News and updates from BCSDN and the region
A common statement by 177 European and national civil society organizations and trade unions – A New Europe for People, Planet and Prosperity for All was published. The first summit on European Union’s future is scheduled for 16 September in Bratislava. Leaders will have a political reflection to give impetus to further reforms and to the development of the EU with
Read more →The European Consensus on Development is a policy statement that commits the European Union to eradicating poverty and building a fairer and more stable world. Recently, they decided to review and update the version of 2006. CONCORD Europe drafted a position paper highlighting their key asks for the new European Consensus based on their full response to the EC Open
Read more →BCSDN annual debate on the state of the enabling environment in which civil society in Enlargement countries operates under the title: “Raising Standards, Declining Trends? Operating Environment for Civil Society in Enlargement Countries” was organized on 7th September in Brussels. The event was organized on the occasion of the presentation of the 2015 Monitoring Matrix Regional Report and its recommendation to
Read more →The topic on the agenda of the scheduled session is deliberation on the Draft analysis of the effects of implementation of the 2014-2016 Strategy for Development of CSOs. Although the President of the Council for Development of CSOs scheduled the session for 12 September, the members of the Council from the ranks of non-governmental organizations did
Read more →A new United Nations report has found that e-government is an effective tool for facilitating integrated policies and public service by promoting accountable and transparent institutions, such as through open data and participatory decision-making, and therefore it has the potential to help support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17
Read more →The EU Western Balkan enlargement policy has dealt with six European countries which have historically been affected by serious ethnic, political and economic conflicts and aspire to join the EU. The Court assessed whether the Commission’s management of the IPA in the Western Balkans in the key areas of rule of law and public administration
Read more →Raising money is part of the struggle for social change, not something that rich people do on behalf of the poor. Money is often seen as a divisive force in society, but as this example shows it can also bring people together to strengthen collective action in ways that are democratic and inclusive. It’s not
Read more →A new United Nations report has found that e-government is an effective tool for facilitating integrated policies and public service by promoting accountable and transparent institutions, such as through open data and participatory decision-making, and therefore it has the potential to help support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17
Read more →The specific objectives of this call for proposals are to support civil society and human rights defenders working outside the EU in five key areas of human rights corresponding to the five recurring lots of 2014-2017 EIDHR global calls for proposals: Lot 1: support to women Human Rights Defenders and/or Human Rights Defenders working for women’s
Read more →ODIHR is pleased to offer a five-day training event on human rights monitoring and safety and security for human rights defenders from Western Balkans, Central/Eastern Europe and Turkey. The objective of the training is to enable human rights defenders to independently carry out quality, objective and impartial human rights monitoring activities. The event will take place in
Read more →The 22nd Issue of the Assembly and Association Briefing, the newsletter of Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association has been published. In this issue you can read about: USA visit: Inequality casts dark shadow over assembly and association rights, UN experts urge Turkey to adhere
Read more →Most activists and social change leaders today would argue that a sustainable future will only be possible by making profound changes to our lives and our political and economic systems. But for many activists terms like system change, Great Transition, paradigm shift are too big, too utopian or too abstract and very difficult to be
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