News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Within the framework of the “In Your Focus” project, a program for support of local print and online media through allocation of small grants has been announced. The aim of the “In Your Focus” project is to contribute to improving the capacity of local journalists and media to produce investigative stories with the cooperation and support of
Read more →In April 2016, the National Assembly of Slovenia passed the amendment on the Law on Administrative Taxes, according to which all public benefit organizations (PBOs) are now exempt from all administrative taxes. During August 2015, the Ministry of Public Administration drafted amendments to the Law on Administrative Taxes, with which associations, charities, foundations and institutions
Read more →On 9th May, more than 500 civil society activists came to St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb to urge the government to preserve the Croatian model for support to civil society development. Representatives of the “For Strong Civil Society!” initiative emphasized that the aim of the massive gathering is to attack the public institutions and the
Read more →Civil Society Europe and its working group on Civil Society Recognition has prepared an online questionnaire on an assessment of civil dialogue mechanisms open for both European and national NGOs and associations. The responses to the questionnaire as well as the results of interviews with CSOs and EU institutions will contribute to the preparation of
Read more →The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Committee on NGOs (the Committee) considers applications by NGOs for ECOSOC accreditation and, as such, is a key gateway for CSOs to gain access to the UN. However, the Committee operates in a highly politicised manner, in particular regarding applications for accreditation from human rights organisations. The Committee
Read more →CRNVO published a Report on Financing CSOs in Montenegro from the Budgets of Local Self-Governments (LSGs) during 2015. The data have been collected through requests for access to information of public interest and manual search of municipalities’ websites. The data show that further improvements on the allocation of resources to CSOs at the local level
Read more →The Government Office for Cooperation with CSOs in Croatia published a report on the implementation of consultations with the interested public in procedures of adopting laws, other regulations and acts in 2015, which was adopted by the Croatian Government at its 17th session held on 28th April. The report was prepared in accordance with the
Read more →A global threat to civil liberties is unfolding, undermining democracy around the world. As protests multiply worldwide and activists powered by mobile technology and social networks proliferate, a counter-reaction by governments – not only in the Global South (something that does not make news due to their track-record of abuses in the not-so-distant past) but
Read more →One of the oldest paradoxes of development centers on the balance between inputs and outputs, broadly defined, and raise some important issues. This question is all the more poignant as international aid continues to dwindle in an era where nations increasingly resort to austerity. Contrary to popular perceptions, aid is not just money – however,
Read more →Within the framework of the Western Balkans CSOs for Global Development program, Pontis Foundation and Institute for Democracy and Mediation announce a call for research…
Read more →Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS), on 7th of December 2015 in Prishtina, has organized the conference on “Job Security in Civil Society Organizations: Implementation of Labour Legislation”. The aim of this event was to launch the preliminary findings of the research paper that focuses on the treatment of CSOs in the framework of labor legislation and
Read more →About 900 civil society leaders and activists from more than 109 countries were in Bogota to discuss active citizenry and how to overcome threats faced…
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