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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

CfP: Europeans for Peace – Funding Programme for Youth Projects (Deadline: 22.01.2018)

EUROPEANS FOR PEACE promotes international exchange projects for young people from countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Israel and Germany. Schools and non-school educational institutions can join up in international partnerships and apply for funding for their joint project. Under the theme “Celebrate diversity! Youth exchange for all”, EUROPEANS FOR PEACE encourages young people

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

Announcement: Ilina Neshikj Appointed as BCSDN Executive Director

After the open call for an Executive Director during October 2017, the Board of BCSDN has elected Ilina Neshikj for the position of BCSDN Executive Director. The decision takes effect as of 1 November 2017, giving Ilina a mandate of three years on this position. Over the past seven years, Ms. Neshikj has been a

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

OECD-DAC High Level Meeting: What’s in it for Civil Society?

The OECD-DAC convened at high level in Paris on 30 and 31 October to discuss about a range of issues of particular importance for international development, such as how to enhance the engagement of private sector in development, how donors can improve effectiveness of their development actions, and about the consequences of discontinuing ODA to

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice

By failing to adequately limit population growth, reassess the role of an economy rooted in growth, reduce greenhouse gases, incentivise renewable energy, protect habitat, restore ecosystems, curb pollution, halt defaunation, and constrain invasive alien species, humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperilled biosphere. These words are signed by 15.364 climate

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

Analysis of State Funding of CSOs at the Central Level in Macedonia

In the period 2013-2016, an average of 270 mil MKD (approx. 4.4 mil EUR and 0.14% of the total budget expenditures of the Republic of Macedonia) per year are allocated to CSOs from the state budget mainly through the budget line 463. The allocation of budget funds is carried out by the General Secretariat of

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

Draft Strategy on Kosovo Government Communications towards Ensuring Transparency

On 3 October 2017, a concept document to improve government communication was drafted by Kosovo’s PM office with input from civil society groups. It includes an analysis of the government’s current communication strategy as well as recommendations for improving future communication with both the media and the public. The draft is being analysed by the

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

A Global Civil Society Emergency: Why Business should be Alarmed

All over the world, we are seeing systematic attacks on CSOs. Governments are placing legal restrictions on non-governmental organisations and erecting administrative barriers that make it more difficult for them to operate. Activists have been particularly impacted as their organisations are subject to increased surveillance, harassment or arrest, and their activities are being driven underground.

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

Considering the Impact of Donor Transition: Leaving no One behind

The MDG period saw dramatic progress for many of the world’s poorest, and UK aid played a vital role in this accomplishment. Simultaneously, economic growth more than halved the number of low-income countries. However, more people living in poverty now reside in middle-income countries than any other income classification, yet donors often rely on economic

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Uncategorized 15 November 2017

How Ideology Impacts Which Causes Donors Support

According to the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report, a donor’s ideology has more impact upon which causes and types of nonprofits they support than gender or age. Donors with a conservative ideology are more traditional in their giving while donors with a liberal ideology are more diverse in the types of causes they support.

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Uncategorized 1 November 2017

NVOInfo – New Platform for NGOs in Montenegro

The National Office for Cooperation with NGOs in Montenegro and a team of the EU project “Technical Support to the Development of Institutional Mechanisms for Cooperation between the Government and NGOs” launched the website NVOInfo. The website seeks to provide an insight into NGO activities, thus contributing to better perception and understanding of their role

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Uncategorized 1 November 2017

Balkan Enlargement and the Politics of Civic Pressure: The Case Of The PAR Sector

One precious lesson learned by the European Union from the experience of its eastward expansion between 2004 and 2013, and applied now in the case of the Balkan aspiring members, has been to complement the politics of conditionality with the politics of pressure, whereby the region’s governments are ‘squeezed’ between societal demands and an uncompromising

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Uncategorized 1 November 2017

Consultation, Participation and Disclosure of Information

The World Bank Inspection Panel has released a report offering lessons on consultation, participation, and disclosure, the fourth in its Emerging Lessons Series. The series aims to contribute to learning at the World Bank, and among the global development community at large, by drawing on lessons from nearly a quarter-century of experience in dealing with

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