News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Disrupt&Innovate, the International Civil Society Centre (ICS – Centre) project serves as a platform for civil society professionals and activists to discuss the topics that will determine the sector’s future. The current article concerning civil society effective counter restrictions on civic space overviews four initiatives that have been seen as non-helpful in ‘protecting’ civic space,
Read more →The 2016 analysis from Publish What You Fund indicates that 25% of global aid now meets transparency standards. Despite the progress over the last five years, the analysis of 46 aid donors found that most have failed to uphold this commitment. Once again, BCSDN has taken part in the ATI evaluations as an independent reviewer
Read more →Caroline Slocock, Director of the think tank Civil Exchange published the report Independence in Question, building on the work of the Panel of the Independence of the Voluntary Sector, a five year programme set up to measure whether charities’ independence was under threat. Slocock highlighted that the challenges have increased since the last year’s panel,
Read more →The Global Trends in NGO Law issued a report on the Challenges for Environmental CSOs. Bearing in mind the increasing global concern for environmental issues which have led to a proliferation of active and outspoken civil society groups on the one hand, and the variety of techniques that states employ to interfere the effective execution
Read more →Ekman et al. published their article Challenges and Realities of Political Participation and Civic Engagement in Central and Eastern Europe in the 32nd Volume of East European Politics. The authors depart from the conventional wisdom on the one hand, which argues that political participation and collective action in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are low-frequency
Read more →Kosovo European Integration School is a project initiated in 2005 by Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) and implemented by Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF). Its aim is to prepare employed people for the challenges that the EU integration process brings. The School offers 1 basic Module with 4 workshops, all held in Pristina. 20
Read more →The Transparency International School on Integrity (TISI) opened a call for applicants for the upcoming annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders that will be held 4-10 July, 2016 in Vilnius, Lithuania. TISI is designed for senior students, graduates and young professionals under the age of 35 and eager to learn how to
Read more →In memory of its Honorary President, Gianfranco Martini, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) opened the annual call for Scholarship for Researchers on Local Democracy, Civil Society Engagement and/or Interethnic Dialogue. The aim of the call is the production of high-quality academic research and analysis for ALDA’s fields of activity in order to develop
Read more →The EU Delegation to Serbia opened a call for proposals under the Civil Society Facility Programme for 2015. The aim of the Programme is to increase the effectiveness of civil society initiatives focused on Chapters 23 and 24, strengthen regional cooperation and dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, and strengthen the role of civil society in
Read more →The Delegation of the EU to Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a call for proposals under the European Instrument for the promotion and the support of Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for the period 2014-2020. The action aims to support human rights and human rights defenders in situations where they are most at risk, other EU
Read more →The EU Delegation to Montenegro issued a call for an action grant for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of Roma, Egyptians and Other Vulnerable Groups. The call aims to ensure durable and sustainable solutions for protecting fundamental human rights of vulnerable groups in compliance with international standards. More specifically, the call strives to enhance
Read more →The first call for proposals within the Interreg IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Croatia – Serbia 2014-2020 has been launched. The Call is open to 4 priority axes: 1) Improving the quality of public social and health services; 2) Protecting the environment and biodiversity, improving risk prevention and promoting sustainable energy and energy efficiency; 3) Contributing to the development of tourism and preserving cultural and natural
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