News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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
Read more →The Spotlight Report 2019 dives more deeply into the (global) governance arrangements and institutions that will be necessary to implement alternative policies and to unleash the transformative potential of the SDGs. It offers analysis and recommendations on how to strengthen inclusive and participatory governance and to overcome obstacles and gaps in the implementation of the
Read more →Our Member – Partners Albania for Change and Development has just published the latest Monitoring Matrix Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development. The report finds out that CSOs still face burdensome reporting procedures and formats; there is poor implementation of the consultation processes on draft laws and policies, especially at the central level
Read more →On June 9th, 2019, on the Thematic Forum of CIVICA mobilitas, more than 80 representatives of the CSOs’ representatives discussed the enabling environment for the development of Macedonian civil society in 2018. The Forum emphasized that the freedom of association, assembly, and expression were legally guaranteed and mainly respected and provided in practice, the Financial
Read more →The conditions for civil society in Serbia remain constrained, states the new CIVICUS Monitor update on Serbia. In an indication of this worsening situation for civil society, in the enlargement report, the EC recently highlighted Serbia’s failure to improve civic space. As previously covered on the CIVICUS Monitor, there has been a perceived increase in
Read more →Center for the Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO) presented the findings of the Report “Civil Society in Creating and Implementing Public Policies”. This Report contains the results of the research conducted by CRNVO in order to assess the involvement of NGOs and the general public in the policy-making process in 2018. The report states that
Read more →The Policy Brief presents the key issues that civil society and youth face in the Western Balkans. The Policy Brief also gives recommendations to Western Balkans, EU and its member states, on finding solutions in overcoming the issues and on promoting regional reconciliation, especially among the youth; transparent and inclusive meetings between the EU, CSOs
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