News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Balkan Civil Society Development Network has announced a call for the position of Executive Director of the BCSDN Executive Office based in Skopje, Macedonia. The Executive Director (ED) is the executive organ responsible for the daily management of BCSDN. The ED is the major administrative and financial official, represents BCSDN with other institutions, networks and
Read more →On 13th September, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, delivered his State of the Union speech in front of the European Parliament, taking stock of achievements of the past year and presenting priorities for the year ahead, as well as unveiling his views on the future of Europe. Although stressing that the conditions for
Read more →On 5th September, The Western Balkans Fund First Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs took place in Bled, Slovenia. Following the signing of the “Agreement concerning the establishment of the Western Balkans Fund”, on November 2015, and the ratification of the Agreement by all WB6 Contracting Parties, this development can be considered the key step
Read more →To address the root causes of the common global challenges such as limate change, food insecurity, gender inequality, resource constraints, forced migration, et., in 2015, world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, a global action plan that aims to reach 17 environmental, social, economic and governance objectives by 2030. 25 September is the second anniversary
Read more →BCSDN has published the fourth Monitoring Matrix Regional Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development in Enlargement Countries, presenting the regional state of play of civil society in 2016 and highlighting the priorities for intervention by national and EU institutions at the regional level towards creating a more enabling environment for civil society. According
Read more →As noted in the policy brief, authored by Ilina Neshikj and Biljana Spasovska from BCSDN and Dejana Stevkovski from Civic Initiatives, as part of the Western Balkan CSOs for Global Development project, CSOs play a significant role in international development cooperation. Engagement with civil society is critical to national ownership of development processes, democratic governance,
Read more →The report ‘Boosting social enterprise development – Good Practice compendium’, jointly published by the EC and OECD, contains a rich collection of initiatives aimed at boosting social enterprise developments. The report identifies key lessons, providing concrete pointers for policy makers – from how to raise awareness and visibility of what social enterprises are and the
Read more →Nonprofit Tech for Good and the Public Interest Registry have published the first edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report. Based upon the survey results of 4,084 donors worldwide, the 2017 Report summarizes donor data across six continents about how online and mobile technology effects giving. The report also explores the impact of gender,
Read more →Representing an incredible 95% of the world’s population, the Charity Aid Foundation revealed which countries have the most generous givers and who takes the top spot in the CAF World Giving Index 2017. Now in its eighth year, the CAF World Giving Index provides unique insight into generosity across the globe and measures three ways
Read more →The Balkan Civil Society Development Network has announced a call for the position of Executive Director of the BCSDN Executive Office based in Skopje, Macedonia. Overview of the position: The Executive Director (ED) is the executive organ responsible for the daily management of BCSDN. The ED is the major administrative and financial official, represents BCSDN
Read more →In the recently published USAID CSO Sustainability Index 2016, implemented for Macedonia by BCSDN experts, Macedonia is one of the few countries that have received much attention due to the backsliding over the past few years that has threatened the sustainability of civil society. More so, Macedonia has also been marked a country whereby CSOs
Read more →This document represents the joint effort of organizations and individuals involved in the work of the European Integration Monitoring Initiative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide a part of the response to the European Commission Questionnaire for BiH. The document relies on the four-year work of the Initiative, which, through alternative reports from 2013, provides
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