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CfP: TechSoup Launches Its First Donor Technological Platform That Operates on a Global Level

TechSoup announced the launch of TechSoup.Global, the world’s first donor technology platform, designed to help social benefit organizations (SBOs) that cover 236 countries and territories. This technology, whose worth is USD 5.5 billion, has been providing service program for philanthropy and from now on it will provide an inclusive approach to donated technology for specific

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CfP: Fundamental Freedoms Fund (Deadline: 18.01.2016)

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announced an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a mechanism that will respond to evolving opportunities and threats to the protection and advancement of the fundamental freedoms of association, assembly, expression, and religion. DRL anticipates having USD 2,970,297 available

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BCSDN New Website Online!

BCSDN is delighted to announce the release of the newly revamped website. It has been developed with the aim to obtain a more aesthetical design and to create a more user-friendly browsing experience. The refined menu structure provides easy access to any information with simple navigation. The fine-tuned new homepage allows you to choose the

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Serbia: Setting up a Special Inter-Ministerial Working Group for Drafting the Second Action Plan the OGP Initiative Implementation

The Office for Cooperation with Civil Society of the Republic of Serbia in cooperation with the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government issued a call for CSOs to propose candidates for membership in the Special Inter-Ministerial Working Group (WG) for the drafting of the second Action Plan for the Implementation of the Open Government

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Government Self-Assessment Brainstorming Meeting Held in Belgrade

BCSDN and ECNL organized a brainstorming meeting on designing “Government Self-assessment Tool on the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development” that took place in Belgrade, on 25th November. The meeting was targeted to representatives of six national Offices for Cooperation with Civil Society and other similar type of mechanisms mandated to develop policies and mechanisms

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Trends of Visegrad Foreign Policy

Foreign policy trend-setters in the Visegrad 4 countries say that the V4 should primarily focus on Eastern policy, migration, energy, energy security, and security, according to the results of the Association for International Affairs (AMO) survey. According to the respondents, the V4 should collaborate more frequently and extend its reach into other areas, yet they

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The End of Nordic “Exceptionalism”

The Nordic countries are at crossroads that is testing their global role, their leaders and their identity. Their choices will affect the lives of millions of people all over the world. The Nordic countries have a unique role in the world in their efforts in peace, sustainable development and poverty alleviation. They are characterized by

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First Regional Conference in Region “Philanthropy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: Investment for the Future” organized by TACSO

Between 25th and 27th November, 2015 in Belgrade, TACSO organized the first regional conference on “Philanthropy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: Investment for the Future” which is also the first of its kind in that it gathered CSOs, government representatives, individual and corporate philanthropists and media representatives who are active in this field from

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