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CfP: IPA Montenegro – Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of Roma, Egyptians and Other Vulnerable Groups (Deadline: 17.06.2016)

The EU Delegation to Montenegro issued a call for an action grant for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of Roma, Egyptians and Other Vulnerable Groups. The call aims to ensure durable and sustainable solutions for protecting fundamental human rights of vulnerable groups in compliance with international standards. More specifically, the call strives to enhance

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CfP: Interreg IPA CBC Croatia-Serbia 2014-2020 (Deadline: 01.07.2016)

The first call for proposals within the Interreg IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Croatia – Serbia 2014-2020 has been launched. The Call is open to 4 priority axes: 1) Improving the quality of public social and health services; 2) Protecting the environment and biodiversity, improving risk prevention and promoting sustainable energy and energy efficiency; 3) Contributing to the development of tourism and preserving cultural and natural

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CSO Forum – EU Engagement with Civil Society and Support for Human Rights: Turning Big Pledges into Local Challenges

The 2016 edition of the CSO Forum held on 17-18 March, Brussels, and organized back-to-back with other events, brought together CSOs both from the international development and human rights field from all over the world. The aim of the forum was to advance the implementation of the EU policy shift towards supporting the enabling environment,

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Preparation of 3rd Generation of OGP National Action Plans: Opportunity to Counter the Growing Challenges to Civic Space?

The Ministry of Information Society and Administration together with TACSO Office Macedonia/MCIC held a conference on 23-24 March, 2016, Skopje on Open Government Partnership (OGP) achievements in Macedonia and designing a new Government Action Plan 2016-2018. Among the 50 participants from relevant public institutions and CSOs, BCSDN’s Executive Director Tanja Hafner Ademi was also present

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Albania Launches the OGP Multi-Stakeholder Forum

On 23rd March, 2016, Albania officially launched the National OGP Multi-stakeholder Forum “OpenAlb”. Albania is a member of the OGP since 2011 and is currently implementing the 2nd National Action Plan 2014-2016. The Multi-Stakeholder Forum aims at bringing together representatives of government, CSOs and interest groups to enter a dialogue in securing concrete commitments to

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Croatia: Public Consultation on the Priorities of the National Strategy for Enabling Environment for CSDev 2017-2021

The Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Republic of Croatia launched a call for public hearings announcing the beginning of the process for the creation of the National Strategy for Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development 2017-2021. Aiming to create as inclusive process as possible, and simultaneously get feedback from CSOs about the obstacles

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Montenegro: Database of CSO Representatives in the State Working Groups to Increase Transparency and Civic Participation in Policy-Making

CRNVO has presented a database of CSO representatives in the working groups and other working bodies formed by the state administration in accordance with the Regulation on the procedure for cooperation between the state institutions and CSOs. This database, developed together with the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs in Montenegro, contains all relevant information

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Is Democracy Funding Undemocratic? Funding Civic Engagement in an Era of Protest

As part of their ongoing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Project, NonProfit Quarterly and the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network started to publish articles on justice and diversity in US. The first article is dedicated to exclusion of young and emerging movements and organizations that deal with civic engagement and empowerment in underrepresented communities from donors’

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