BCSDN at the Civil Society Forum in Trieste
The Civil Society Forum Trieste that took place on 11th and 12th July that was organised as part of the 4th Intergovernmental Summit of Western…
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6th EESC Western Balkans Civil Society Forum Pushes for Media Freedom, EU Enlargement, Adequate Migration Policy and Empowering Women
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held the 6th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum in Sarajevo on 10-11 July. Participants adopted a Final Declaration calling for…
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EC Conducts Public Consultation for the Mid-term Evaluation of the External Financing Instruments Including IPA
The European Commission (EC) is conducting a Mid-term evaluation of the External Financing Instruments, including the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA), with the aim to have…
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EU Enlargement Commissionaire Meets CSOs in Macedonia to Discuss Urgent Reforms Priorities
The EU European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn had a meeting with civil society organizations in Skopje on Friday, 14th, prior to…
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The Integration Capacity of the EU through an Overview of Published Works of the MAXCAP Project
With the MAXCAP project officially coming to its end in March 2016, BCSDN collected and summarized the main working papers in an overview of all research…
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Supporting vs. Fostering: The Effectiveness of EU’s Regional Support for CSO Partnerships
Recent research on the effectiveness of the EU integration policy suggests that the EU strategies intended to bring domestic improvements in the areas of democracy,…
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Regional Conference on Monitoring of the EU Civil Society Guidelines: Preparing Input for the EC Progress Report 2016 on Civil Society Development
On April 27 – 28, TACSO held the Regional Conference “Monitoring of the EU Guidelines for the Support to Civil Society in the Enlargement Countries,…
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International Conference “Civil Society & Beyond” Held in Belgrade
Around 150 participants from civil society, European and national institutions from the Western Balkans and Türkiye were brought together for the conference “Civil Society &…
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Western Balkan CSOs for Global Development: New Regional Project Kicked Off
On 4th and 5th of February, in Belgrade, the Western Balkan CSOs Global Development Partner and Strategy Meeting took place. The two-day annual partner strategy meeting…
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BCSDN at the EESC Hearing on the Opinion on the EU Enlargement Strategy
On 8th January, on invitation by The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Biljana Spasovska, BCSDN’s Policy and Advocacy Officer, participated at the Hearing in…
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BCSDN at the RCC Regional Cooperation Day “End of a Tough Year, What Will 2016 Be Like?”
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) organized the Regional Cooperation Day “End of a tough year, what will 2016 be like?” to discuss with CSOs and…
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BCSDN on the Regional Academy for Advocacy
From 27th -29th November BCSDN was guest on the Regional Academy for Democracy’s fourth seminar and closing conference in Belgrade, devoted to the topic of…
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