News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Second CPCD Civil Society ARENA was organized on 31st May, with the aim to open a broad public debate on the effectiveness, priorities and the effects of the current system of financing programs and projects of the CSOs from the budget. The experiences of CSOs, recent research and the latest findings of the Office
Read more →Civil Society Europe (CSE) has participated to the European Public Consultation for a Mandatory Transparency Register, opened by the European Commission since March 2016. CSE calls for the Register to become mandatory and to cover all EU institutions and be complemented with further transparency rules and codes as regards meetings of officials involved in policy
Read more →European Stability Initiative analyst Adnan Ćerimagić has reflected on the compliance of BiH statistics with EU standards and the potential benefits from the harmonization of BiH statistics with EU statistics’ standards on BiH public policies. He starts off by saying that any consideration on the importance of timely, reliable and comprehensive statistics for the development
Read more →Civil Society Europe (CSE) and its working group on Civil Society Recognition has prepared a questionnaire on an assessment of civil dialogue mechanisms open for both European and national CSOs. The responses to the questionnaire as well as the results of interviews with CSOs and EU institutions will contribute to the preparation of a report
Read more →Multilateral agencies like the UN, the World Bank and others provide multilateral aid to developing countries. The significance of this type of aid is the very large scale under which it operates and provides support for addressing issues related to poverty, economic development, human rights, healthcare, peace and development and other areas. Although this type
Read more →Fidelity Charitable Funds has just released its latest report on its donors, 2016’s “Giving Report”. Fidelity Charitable is the US second-largest grant-maker behind the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, propelled by the collective generosity of the more than 132,000 donors who actively use their Giving Accounts to support the charitable causes closest to their hearts.
Read more →With the contribution of IDM Albania, the study “Economic Value of the Non-Profit Sector in the Countries of the Western Balkans & Turkey” prepared by Dubravka Velat and experts from BCSDN member organizations, has been translated in Albanian. This is the first study ever that gives an overview of the current situation with the non–profit
Read more →Over the past three years, MAXCAP has analyzed the internal and external integration capacity of the EU in relation to the 2004 and 2007 enlargements. This policy brief identifies three sets of findings on the state of EU integration capacity and general policy recommendations. First, internal integration capacity has proven strong at the organizational level
Read more →Closing space for civil society is not a short-term phenomenon but instead a much larger tectonic movement, with two large trends that have come together to drive it; namely, a shift in power and relations between “the West and the Rest”, and the recognition of the power of civil society, which has generated fear in
Read more →A two-day Civil Society Forum in Paris, as a follow up to the Civil Society Forum held in Vienna in August 2015 and in Novi Sad and Belgrade in May 2016, will take place on the 3rd and 4th July. Its aim is to establish an ongoing process of civil society dialogue and collaboration across
Read more →As a global forum for sharing best practices of open and transparent government through civic consultation and participation, reinforcing public integrity and fight against corruption, and increasing access to new technologies to foster democracy, promote innovation and stimulate progress, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) provides a unique platform that brings together, stimulates and expands the
Read more →This conference, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and organized by TechSoup Europe, will provide an opportunity to define the ways in which policy-makers, donors, non-profit organisations and corporations can work together on technology solutions for increased social impact across Europe. It will discuss different social technology trends, showcase examples of successful
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