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First Regional Conference in Region “Philanthropy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: Investment for the Future” organized by TACSO

Between 25th and 27th November, 2015 in Belgrade, TACSO organized the first regional conference on “Philanthropy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: Investment for the Future” which is also the first of its kind in that it gathered CSOs, government representatives, individual and corporate philanthropists and media representatives who are active in this field from

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Establishment of Western Balkans Fund

Based on the model of the International Visegrad Fund (IVF), and in the framework of the Annual Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Visegrad countries and of Western Balkans countries, an Agreement on Establishment of Western Balkans Fund (WBF) was signed on November 13th in Prague, by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania,

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TSI Working Paper No. 7: “Unemployment, Volunteering, Subjective Well-being and Mental Health”

As the risks associated with growing labor market deregulation and flexibility are increasingly shifted towards individuals, an increasing number of people are likely to experience unemployment, which can result in declining mental health and well-being. This Third Sector Impact (TSI) working paper asks whether voluntary work can reduce the negative effects of unemployment on well-being.

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Reinvigorating the Enlargement Process and Strengthening the EU’s Integration Capacity: Insights from MAXCAP

The ‘big-bang enlargement’ of the EU has nurtured vivid debates among academics, practitioners and EU citizens about the consequences of ‘an ever larger Union’ for the EU’s integration capacity. Over the past two years MAXCAP has examined whether the Eastern enlargement of 2004 and 2007 has limited the EU’s internal capacity to enlarge further and

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Juncker’s Enlargement Standstill Threatens the EU’s Credibility

Pandering to public opinion’s enlargement fatigue by ruling out any more EU newcomers before 2019 has sent confused political signals to Balkan candidate countries. Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics at ETH Zurich, partner in the joint MAXCAP project, analyses the outcomes in an opinion published in the Europe’s World journal autumn 2015 issue. According

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Private Development Assistance: Global Trends

Private development assistance is finance from private sources given voluntarily through formal channels, including CSOs, and transferred across borders to promote international development and reduce poverty. If the international community is to meet the goal of ending absolute poverty by 2030, all available resources for development – not just official development assistance (ODA) – need

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6 Ways Donors Can Help Build Effective Civil Society

Civil society is a powerful thing. It can change discriminatory laws, transform societies and hold governments to account. But how can donors contibute to building effective civil society? This was the big question of a twitter chat Bond co-hosted with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) as part of DFID’s review of its partnership

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UN Targets Trillions of Dollars to Implement Sustainable Development Agenda, Global Civil Society Joins to Hold Leaders to Account

After more than two years of intense negotiations, the UN’s 193 member states have unanimously agreed on a new Sustainable Development Agenda with 17 goals — including the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger — to be reached by 2030. An assessment of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals prepared by CIVICUS is

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