BCSDN Shares Experiences on Regional Networking
BCSDN has been involved in a regional meeting with organizations from South East Europe that deal with drug policy and harm reduction, by sharing experiences…
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News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The EU in a Changing Global Environment: What Next for Europe’s Neighbours?
The European Council on Foreign Relations, the Ministry of Foregn affaires of Bulgaria and the Sofia Platform have announced an International consultation with think-tank representatives in the framework of EU’s Global Foreign Policy Strategy Review in Sofia on the 23 of July. In 2015 we face a Europe that is “more connected, more contested and
Read more →The Clampdown on Resourcing: Comparing Civil Society and Business
Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly & association and Maria Leissner, Secretary General of the Community of Democracies, published recently: The clampdown…
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MCIC: Informational Event on CSOs’ Economic Activities
On 7th July at the EU Info Center in Skopje, our member Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC), held a presentation on “Civil society organizations…
Read more →CIVICUS Civil Society Watch: CS Rights Violated in 96 Countries
A new global report by CIVICUS finds that rights of civil society were violated in almost half of the world’s 193 countries in 2014. In…
Read more →ECtHR: Right to Access Information is an Essential Part of Free Expression
ARTICLE19 have submitted a third party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights regarding the case of MAGYAR HELSINKI BIZOTTSÁG v HUNGARY. The core…
Read more →Lajčák: Weight of V4 Grows in Eyes of Foreign Partners
Slovakia’s Visegrad Four (V4: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) presidency expires this month. In hindsight, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák is convinced it was an extremely dynamic term, during which, some 140 events associating both politicians and experts were organised. The V4 followed up on the inter-regional dialogue with countries of the Western
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Balkan Public Policy Fund: Capacity Building of CSOs in IPA Countries in Monitoring and Advocating on Civil Society-Related Policies
BCSDN and its members are proud to announce the successful applicants for funding under the Balkan Public Policy Fund Programme. Out of 47 submitted project proposals from organizations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, 12 proposals were selected for funding (2 per country). The pilot phase of the Slovak and Balkan
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Capacity Building of CSOs in IPA Countries in Monitoring and Advocating on Civil Society-Related Policies
BCSDN and its members are proud to announce the successful applicants for funding under the Balkan Public Policy Fund Programme. Out of 47 submitted project…
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Civil Society in Montenegro Demands Minimum 1% of the Annual State Budget for Financing CSOs and Decentralized Selection of Priority Areas for Financing
The working group for preparation of the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on NGOs met on 27th and 28th May, 2015, to discuss…
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Civil Society to Have a Central Role in Overcoming the Current Political Crisis in Macedonia, Says the Report on Systematic Rule of Law Issues by EC-Recruited Senior Experts’ Group
In light of the political crisis in Macedonia and the large number of illegally intercepted communications which were being published since 9 February 2015, and…
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The Monitoring Matrix Inspiration for Civil Society Platforms around the World
On 17th June, Tanja Hafner Ademi, the Executive Director of BCSDN, presented the Monitoring Matrix for Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development at the CIVICUS-AGNA…
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