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…
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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…
Read more →BCSDN Supports the Joint CSO Declaration on New Momentum to the EU Enlargement Process in the Western Balkans
The Declaration calls on the EU to present clear, transparent and measurable benchmarks to allow CSOs to monitor the process and enable fair and transparent…
Read more →Effects of the Global Crisis on Civil Society in the Europe under Discussion
Tanja Hafner Ademi, Executive Director of BCSDN presented the state of affairs and analysis of the situation in the Balkans, especially the effects of the…
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3rd EESC Forum of Civil Society in the Western Balkans
The focus of the Forum was on the implementation of economic and social rights. Moreover, this year’s Forum was devoted to transport policy and the…
Read more →TACSO Project Future Workshop Held in Zadar, Croatia
The general objective of the workshop was to discuss and elaborate on the future cooperation between the CSOs and the EU and in particular to…
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