News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Despite the many imponderables transfixing domestic politics, it already seems clear that Brexit will have a mainly detrimental effect on Britain’s international role, certainly in the short term. The UK is likely to have less aid money and less influence, while the success of the leave campaign could also signal a more inward-looking agenda. The
Read more →The decision to leave the European Union is likely to lead to a reduced income for the charity sector, National Council for Voluntary Organisations has warned in a briefing. NCVO’s document, Brexit: Implications for the Voluntary Sector warned that Brexit could lead to a reduction in investment income, and therefore grant making, drop in giving
Read more →“Corporate philanthropy” may sound like an oxymoron to some, yet according to a Fortune article, twenty Fortune 500 companies are demonstrating that deep private-sector investment in charitable causes might not be so farfetched. The top-20 list spotlights the usual suspects like Wal-Mart, Bank of America, and Google’s new holding company, Alphabet, and breaks down each
Read more →The phenomenon of fundamentalism is fueling growing intolerance worldwide, which poses a grave threat to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai told the Human Rights Council, presenting his latest report on religious, free market, political, and nationalist or cultural fundamentalism. “The concept of fundamentalism cannot
Read more →The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship seeks “idea entrepreneurs” from across the world who are ready to challenge conventional wisdom. The Open Society Fellowship chooses its fellows from a diverse pool of applicants that includes journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners in a variety of
Read more →The World Forum for Democracy is a unique platform for decision-makers and activists to debate solutions to key challenges for democracies worldwide. The 2016 World Forum for Democracy will focus on the relationship between education and democracy. It will examine whether they can reinforce each other and together address the risks of new social divides.
Read more →The Roma Initiatives Office (RIO) invites Roma-led national coalitions and networks (formal or non-formal) among Roma and pro-Roma organizations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey to apply for support for national-level monitoring and advocacy aimed at ensuring that Roma-specific targets are included in major policy reforms and national budgets. Roma
Read more →The specific objective of this CfP is strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations for more effective action in the promotion of political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights in Serbia. The overall indicative amount made available under this call is EUR 1.750.000 while any grant requested must fall between EUR 50.000 and EUR 300.000,
Read more →The Monitoring Matrix 2015 Reports on Enabling Environment (EE) for Civil Society Development (CSDev) for all seven countries are now available. The reports present the developments in EE in 2015, outlining the key conclusions and recommendations for improvement. After publishing the baseline reports in 2013 and 2014, the 2015 reports are focused on presenting situation
Read more →The Global NPO Coalition on FATF, representing a wide coalition of non-profit organisations (NPOs), applauds the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) recent update to its counter-terrorism recommendation on NPOs. NPOs hail the removal of the long-standing characterization of non-profits as “particularly vulnerable” to terrorist abuse from Recommendation 8 (R8). The previous language led to overregulation
Read more →On 21-22 June in Skopje, BCSDN organized a regional capacity-building event within the scope of the project Western Balkan CSOs in Global Development. In the context of the future enlargement of the EU in Western Balkan countries, the project will raise capacities of CSOs to engage in political dialogue, advocacy and awareness rising of global
Read more →Being cognizant of the fact that is it crucial time for protecting fundamental rights, such as freedom of assembly, on 21st of June, 2016, the European Center for Non-for-Profit Law hosted an expert conference on freedom of peaceful assembly in the Western Balkans “Right to Free Assembly: Making Democracy Work” in Skopje, Macedonia. The event
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