News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Macedonian civic association Konekt has prepared an analysis of the public policies related to the environment for employment in CSOs. On 21st January, 2016, in the premises of Public Room, Skopje, the results of the analysis were publicly presented in front of more than 50 representatives of civil society. The findings will also serve to
Read more →UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai released his mandate’s second-ever annual report, “2015: The Year in Assembly & Association Rights.” The report tells the story of 2015…
Read more →Although there is growing awareness in the development field of the need to better assess fragile states and customise policies to their particular needs, there has been limited progress in these areas. The new Country Fragility Assessment Framework, which systematically examines the societal and institutional sources of fragility, can help decision-makers make more precise diagnoses
Read more →The Montenegrin CSO Coalition By Cooperation to Goal (Saradnjom do Cilja) submitted the Draft Regulations of the Criteria, Standards and Procedures for Allocation of Montenegro State Property to CSOs, both to the Montenegrin Government and the Council for the Development of CSOs. The Coalition representatives emphasized that, throughout the years, numerous CSOs have been given
Read more →The Embassy of the Netherlands in Albania and the Albanian Institute of Science will host a #DiploHack on ‘A Voice for Civil Society – Using Open Data to Strengthen Civil Society Advocacy’. A #DiploHack combines the specific know-how and skill sets of NGOs, social entrepreneurs, tech developers and designers, and those of diplomats, journalists, academics,
Read more →The Aspen Institute Romania is currently inviting applications for its Young Leaders Program 2016. The Program will bring increased regional participation and create additional diversity and relevance. The Program main goals to promote and advance progressive leadership within society and to develop the regional network of Aspen Fellows, based on shared values and common interests.
Read more →The Institute for Central-Eastern and Balkan Europe (IECOB) has published of the Volume ”Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe: Selected Comparative Studies”, authored by Jovana Škrijel, Qemal Krosi, Marjan Icovski, Rastko Antić and edited by Adriano Remiddi. The Volume, which is the result of the collaboration between IECOB and the ”European Regional Master Degree
Read more →The McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University is accepting nominations for the 2016 Brown Democracy Medal. The medal and USD 5.000 are awarded annually to bring attention to the best new work being done by individuals or organizations to advance democracy in the United States and around the globe. The Brown Medal recognizes
Read more →This Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) report offers an assessment of how well state institutions in Macedonia rate with regard to accountability, and how citizens perceive the level of accountability in the institutions. The report concludes that although there is a significant advancement in terms of the transparency and openness of the central
Read more →Each year, Rotary selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of their peace centers. Fellows are selected globally every year to earn either a master’s degree or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at the Rotary Peace Centers at leading universities in
Read more →Within their project Strengthening Local Transparency, Belgrade Open School (BOS) and Toplica Center for Democracy and Human Rights in cooperation with the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities, issued a call for program support to CSOs through small grants. The aim of the program is to further improve local transparency and inform the locals on
Read more →AuthorAID has announced the first set of AuthorAID travel grants and workshop grants for 2016. It plans to award the following grants to people working in eligible developing countries (only Kosovo from the WBT region), following a competitive selection process. AuthorAID helps researchers in developing countries to publish and otherwise communicate their work by awarding
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