macedonia project is launching an Open Call for Proposals for Support to CSOs and Media for EU Integration Projects with the objective to empower active participation and engagement of the civil sector and media in pursuing activities considered to be in the broad public interest and in support
Read more →The main goal of EU TACSO 3 is to strengthen the capacity of CSOs to actively take part in the democratic processes and to stimulate an enabling environment for civil society and pluralistic media development. A comprehensive needs assessment of civil society in the Western Balkans and Turkey has been planned within the EU TACSO
Read more →Visegrad+ Grants support projects which contribute to the democratization and transformation processes in selected countries and regions, especially non-EU member states in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership countries. The project must be implemented by at least three organizations (including the applicant) from three different V4 countries (“3xV4” rule). In case of Strategic Grants,
Read more →Third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals is dedicated to secondary schools. The General Objective of this Call for Proposals is to support the process of reconciliation in the Western Balkans by providing young people with opportunities that create space for dialogue, mutual learning and increased understanding across communities and RYCO‟s Contracting Parties, and to contribute to increasing
Read more →The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is launching a call for small project proposals on exploring archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and local courts in ex-Yugoslav countries that dealt with war crimes cases. Grants are offered to ten journalists, artists, historians and civil society activists to cover topics related to memorialisation
Read more →The Non-Resident Fellowship supports social sector leaders to dedicate some of their time working on ideas that apply to broad swaths of civil society. It allows working people to dedicate a portion of their time to advancing an idea or project that doesn’t quite fit into their “day job.” The goal is to provide enough
Read more →G-20 Youth Summit is an international youth forum where students and young professionals from all over the world gather together for a 3-4 days program, in order to discuss the most intensive topics regarding world politics, economy, inclusive growth and interrelated themes, and they simulate global leaders, finance ministers , foreign ministers and central bank
Read more →BCSDN is pleased to announce our new programme Protecting Civic Space- Regional Civil Society Development Hub supported by Sida- the Swedish development policy that will be implemented in the following two years. Our Regional civil society development hub will aim to enhance the cooperation and resilience of CSOs in the Western Balkan countries, by connecting
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