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The ability to assemble and act collectively is vital to democratic, economic, social and personal development, to the expression of ideas and to fostering engaged citizenry. Assemblies can make a positive contribution to the development of democratic systems and, alongside elections, play a fundamental role in public participation, holding governments accountable and expressing the will
Read more →Fostering cooperation between local authorities and civil society has been proven to be an efficient tool to create the necessary conditions for political and social development of communities all across the European Union and its Neighbourhood. Local authorities are called to increase their transparency and accountability as well as to develop mechanisms effectively involving citizens
Read more →The UK government is receiving widespread condemnation for a new clause in grant agreements that will place restrictions on civil society organisations lobbying the government. Last week, 140 UK charities signed a joint letter to the UK Prime Minister David Cameron expressing their deep concern over the proposed clause, and the move has been strongly
Read more →A new report by Brana (Dam), a coalition of 23 CSOs formed at the end of 2014 to monitor the transparency of recovery projects and international donations used in Bosnia after the floods, highlights the lack of transparency on use of reconstruction money. During 2015, Brana monitored the use of 380,320,238.29 KM (approx. EUR 194 mil),
Read more →Charities have lost more than EUR 4.87bn in grants from government over the last decade and, at the continued rate of decline, there will no government grant money for charities by the next general election. This could destroy families and communities across the UK. From a height of EUR 7.7bn in 2003, the total value
Read more →Around 150 participants from civil society, European and national institutions from the Western Balkans and Türkiye were brought together for the conference “Civil Society &…
Read more →Centre for Civic Education (CCE) organised a presentation of analysis “Facts and prejudice – financing of non-governmental organisations and political parties in Montenegro from public funds” on 19 February 2016 in Podgorica. Keynote speakers at the conference were Daliborka Uljarević, executive director of CCE, Ana Novaković, executive director of Centre for development of non-governmental organisations
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, Montenegro,
Read more →In April last year, 70 CSOs, in an open letter to the Government, urged that a new director should be appointed as soon as possible in…
Read more →As of 31st of January 2016, in Slovenia were registered 26.931 civil society organisations, of which 23.795 associations, 2.876 (private) institutions and 260 institutions. This is 36…
Read more →At the conference “Bell of change”, held in Sarajevo on the 2nd of February, the Center for Promotion of Civil Society (CPCD) called on the…
Read more →From 9th through 12th February, 2016, TACSO Regional Office organized the “Advanced Training on Advocacy and Lobbying for representatives of the regional Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) supported…
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