News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Civil society plays a vital role in sustainable development, enabling people to claim their human rights, promoting human rights-based approaches, shaping policies, and providing social services. A substantial part of Swedish aid is therefore implemented in cooperation with civil society: the last few years around 40 per cent of Sida’s budget was channelled to or
Read more →The aim of the Programme was to strengthen the governance structures of the countries in the region and to prepare them for possible accession to the European Union, with focus on local and regional governments. The three key reform pillars on this path are rule of law, economic governance and public administration reform. The overall
Read more →The grants aim to support CSOs of the Republic of Serbia to participate actively in the process of EU accession negotiations in relation to the economic criteria. For the Small Grants Program, a total sum of 25,000 EUR has been set, while the maximum amount of the individual grant is up to 6,000 EUR. The
Read more →In the new call for proposals in the framework of the “Europe for Citizens” program the interested parties can apply for projects under Chapter 2 – Democracy Engagement and Citizen Participation. The total budget earmarked for this call is estimated at EUR 3.7 million. Maximum eligible grant is EUR 150,000 and pre-financing payments corresponding to
Read more →The global objective of the call is to strengthen capacities of CSOs, advancing their role of competent, transparent, accountable civil society actors. The specific objective is to support long-term commitment of civil society actors in giving citizens a voice to influence public sector reforms through evidence based programmes, analysis, monitoring and concrete advocacy initiatives. The
Read more →The Robert Schuman Institute (RSI), with the support of the Eduardo Frei Foundation starts again the series of courses entitled “Young Leaders” in September, 2019. The event will be provided for 16 young politicians who are working in EPP sister parties in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Georgia, Kosovo,
Read more →The Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is a recruitment initiative for talented, highly qualified professionals to start a career as an international civil servant with the United Nations Secretariat. It consists of an entrance examination and professional development programs. The YPP examination is held once a year and is open to nationals of countries participating in
Read more →Balkan SAYS Security Architecture Youth Seminar is youth oriented international security seminar. Its mission is to connect students and young professionals, to discuss important security topics with distinguished speakers and search for fresh views and new solutions to the most pressing issues of the Balkan region. The 7th annual Balkan SAYS seminar is looking for
Read more →The 12th edition of the Black Sea NGO Forum aims to continue the discussions started last year in Brussels and highlight the progress made in advancing the Black Sea Synergy European policy, such as the adoption of the Common Maritime Agenda and the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the Black Sea, focusing on how
Read more →The second Balkan Civic Practices edition, with eight contributions from our network and partners, shares stories of CSOs actions in times of shrinking civic space in the Balkans and the wider Europe. From joint action by building national and transnational, thematic and cross-sector alliances, to creating synergies between traditional civil society organizations and non-formal social
Read more →The First Senior Level Meeting (SLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) was held from July 13 to 14 at the UN Headquarters in New York, on the margins of the UN HLFP on Sustainable Development, bringing together more than 500 key representatives from development actors around the world, including our Balkan
Read more →Civil society groups across the globe make significant contributions to development and the Sustainable Development Goals cannot be fully realised if the onslaught on civil society and human rights defenders continues, concluded the FoAA consultations in May 2019 in Johanessburg. More than 60 representatives of civil society from 25 countries met in Johannesburg, South Africa
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