News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Target Group: Research and innovation organisations, higher education institutions, companies, start-ups, entrepreneurship and innovation support organisations and networks, creative-industry professionals, researchers, artists and entrepreneurs. Aim:…
Read more →Target Group: Consortia led by an eligible professor, research group leader or senior scientist from an ETH Domain institution, working with at least one legally…
Read more →An Alliance Magazine commentary argues that capacity-building programmes can place additional pressure on grassroots organisations when they are designed primarily around donor requirements. Drawing on…
Read more →Civil society organisations remained Sida’s largest funded partner group in 2025, receiving nearly SEK 10.3 billion through 611 agreements across more than 100 countries. The…
Read more →Philea has published a practical guide to help funders introduce or expand unrestricted funding through more flexible, strategic and trust-based grantmaking practices. Although funders and…
Read more →The European Commission is reportedly preparing proposals to reduce reliance on unanimity and introduce stronger rule-of-law safeguards as the EU prepares for future enlargement. According…
Read more →The New Union Post argues that enlargement received limited attention in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s 2026 State of the Union address, particularly…
Read more →The European Commission is considering country-specific accession roadmaps for Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova, potentially introducing clearer reform priorities, deliverables and indicative timelines for completing…
Read more →Montenegro’s advancing accession process is exposing the gap between technical progress by candidate countries and the political uncertainty surrounding final EU membership. Podgorica aims to…
Read more →The OECD has published its first review of progress in implementing the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance, five…
Read more →New guidelines issued by Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, call for stronger protection of environmental defenders amid growing harassment,…
Read more →The SafeJournalists Network has expressed serious concern over the public intimidation and attempted discrediting of News24 investigative journalist Klodiana Lala by Vlora Hyseni, former Director…
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