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Balkan Civic Practices 17 June 2015

Balkan Civic Practices #12 – Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development – Regional Report for 2014

BCSDN, in partnership with European Center for Non-profit Law (ECNL), has published the second Regional Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development in Enlargement Countries, presenting the regional state of play of civil society in 2014 and highlighting the priorities for intervention by national and EU insittutions at the regional level towards creating a more enabling environment

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Civil Society 15 June 2015

CIVICUS New Approach: The Civic Space Monitor

CIVICUS is taking a new approach to tracking the quality of civic space in real time. They intend to do this by combining analysis of…

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Civil Society 15 June 2015

Experimenting “Bottom-up Europeanization”: EU’s Support to Civil Society Development in Enlargement Countries

The role of CSOs has come to the forefront of the European political and normative debate, signified as a remedy to solve the democratic deficit…

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Civil Society 15 June 2015

New Report: Regional State of Play of Civil Society in 2014

According to the recently published Monitoring Matrix Regional Report for 2014, the legal environment for CSOs in the Western Balkans and Türkiye remained relatively stable.…

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Uncategorized 15 June 2015

Where is the EU on the Road to 2015? – DG NEAR On Track in Latest Aid Transparency Index

Lack of transparency by major European donors is hindering development outcomes in some of the poorest countries in the world, according to Publish What You Fund’s latest report. Nine out of 16 key EU donors and institutions are still not publishing their data on time and in detail, leaving recipient countries in the dark about

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BCSDN News 12 June 2015

Where is the EU on the Road to 2015? – DG NEAR On Track in Latest Aid Transparency Index

Lack of transparency by major European donors is hindering development outcomes in some of the poorest countries in the world, according to Publish What You…

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Civil Society 5 June 2015

Norms over Forms: Civil Society Development in the Enlargement Process Debated in the EP

On 4th June, 2015 BCSDN organized a debate at the European Parliament to present to MEPs and other key EU stakeholders the state in which civil…

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BCSDN News 5 June 2015

Norms over Forms: Civil Society Development in the Enlargement Process Debated in the EP

On 4th June, 2015 BCSDN organized a debate at the European Parliament to present to MEPs and other key EU stakeholders the state in which…

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Uncategorized 1 June 2015

Guide to Potential Domestic and Foreign Sources of Funding in Serbia for 2015

The 12th edition of the Guide for potential domestic and foreign sources of funding, prepared by Civic Initiatives in cooperation with 3 Government bodies (SIPRU, GOfCSO, SEIO), gathers in one place all the information on available calls and funding by international and national donors, as well as state institutions. Users of these funds can be CSOs, municipalities,

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Civil Society 1 June 2015

UN Special Rapporteur Factsheet: Civil Society’s Ability to Access Resources

The UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai’s announced the release of the latest in the factsheet series: An instalment on civil society’s ability to access resources.…

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Civil Society 27 May 2015

Participation of Civil Society Concerns at Vienna Western Balkans Summit Initiated

On 26th May, 2015, European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) organized a working workshop under the title “Culture of Regional Cooperation” in the framework of…

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Member News 22 May 2015

MCIC Workshop on the Implementation of the Gov-CSO Cooperation Strategy in Macedonia

On 22nd May, 2015, in Skopje, Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) organized presentation of the state of affairs on the Implementation of the Government Strategy…

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