IPA Multi-Beneficiary Donor Coordination Meeting
The DG Enlargement Unit organized the IPA Donors meeting to present the multi-annual plan for 2011-2013. The general objective was to discuss and elaborate the…
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News and updates from BCSDN and the region
TACSO Project – EU Programming Committee Meeting
On the 30th of September the EU Programming Committee met discussing the second phase of the IPA Civil Society Facility Technical Assistance project as well…
Read more →CONCORD TRIALOG: EPAN Working Group Meeting in Brussels
The Working Group EPAN (Enlargement, Pre-Accession and Neighbourhood) met at the beginning of October under the auspices of TRIALOG. The Working Group Meeting gathered representatives…
Read more →First Balkan On-line Database on Civil Dialogue Available
For the first time, the database provides complete information on the state of civil dialogue in the Balkan countries in one place. The data include…
Read more →Letter to the Commission on the Need for External Evaluation of the IPA CSF and TACSO Project
On 5th June, 2009 (i.e. over one year ago), our network approached the Commission on the need to better include local CSOs in the programming…
Read more →Letter to the Commission on the Need for External Evaluation of the IPA CSF and TACSO Project
As of 2nd June, 2010, the Commission announced (through the TACSO website) that there will be no external evaluation to the project. It is not clear whether or when there would be an evaluation of the other two components of the Facility, i.e. P2P and Partnership Action. On 5th June, 2009 (i.e. over one year ago),
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Macedonian and Serbian CSOs and Institutions Exchange Experience on the New Laws on Association
From 27th to 30th June, two BCSDN members, MCIC from Macedonia and Civic Initiatives from Serbia organized a study visit in Belgrade for representatives of…
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Balkan Civic Practices #7 – The Missing Link-Development and Functioning of Civil Dialogue in the Western Balkans
This policy paper is continuation of the BCSDN effort to offer both local and international stakeholders, especially the EU institutions, analysis and recommendations related to development of civil society in the Balkans with a focus on its role in the EU accession process. While drawing from findings and recommendations from the Balkan Civic Practices 6
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CSOs from the Western Balkans Give Input for the Hungarian 2011 EU-Presidency
On 18th and 19th June 2010 in Novi Sad, Serbia a regional conference on “Civil Bridge Building – The Hungarian 2011 EU-Presidency and the Western…
Read more →Macedonian CSOs Discuss Development Effectiveness
On 16th and 17th June, the National Council of Women of the Republic of Macedonia (UWOM) in cooperation with CONCORD held a national consultation in…
Read more →The Missing Link – Development and Functioning of Civil Dialogue in the Western Balkans Workshop
On 20th May 2010, the BCSDN held its 2nd EU policy workshop in Brussels. This year’s event was devoted to assessing the state of affairs…
Read more →Presentation of BCSDN to Around 50 Serbian CSOs
The event, which was organized by the DG Enlargement (TAIEX) and the Delegation of the EU to the Republic of Serbia under the IPA Civil…
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