News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Youth Bank Hub for Western Balkans and Turkey is an open network established by five organisations from Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, and Turkey, which serve as national network hubs. Through this Call, 15 CSOs will be the selected to join the network. The CSOs increase their capacities through the training program covering 5 three-day trainings and
Read more →The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) has announced an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that ensure Montenegro has an effective, independent civil society. Proposals should focus on creating mutually reinforcing relationships between civil society organizations and Montenegro’s media sector to build coordination on
Read more →SAFE is a Trust Fund program administered by the World Bank, established by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the European Commission, with the aim of improving public financial management in the Europe and Central Asia region. This Trust Fund program provides support for activities to assess public financial management (PFM) performance,
Read more →The specific objective of this call for proposals is to further strengthen the capacity of CSOs and enhance their long-term strategic development. The priorities of are: to develop organisational capacities of CSOs; to increase the level and quality of participation of CSOs in policy-making processes; to support the development of grass roots organisations by means
Read more →The Ministry of European Affairs, as the coordinator of the process of Montenegro’s accession to the European Union, invites the interested public to participate in the public debate on the preparation of Montenegro’s EU Accession Program 2018-2020. The public debate provides information to the general public on the Accession Program with the aim of more
Read more →On 20 December, the European Commission activated what in European Union circles has long been known as “the nuclear option.” The commission, the official “guardian of the European treaties,” charged that the Polish government’s so-called reforms of the judiciary posed a serious threat to basic European values, in particular the rule of law, and proposed
Read more →At the conclusion of International Civil Society Week 2017 (ICSW) on 7 December, more than 700 civil society leaders and activists from over 100 countries have called for climate change to be formally recognised as a primary driver of migration. The call comes just days after Donald Trump announced that he is withdrawing the United
Read more →The General Secretariat of the Government announced a public call for the selection of 16 members of the Council as representatives of civil society. Organizations registered in accordance with the Law on Associations and Foundations may nominate a candidate for a Council member in one of the following areas: civil society development, democracy and rule
Read more →The Secretariat of the Human Rights Council announced that a vacancy of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (HRC resolution 32/32) has arisen following the resignation of the current mandate holder. The new Special Rapporteur is to be appointed at the thirty-seventh session of the Council (26
Read more →There is an increased number and intensity of protests and violations around them in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership region. To ensure that freedom of assembly rights are better understood and advocacy efforts are strengthened, the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) works with local experts from nine countries (Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and
Read more →Before the advent of the internet and social media, governments used different methods to restrict freedom of expression and prevent human rights defenders, opposition political party members and other citizens from expressing views that government did not like. The phenomenon of internet shutdowns came to prominence in Egypt during the Arab Spring when the Egyptian
Read more →Nothing about us without us – this declaration has become a rallying cry for the disability rights movement. It could just as well be a call to arms for participatory grantmaking — the practice of giving more power over philanthropic spending to the people that it is supposed to help. So it’s no accident that
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