News and updates from BCSDN and the region
On the 13th of June, in Belgrade, Serbia, DevelopmentAid will host the International Cooperation and Development Forum 2017. All the main stakeholders involved in the development sphere in Serbia and the region, such as USAID, the UN, Global Compact, EIB, EBRD, JICA and SDC, alongside successful private sector companies, will be joining together to discuss
Read more →The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is seeking applications for its Development Leaders Scholarship 2017 to build essential infrastructure, strengthen social services delivery and promote productivity, competitiveness and trade. This year OFID will sponsor 16 young leaders (including five Colombian nationals who also reside in Colombia) who are active in international development to participate
Read more →The European Union Office in Kosovo is seeking proposals to select an organization or a consortium that can take on the role of a National Resource Center for Civil Society Organisations to support development of the sector in Kosovo and enhance cooperation between CSOs, donor community, state institutions and other relevant stakeholders with financial assistance
Read more →The Danube Transnational Programme is launching the second call for proposals for its priorities 1 (Innovative and socially responsible Danube region), 2 (Environment and culture responsible Danube region), and 3 (Bbetter connected and energy responsible Danube region). The Programme offers financial support to transnational projects contributing to the development of a more innovative, better accessible
Read more →The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is inviting women CSOs, networks and platforms promoting women’s rights and gender equality, with special focus on organizations representing women from minority and disadvantaged groups, to submit proposals to strengthen existing networks and platforms, or to establish new ones. The goal
Read more →On the occasion of the G20 Summit, deutschland.de is seeking applications for its world-wide competition “#youforG20 – your project for an interconnected world”. The G20 summit in Hamburg in July will revolve around the big issues facing global society. The competition #youforG20 is looking for good ideas with which citizens can make a difference in
Read more →Building on the Istanbul Principles and the rich experience of the CSO sector, nine established CSO accountability networks from across the globe, including BCSDN, worked together for two years to develop a Global Standard that captures a globally shared, dynamic understanding of accountability. The Global Standard includes 12 Commitments and associated Key Actions organized into
Read more →Western Balkans Fund has announced that all its Contracting Parties have concluded the internal procedures and have deposited the instruments of ratification, certifying the adoption of the Agreement Establishing the WBF to the Government of the Republic of Albania, acting as the Depository. WBF Agreement is now effective and has entered into force, culminating the
Read more →This year, CSO Open Days in Croatia were held in cooperation with the initatives Croatia Volunteers 2017 and “Gledaj (u)druge”. Croatia Volunteers, organized this year for the seventh time, highlighted the potential for social development that is created by volunteering when people and organizations from the civil society, public and business sectors are connected. The
Read more →The Ministry of Public Administration in Slovenia has opened online consultations on the Strategy for Development of CSOs and Volunteering. So far, Slovenia has not had a comprehensive strategic document, useful and necessary for the Government and other stakeholders for further development of the CSO sector and volunteering in Slovenia. The text is published on
Read more →As Turkey is rated as “repressed” by the CIVICUS Monitor, CIVICUS spoke to Huseyin Hurmali, President of the Journalists and Writers Foundation about the difficult environment for journalists in Turkey. Worldwide, Turkey has the highest number of imprisoned journalists. Concrete information, confirmed by the international press and human rights organizations, indicates that Turkey is not
Read more →Civil Society Europe and CIVICUS have re-launched their annual survey to map out key trends on civic space in Europe over the last year. The survey covers the European Union, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the countries candidate to EU accession. As a follow up to the 2016 survey, CSE wants to assess how
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