News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Stanford’s Global Digital Policy Incubator and the International Center for Not-forProfit Law invite CSOs working on questions such as: the legal framework for civil society and philanthropy which are curious how AI and machine learning, facial recognition technology, and how big data will transform society on Tech Camp for Civic Space Defenders. Curriculum will include:
Read more →Since 2017, The international Youth forum (IYF) has become a platform where young people can contribute to policy discussions at the International Platform through their collective ideas, solutions and innovations. The Forum allows representatives of youth-led and youth-focused organizations and networks, youth advocates and others to dialogue with International Policy makers, and to explore ways
Read more →The publication presents CPDE’s contribution to the 2018-19 Third Monitoring Exercise of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). Its Key Messages and Recommendations aim to inform and augment dialogue in the GPEDC. CPDE is committed to dialogue on outstanding development effectiveness challenges, including ‘unfinished businesses for many key commitments and indicators agreed in
Read more →The UN High Level Policy Forum was held from July 9 to 18 July in the UN Headquarters in New York. As a part of the event, CPDE Civil Society Forum took place on 12th July 2019 covering the topic of “Addressing Accountability, Strengthening Advocacy for Effective Development Cooperation.” In addition, the Civil Society Forum
Read more →CIVICUS published the report for the International Civil Society Week (ICSW) 2019. The ICSW 2019, was organized in partnership between CIVICUS and Civic Initiatives from Serbia, as local hosts, and BCSDN. The event brought together over 700 international delegates from 93 countries in Belgrade to engage in dialogue and actions around working together to enable
Read more →Forum 2020, an informal platform of over 20 Croatian CSOs focused on the Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union (1 January – 30 June 2020), published their priorities for the presidency from a civil society perspective. They are coordinated by CROSOL – Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity within the project “Towards
Read more →The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) presents the fifth instalment of the Balkan Barometer, an annual survey of regional perceptions and attitudes across a wide array of social, political and economic factors impacting life in South East Europe (SEE). The survey’s result, are modestly optimistic, showing growing support for EU membership with more than half of
Read more →The document presents the Key Findings and Recommendations of the reflection document on SDG national level implementation and the VNR process. The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) conducted the study this May-June 2019 in countries whose governments presented their VNRs in the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). The objective/s of the study was to reflect
Read more →As a response to political and funding pressures, CSOs in many parts of the world are seeking to diversify their funding and strengthen their local support base. A growing number of international organisations and funders are supporting CSOs in this goal. ‘Domestic resource mobilisation’ is a key strategy. This report offers findings from a scoping
Read more →The right of citizens to form associations and receive funding to pursue their missions is enshrined in international human rights law. Yet over 160 laws in nearly 70 countries have been passed to restrict this right since 2012 (ICNL). These laws severely constrain the ability of CSOs to implement programs that serve their communities and
Read more →In the Resilient Roots initiative, 14 organisations from all over the world are running pilot projects to test new primary constituent accountability mechanisms. In most cases, these mechanisms focus on collecting and using feedback from the key constituents of each organisation. Feedback is an important element of improving accountability, and for this process to be
Read more →Donor perspectives of the relationship between philanthropic and regional economic activity tend to fall into four broad areas: building the workforce, revitalizing the region as an attractive place to work and live, broadening philanthropic understandings to include strategic impact investing, and catalyzing dense networks of innovators and investors. These categories are identified as mapping on
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