News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has prepared a compilation of practical recommendations for the creation and maintenance of a safe and enabling environment for civil society, based on good practices and lessons learned. In the report, the High Commissioner focuses on examples of practices that optimize civil society’s transformative potential. In this
Read more →The initiative “Gledaj (U)druge” is a result of the raised awareness of the public regarding the importance of the work of civil society organizations, but also as a response to the recent announcement for decreasing the financial support for CSOs’ projects and programmes. The aim is to present to the public the numbers, strength, motivation
Read more →The Ministry of Interior Affairs in Montenegro has submitted for public review two draft regulations: 1) the draft Regulation on the procedure for establishing cooperation between state administration and CSOs, and 2) the draft Regulation on the procedure for conducting public hearings in the preparation of laws. Therefore, the Ministry invites citizens, civil society organizations,
Read more →Bilateral donor funding refers to the donor country’s Government aid to recipient country in a Gov2Gov or a Gov2CivilSociety partnership. It is part of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) policies of the OECD member countries, which plays a major role in providing development funding to Governments and Civil Society. Bilateral donor funding can cover infrastructure,
Read more →From 25th April to 11th May, Civil Society Europe (CSE) launched a survey on the EC Financial Regulations to collect CSOs views on the review of the financial regulations and rules of application of the European Commission. The Survey included questions raised by the European Commission into its own public consultation open until 27 May
Read more →On May 25th – 27th, 2016, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation organized a Research Partners Workshop on Civic Space Monitor in Johannesburg, South Africa.…
Read more →– this article is available in English language here – Само два дена откако Одлуката за формирање на Совет за соработка на Владата на Република Македонија…
Read more →BCSDN is looking for a vibrant and creative individual to join our team in the Executive Office based in Skopje, Macedonia, in the capacity of an…
Read more →[оваа вест на македонски јазик е достапна тука] Only two working days after the Decision on the Establishment of the Council for Cooperation between the Government…
Read more →On May 17th, 2016, BCSDN organized a webinar to present “Global Standard for CSO Accountability” that is currently being developed by 9 networks worldwide. The…
Read more →On 12-13th May, Civil Society Forum 2016 took place in Novi Sad/Belgrade, Serbia under the umbrella of the “Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans…
Read more →A large academic literature exists that identifies structural, individual and polity-level correlates of opposition to Enlargement, the most important of these being socio-economic status, attachment to national identity, perceived economic threats and political cues. Some recent studies, however, have shown that identity effects can be muted when expectations of economic support are mobilized at the
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