News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Western Balkan countries do not have an advocacy strategy aimed at the relevant target groups in the EU. The Advocacy Strategy for the EU Integration of the Western Balkans – Guidelines (ASWB), developed by eight Western Balkan and Visegrad Group think tanks, is the first initiative of the kind. This document aims at supporting
Read more →Europe has seen a surge in recent years of support for populist and nationalist movements – from Spain to the UK to Turkey. The reasons are manifold and complex, but are driven to a large degree by the belief that traditional democratic institutions. For example, Citizens from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania are the
Read more →TUSEV recently published the Individual Giving and Philanthropy in Turkey report, which presents comprehensive and up to date data on perception on philanthropy, trends and motivations in individual giving in Turkey as well as providing a comparison on the change in the understanding of philanthropy and giving practices in the last decade. According to the
Read more →On 3rd December, in Tirana, CSOs and government representatives will meet at the National Conference: “Boasting Towards a Better Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development in Albania”, to discuss the most problematic issues regarding legal and fiscal obligations for CSOs and provide recommendations for further amendments of taxation laws and bylaws in order to ensure a
Read more →Government officials from the Western Balkans can now apply for a three-month fellowship in EU government institutions in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Fellowship Programme for Government Officials is EFB’s flagship intervention focused on EU integration-driven reforms of the Western Balkans’ administrations by educating and motivating public officials to practice
Read more →The Civic Engagement Project is a five-year USAID-funded program that contributes to achieving two objectives: (1) strengthened the influence of CSOs on policies and programs related to priority issues of citizen concern; and (2) increased and sustained youth engagement in public life in Macedonia. The Partnership Grants will be managed by Metamorphosis. The aim of
Read more →Schüler Helfen Leben (SHL) is seeking applications for support of educational youth project activities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia. This year SHL will pay exclusive attention to projects that approach challenges in the context of migration and immigration of youth – may it either be young refugees, IDPs, returnees, asylum
Read more →The number of internal conflicts and conflicts between nations has continued to increase in recent years. This trend is accompanied by a rising number of local, regional, and international conflict transformation initiatives. The aim is to support those projects that serve to facilitate conflict transformation in conflict (and post-conflict) societies in different regions. As a
Read more →The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), supports projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes. The large majority of UNDEF funds go to local civil society organizations. This is the Eleventh Round to be launched by UNDEF, which provides grants of up
Read more →Throughout 24th-26th November, the Civil Society Forum (CSF) of the Western Balkan Summit Series took place in Skopje under the title “Reclaiming Democracy, Europe and Social Justice”. The event gathered approximately 100 representatives of national and regional civil society organizations, analysts, activists, advocates and state institutions from the countries in the Western Balkans and beyond,
Read more →The CEE Civil Society Forum organized by BCSDN member Civil Society Development Foundation, FDSC, took place on 25th November in Bucharest. Like-minded CSOs from Central and Eastern Europe gathered in Romania, to discuss the role of civil society in the new European political landscape challenged by the rise of populism, democratic backslide, the erosion of
Read more →On 25th November, IDM organized a roundtable entitled “Revisiting 2013 Agenda for an enabling environment for civil society”, which evaluated the 2013-2016 experience of addressing the priorities agreed between the Government and CSOs in the country in December 2013 for improving the enabling environment for civil society. The discussions held looked at opportunities and needs
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