Window of Opportunity for Enlargement: How much Space for Civil Society?
For the 9th consecutive year, BCSDN has analyzed how the European Commission (EC) has treated the issue of civil society development and assessed the progress…
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News and updates from BCSDN and the region
BCSDN Annual Narrative and Financial/Audit Report Adopted
At an online extended session of the 10th BCSDN Annual Council Meeting, on 30 April, the Council members approved the BCSDN Annual Report 2017, as…
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The Global Standard for CSO Accountability Now Available in Albanian!
As part of the Global Standard for CSO Accountability project, and the project “Promoting Civic Space: Duties and Participants” supported by Civica Mobilitas, BCSDN provided…
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BCSDN has Joined the Vuka! Coalition for Civic Action
Over the past two years, CIVICUS and more than 200 civil society colleagues, undertook an extensive consultative process to explore collective strategies to combat the global…
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What Can We Do to Promote Civic Space: Perspectives from the Western Balkans and Türkiye
The damaging trend of violations to civic space worldwide has not surpassed the Balkan region either. Only in 2016 the space for effective civil society development…
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10th BCSDN ACM Assessing 2017 Achievements and Developments: A Year of Global Exposure
The 10th Annual Council Meeting (ACM) of the network took place on 20 March in Pristina, Kosovo, hosted by Kosovar Civil Society foundation (KCSF). The annual gathering…
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Monitoring Matrix Workshop: The Way Forward
On 19-20 March, BCSDN members met in Pristina, Kosovo, for a strategic workshop on the Monitoring Matrix, co-hosted by Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), to…
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BCSDN Adopts a Code of Conduct
BCSDN is proud to announce that, on the 8th of February, the BCSDN Council adopted our Code of Conduct on the 9th Annual Council Meeting extended…
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CONCORD Europe and BCSDN Promoting Civil Society Space in Brussels
Within the CONCORD HUB3 Spring Meeting in Brussels, which took place this week, the 13th of March was devoted to Promoting civil society space. The…
Read more →Call for Contributions: Balkan Civic Practices – Promoting Civic Space
BCSDN invites contributions from its members and partners in the form of articles, case studies, institutional reflections and creative pieces for the Balkan Civic Practices edition on Promoting Civic Space titled “Global Challenges – Local Responses”, to be published in April 2018. In the first phase of the call, contributors should submit abstracts (of max. 150 words) until
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BCSDN to Co-organize CONCORD HUB 3 Meeting in Brussels
The CONCORD HUB 3 Meeting will take place from 13-15 March 2018 in Brussels. CONCORD HUB3 focuses specifically on promoting civil society space. The meeting…
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BCSDN at Preparatory Training for the GPEDC 3rd Monitoring Round
As part of our activities as sub-regional secretariat for the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) for the Balkans region, BCSDN participated in a face-to-face training…
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