News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Over two-thirds of the 176 countries and territories in this year’s index fall below the midpoint of the scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The global average score is a paltry 43, indicating endemic corruption in a country’s public sector. Top-scoring countries are far outnumbered by orange and red countries where citizens
Read more →On 20 January, 2017, Montenegrin PM Dusko Markovic had a consultative meeting with CSO representatives organized by BCSDN’s member Center for Development of NGOs (CRNVO). In his address, PM Marokvic stated that showing intention and sincere willingness for cooperation is more than necessary, and that the Montenegrin government and CSOs shall have a direct dialogue
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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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