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CfA: Transparency International School on Integrity 2017 – 10-16 July, Vilnius (Deadline: 15.05.2017)

Transparency International School on Integrity (TISI) is an annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders. TISI exposes its participants to the latest developments in the field of anti-corruption and accountability and offers real opportunities to try and implement their ideas in practice. Selected students spend 7 highly intensive days learning from leading anti-corruption

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CfA: European University Institute Young Policy Leaders Fellowships Program (Deadline: 08.05.2017)

The European University Institute is seeking applications for its Young Policy Leaders Fellowships Program that is offering 3 to 12 months fellowships for the academic year 2017-18 to policy makers, civic leaders, civil servants, journalists or young scholars with a key interest in policy issues. These fellowships are distinctive in offering to fellows a unique

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CfA: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program 2017 for Citizens of Serbia (Deadline: 04.06.2017)

The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade is accepting applications from citizens of Serbia for participation in the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program for the academic year 2018-2019. The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished mid-level professionals to the U.S. for 10-months of combined academic (NON-DEGREE) and professional work. The Humphrey Fellowship is granted competitively to

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CfP: CEI Cooperation Fund 2017 (Deadline: 13.06.2017)

Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, as well as international and regional organisations, are invited to apply to the CEI Cooperation Fund for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking. Proposals need to focus on capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI

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CfP: CSO Grants for Public Administration Reform – Macedonia (Deadline: 12.05.2017)

This regranting scheme is part of the FOSM project Civic Alliance for Transparency – CSO Watchdog over Public Administration Reforms, aimed towards strengthening of civil society’s influence in the public policies creation process. The regranting scheme will be realized through 2 calls for awarding small grants to civil society organizations in total amount of 100.000

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Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans 2017 in Tirana

On 26-28 April in Tirana, the latest edition of the Civil Society Forum Series of the Western Balkans series took place, bringing together CSOs from Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, and policy makers from the region and EU. The Civil Society Forum Tirana 2017 builds upon the achievements of the Civil

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Enabling Environment for Civil Society in Macedonia 2016: Further Increased Gap between Legislation and Practice

According to the recently published Monitoring Matrix Report for Macedonia 2016, Macedonian civil society, despite the challenges of the prolonged and deepened political crisis in 2016, continued to work on a solid legal framework. However, the increased inconsistencies in the implementation of the legal framework resulted in setting back the potential for development and sustainability of

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UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai Launches FOAA Online!

On 28 April, Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai announced the launch of FOAA Online!, a web-based legal research tool billed as the world’s most user-friendly compilation of legal arguments on assembly and association rights. The ready-made legal arguments, which are based on international law, standards and principles, will assist lawyers, activists and judges involved in freedom

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