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BCSDN Joins a Global Initiative to Develop a Reference Standard of CSO Accountability

The Global Standard is an initiative of well-established civil society networks from around the world, aiming to strengthen the effectiveness of CSOs worldwide by devising a collective accountability standard. The networks will over three years cooperate to learn from each other, gain a truly global view on CSO accountability, improve their codes and reduce transaction

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Request for Input: Zero Draft 2nd High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) is requesting the input of the European Region on the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document of the Second High Level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC). GPEDC brings together the full range of development actors to ensure that finance, knowledge and policy have maximum

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ICSW 2016: Active Citizens – Accountable Actions

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 by civil society groups during the International Civil Society Week 2016 that started on April 25. This was the largest and most diverse gathering of its kind and the first

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Regional Conference on Monitoring of the EU Civil Society Guidelines: Preparing Input for the EC Progress Report 2016 on Civil Society Development

On 27-28 April, TACSO held the Regional Conference “Monitoring of the EU Guidelines for the Support to Civil Society in the Enlargement Countries, 2014-2020 – Year 2” in Skopje, Macedonia. The conference gathered more than 80 participants among which representatives of EC Brussels, TACSO, SIPU International, media, and representatives of state institutions and CSOs from

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Availability of Public Funding of Civil Society in the WBT region

On 19th April in Skopje, MCIC organized a thematic debate entitled “Setting the Records Straight: Availability of Public Funding for Civil Society in the Western Balkans and Turkey (WBT) Region”, gathering civil society and state institution representatives. Speakers at the event were: Stefania Andersen (Foundation for Development of Civil Society in Romania) presenting the best

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Croatia: President and Civil Society Members of the Council for Civil Society Resign in Protest over Drastic Decrease of Public Funding

On 22nd April 2016, while the Council for Development of Civil Society of the Government of Croatia held its session discussing the Regulation on the Criteria for Determining Beneficiaries and Methods for Allocation of the Revenue from Games of Chance for 2016, the Government adopted that very same Regulation through an extraordinary telephone session. In

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Slovenia: Proposals for the Draft Strategy for Development of CSOs and Volunteering Published

On 11th April, 2016 in Ljubljana, CNVOS and the Ministry of Public Administration held a national conference for CSOs entitled Final Steps towards the Strategy for development of CSOs and Volunteering. At the conference, representatives of civil society and relevant ministries exchanged views on the direction of development of CSOs and volunteering in Slovenia and

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Survey on EC Financial Regulations

Civil Society Europe (CSE) has prepared a survey to collect NGOs views on the review of the financial regulations and rules of application of the European Commission. The questions are based on the EC public consultations on the revision of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union. The objectives of this

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