News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), at the beginning of November, awarded direct funding grants to five Serbian organizations which will manage projects completely…
Read more →Under the Visegrad-Balkan Public Policy Fund – Young Researches Programme, the Pontis Foundation (Slovakia), the Association of Czech Non-governmental Organizations – DEMAS (Czech Republic), the Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights – Demnet (Hungary), the Balkan Civil Society Development Network – BCSDN (Macedonia), and the Kosovar Civil Sociey Foundation – KCSF (Kosovo) have announced the
Read more →This year the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) celebrates 20 years since its establishment. Throughout the years, MCIC established credibility with its target groups,…
Read more →In a joint congress, held in Budva, Montenegro on 21-24 November, the European Movement International and the European Movement Montenegro have called for more action…
Read more →On the 22nd of November, an informal meeting of representatives from State bodies responsible for cooperation with CSOs from Croatia, BiH, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and…
Read more →BCSDN in cooperation with the European Center for Non-for-profit Law (ECNL) and its member EHO organized a regional workshop on State funding for CSOs on…
Read more →Technical and financial assistance to the EU enlargement countries, including Kosovo, is currently provided through the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) 2007 – 2013. This…
Read more →On the 6th of November, in cooperation with the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM), BCSDN delivered the second training on Advocacy and Policy Paper…
Read more →On 30 October, 2013 in Skopje Tanja Hafner Ademi, Executive Director of BCSDN participated in a closed door expert discussion with Mr. Richard Howitt, MEP…
Read more →On 30 October, 2013 the first training on Advocacy and Policy Paper Writing for selected grantees within the Slovak and Balkan Public Policy Fund took…
Read more →After one year of implementation of the Open Governmental Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan, as part of the EU-funded project “Advocacy for Open Government: Civil…
Read more →However, while last year BCSDN’s paper has criticized the insufficient focus on crucial areas for consolidating the enabling environment in which civil society functions and operates, this year’s Reports brings an increased attention on issues over financial viability and sustainability of the sector such as tax regime and state funding and support (e.g. Albania, BiH, Kosovo,
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