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CfA: Conference on Transparent Allocation of Public Funds – EU good practices and Models – 29-31 March, Sarajevo (Deadline: 10.01.2016)

The TACSO People2People, TACSO BH and TACSO by VESTA are jointly organizing the conference “Transparent Allocation of Public Funds – EU good practices and Models” in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 29-31, March 2016. The event aims to examine good models for ensuring transparency of public funding for civil society and sharing mechanisms for implementation

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CfA: The Partnership Event between Albanian and Macedonian CSOs and LGUs – 25 January, Tushemisht (Deadline: 17.01.2016)

TACSO Albania and Macedonia Offices in cooperation with EU Delegations from both countries and Operating Structures of IPA/Cross Border Cooperation Program 2014-2020 Macedonia and Albania are going to organize a Partnership Day event between Albanian and Macedonian CSOs and Local Government Units (LGUs).The aim of the event is to facilitate the establishment of contacts and

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CfA: Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe Training for Journalists – 10-23 April, London (Deadline: 25.02.2016)

In 2016, sixteen journalists from Southeast Europe will be selected to participate in the ‘Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe’ programme, managed by experienced staff from Thomson Reuters Foundation and Robert Bosch Stiftung. The programme includes two 10-day training courses in London, UK (10-23 April) and in Berlin, Germany (11-24 September) and is run

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CfP: World Bank Global Program on Forced Displacement Announced (Deadline: 24.01.2016)

World Bank’s Global Program on Forced Displacement (GPFD) has issued a call for ideas to improve development response for refugees and internally displaced persons. Proposals are currently being accepted innovative and transformational ideas that can improve the development response to forced displacement. Innovative ideas may include analytical work, use of new technologies, or development projects.

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CfP: BalkanMed Programme 1st Call Open (Deadline: 15.04.2016)

The ‘Balkan-Mediterranean 2014-2020’ is a new transnational cooperation programme bringing together five countries, three EU member states (Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece) and two candidate countries, Albania and Macedonia. The BalkanMed Programme’s overall objective is to build on shared territorial assets and promote integrated territorial development and cooperation for a more competitive and sustainable Balkan –

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CSO Initiative for Improvement of the Transparency of the EU Accession Negotiations with Montenegro

Institute Alternative called the European Commission for a proactive approach in making the negotiations process more open to the public, in a letter sent to the President of the European Commission, Mr Jean-Claude Juncker and to the Commissioner for the Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations. The Institute pointed to the fact that since the beginning

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Why the Space for Civic Engagement Is Shrinking

All around the world, active citizenship is under attack and the space for civic engagement is closing—not just in countries that have struggled under repressive or autocratic governments, but also in democracies with longstanding traditions of supporting freedom of expression. There are many different reasons for this shrinking of the public space. Civil society is

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