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Uncategorized 31 January 2017

Serbia’s Prosecutor’s Office Decided Not to Initiate Criminal Proceedings Regarding Abuse of Call for Social Services from 2014

After more than two years of collecting information, First Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, Serbia did not find grounds for initiating criminal proceedings against unidentified persons involved in the enforcement of competition within the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Policy, during which, an attempt to make illegal allocation of over two million EUR for social

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Uncategorized 31 January 2017

From Funding Projects to Funding Struggles: Reimagining the Role of Donors

Bilateral and multilateral donors occupy a critical position in the prevailing human rights business model. Their funding is essential for advancing human rights, yet with their current approaches, they may also be inadvertently accelerating the process of closing civic space. While donors partner with civil society to counter shrinking civic space, their frequently rigid funding

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Uncategorized 31 January 2017

Aid in Reverse: How Poor Countries Develop Rich Countries

New research shows that developing countries send trillions of dollars more to the west than the other way around. We have long been told a compelling story about the relationship between rich countries and poor countries. The story holds that the rich nations of the OECD give generously of their wealth to the poorer nations

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

Maximizing the Integration Capacity of the EU: Lessons and Prospects for Enlargement and Beyond (MAXCAP)

The project: Maximizing the integration capacity of the European Union: Lessons and prospects for enlargement and beyond (MAXCAP) was a collaborative project of 9 partners consortium academic excellence that seek to explain the outcomes of the EU’s Enlargement process – and to assess conditions and mechanisms for improving those outcomes. MAXCAP investigates how a multiplicity of factors

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

Contributory or Disruptive: Do New Forms of Philanthropy Erode Democracy?

Philanthropists have championed new causes and new forms of public goods and ultimately sought state support for them. Disruptive philanthropy is any activity that through the magnitude of donations either explicitly or by consequence alters the public conversation about which social issues matter, sets an agenda for how they matter, and specifies who is the preferred

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

Learning from Europe: Report on Third Sector Enabling and Disabling Factors

Third Sector Impact has recently issued the final report on third sector barriers and coping strategies. TSI’s Annette Zimmer and Benedikt Pahl are presenting findings from national research in a comparative manner. The first part of the report provides an overview of the common barriers third sector organizations face across Europe. In the second part

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

5 Things to Кnow Аbout the Decline of Human Rights

The defense of human rights has been a cornerstone of inclusive and open societies over the past decades. Multiple sources from within and without the human rights movement have pointed to a deteriorating rule of law over the past 10 years, and a declining respect for basic civil and political rights. They warn of a

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

CfA: The 2017 Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI) Fellowship Program (Deadline: 06.02.2017)

In 2017, the YTILI Fellowship will engage up to 100 young European entrepreneurs in a series of professional development and leadership activities that are designed to support the growth and development of commercial and social business ventures in their home communities. YTILI Fellows will build networks, linkages and lasting partnerships to attract investments and support

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

CfA: Comparative Balkan Politics – Call for Papers: Volume 3 (Deadline: 01.02.2017)

Comparative Balkan Politics (CBP) is a new annual journal in the field of comparative politics and international studies with a focus on Southeast Europe. CBP aims to publish original articles that give new insights into Balkan politics in order to promote better understanding and informed debate on political processes in Southeast Europe. Comparative Balkan Politics are

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

CfP: Support of the Implementation of the RCC Strategy and Work Programme 2017 -2019 (Deadline: 15.02.2017)

The overall objective of the Programme is to contribute towards the implementation of the Regional Cooperation Council SWP 2017 -2019. The priorities of this Call for Proposals are: Support to implementing SEE 2020 Strategy through flagship approach; Support to governance, rule of law and security cooperation; Support to horizontal and supporting activities. The overall indicative

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

CfP: Cross-border Cooperation Programme Albania- Kosovo (Deadline: 16.03.2017)

The overall objective of this Call for Proposals is to foster socioeconomic development and strengthen the neighborly relations in the programme area through encouraging cooperation among people, communities and institutions. The thematic priorities under this call are: a) Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management; b) Encouraging tourism and

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Uncategorized 14 January 2017

Civil Society Europe Urging the Commission to Set Up a EU Mechanism for Fundamental Rights

On 12 December, Civil Society Europe together with the European Center for Not-For Profit Law and the European Foundation Center sent a letter urging the Commission to respond to the European Parliament’s proposal on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. The authors believe that such a mechanism

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