News and updates from BCSDN and the region
On the 8th of July, 2013 the Third Sector Foundation of Türkiye (TUSEV) held a consultation meeting on the BCSDN Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment…
Read more →Under the Visegrad-Balkan Public Policy Fund, Young Researches Programme, the Balkan Civil Society Development Network – BCSDN, the Pontis Foundation (Slovakia), the Association of Czech…
Read more →On 14 June, 2013 BCSDN submitted its comments on the DG Enlargement’s draft Guidelines for EU support to civil society in enlargement countries, 2014-2020 which were sent to them in May, 2013. The draft Guidelines has included some positive changes, such as more flexible programming and the availability of longer-term program support for civil society.
Read more →European Parliament (EP) Elections will be held on 22-25 May, 2014. The 2014 EP Elections provides a chance for citizens of the 28 EU member…
Read more →The Report presents the findings from the fifth survey “Trust in institutions and civil society in Republic of Macedonia” conducted in July 2013 on a…
Read more →Tanja Hafner Ademi, Executive Director of BCSDN was a witness at an oversight hearing on IPA funds at the Macedonia Parliament taking place on 11th…
Read more →After being assessed as performing poorly in the 2012 Aid Transparency Index, DG Enlargement has published the Common Standard implementation schedule on how it is…
Read more →After two years of civil society organizations’ advocacy activities and submitting amendments as well as receiving guarantees from the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the…
Read more →The European Commission’s (EC) DG Enlargement is in the process of developing guidelines for support to civil society in the enlargement countries for the period…
Read more →The European Commission’s (EC) DG Enlargement is in the process of developing guidelines for support to civil society in the enlargement countries for the period 2014-2020. Consultation on the first draft of the guidelines took place in Brussels on 25 and 26 April 2013 with invited stakeholders representing civil society, government offices for cooperation with
Read more →During April CIVICUS published the 2013 edition of their State of Civil Society Report. The 2013 report shows that CSOs still face many uphill battles…
Read more →In response to domestic pressure for democratic change, authoritarian regimes throughout Eurasia cracked down on civil society and political opposition leaders in 2012, according to…
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