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CfP: Assistance in Access to Services to Asylum Seekers and Persons Granted International Protection in Montenegro (Deadline: 30 September 2019)

The purpose of the Call for Expression of Interest is to solicit interest from existing or prospective partners that wish to participate in a UNHCR operation and contribute complementary resources (human resources, knowledge, funds, in-kind contributions, supplies and/or equipment) to achieving common objectives as agreed in a Project Partnership Agreement for 2020.The main aim of

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CfA: Social-democratic Regional Women’s Leadership Academy – 23-27 October, Podgorica (Deadline: 18 September 2019)

The Academy aims to bring Western Balkan female politicians and activists together in a broad front to fight for an equal, developed, responsible society, based on European values of peace and prosperity – a women-friendly society. The program will include theoretical and practical aspects – interactive lectures, panel discussions, workshops and group work, with special

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CfA: Woodrow Wilson Center International Fellowship Program 2020/2021, Washington (Deadline: 1 October 2019)

The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program and to take advantage of the opportunity to engage actively in the Center’s national mission. The Center awards approximately 15-20 9-month residential fellowships each year with a stipend of USD 90,000. The Center aims to unite

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Global Report: Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box

Open Government Partnership (OGP) releases its first comprehensive assessment of the state of open government. This report provides a thorough and honest review of progress made by OGP member countries in the first seven years of the partnership. In determining its findings, the report examines a vast amount of the world’s governance data, across multiple

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Call for Interest: Coordinators for a Society Wide Dialogue Platform SDGs for all

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH requests all concerned CSOs in Serbia to express their interest in participating in the establishment of a society wide dialogue platform on implementing the global 2030 Agenda. The platform will be structured according to the Ecologic, Economic, Social dimensions of sustainable development and will be organised in

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Societies Outside Metropolises: the Role of CSOs in Facing Populism

The Study identifies the factors influencing citizens’ choices in favour of populism and the role of CSOs in countering it in eight non metropolitan areas with high populist vote. The research shows that economic decline, social instability and limited levels of education are significant factors in explaining the increase in support for populists throughout the

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Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Human Rights Impacts of Algorithmic Systems- Invitation to Comment by 19 August 2019

The Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) invites comments from the public on one draft text that was prepared by one of its sub-ordinate bodies and is meant to be adopted by the Committee of Ministers in early 2020. The draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the human

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Turkey: Leading Coalition of Free Expression Organisations Highlight Unprecedented Crackdown on Freedom of Expression in Report to UN

More than two years since the attempted coup in 2016 and one year after its state of emergency measures were lifted, the government of Turkey continues its relentless and pervasive crackdown on civic space, media freedom and dissenting voices. Turkey’s human rights record will come under review by the UN through the Universal Period Review

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