News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The revisions of the UN 2003 Non-Profit Institutions (NPI) Handbook, led by the Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins University, were discussed at a seminar organized on 8th March on the sidelines of the 47th Session of the UN Statistical Commission. The NPI Handbook guides national statistics agencies in reporting – in collaboration
Read more →On 7th March in Belgrade, Civic Initiatives, with the support of the OSCE Mission in Serbia, organized a roundtable on the current situation in the Serbian media from the perspective of civil society, entitled “Civil Society regarding Media”. This event launched a broad debate on the implementation of the existing media law, the results of
Read more →The European Commission seeks the views of all interested parties on the performance of the current Transparency Register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation and on its future evolution towards a mandatory scheme covering the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the EC. The purpose is to
Read more →According to Partners Albania’s findings from the monitoring of the legal and practical environment in which civil society in Albania operated in 2015, in general,…
Read more →In January and February 2016, CIVICUS and MCIC conducted the first Civic Pulse survey of civil society leaders in Macedonia. Participants were asked to rate the conditions for civil society in respect to fundamental freedoms, funding trends, and civil society’s impact on policy making and volunteering. The Civic Pulse provides a snapshot of conditions for
Read more →The Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs has published a new information brochure, as well as infographics, about CSOs in the Republic of Croatia, offering a concise overview of the key information. In one place, the citizens can get information about the role and importance of associations in society, means for their foundation and activities,
Read more →IDM produced a country specific policy output for Albania based on the in-depth expert study “Donor Strategies and Practices for Supporting Civil Society in the Western Balkans” conducted in 2013 – 2014. The aim of the policy brief was to strengthen the coordination and cooperation of donors and CSOs both on national and regional level,
Read more →In 2015, BCSDN and its members for the first time collected and studied the data on non-profit sector in seven countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
Read more →As part of the Think Europe Network (TEN), the European Policy Institute (EPI) – Skopje as a coordinator, together with the partner organizations: Centre for European Policies – Belgrade, Institute Alternativa – Podgorica, Institute for Democracy and Mediation – Tirana and the Group for Political and Legal Studies – Pristina, have published the regional analysis
Read more →The new Institut Alternativa publication “Southeast Europe 2020: Civil Society and Public Administration at a Joint Task” which aims to present the way in which CSOs in the Western Balkans, which are involved in areas of fight against corruption, judicial reform and provision of public services, can be included in the process of monitoring the
Read more →A comparative review of policy and legislation framework for youth participation in the Balkans was conducted within the implementation of the project Balkan regional platform for youth participation and dialogue, implemented by The European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) and the Balkan Local Democracy Agencies (LDAs) in 5 targeted countries in the Balkans (Serbia, Kosovo,
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