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The Global Standard Launched at ICSW2017 – Journey that Opens Doors to New Ways of Cooperating and Investing in Dynamic Accountability

The Global Standard is a reference standard that captures a globally shared dynamic understanding of CSO Accountability. Developed by nine Accountability Initiatives including BCSDN, the Standard was officially launched at the International Civil Society Week in Suva, Fiji in front of around 50 representatives of CSOs, donors and INGOs from all over the globe. The

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CoE Opinion on the Romanian draft Law 140/2017 on Associations and Foundations: Serious Shortcomings as Regards Compliance with International Standards

The Expert Council on NGO Law published an Opinion on the Romanian draft Law 140/2017 on Associations and Foundations, which has already been adopted by the Senate of Romania and is pending for imminent debate in the Chamber of Deputies. The opinion demonstrates lucidly and irrefutably that the draft Law ignores or contradicts many existing

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Civic Space in Europe Survey

Civil Society Europe and CIVICUS are collaborating to map out key trends on civic space in Europe. The 2017 survey covers the European Union, the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), Switzerland, and the countries candidate to EU accession (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey). As a follow up of the

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Multiannual Financial Framework: Making the Case for a Strong EU Development Cooperation Budget

The European Union has demonstrated great leadership in making the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris climate agreement or human rights conventions. The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will need to reflect these existing commitments and provide the EU with the sufficient budget to positively contribute to development cooperation. CONCORD’s Position Paper on the

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Rethinking CSO Business Models

No one needs to remind international CSOs that they face pressure from both ends. Donor countries that once spawned or nourished them are now looking for more direct connections to locally-based groups serving local needs. And aid-receiving countries are adopting highly restrictive policies they justify by questioning the legitimacy of foreign funding to civil society

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Framing Equality Toolkit

This toolkit, developed by ILGA-Europe & the Public Interest Research Centre, is a short guide to strategic communications, based on extensive research and building on the experience of activists and communicators from around the globe. It aims to provide a framework rather than a blueprint; helping CSOs to ask the right questions rather than giving

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