News and updates from BCSDN and the region
On 15 and 16 January 2018, the first regional Policy Forum on Development for Europe will take place in Ghent, Belgium. Participants from all countries of the Council of Europe will represent the different constituencies: NGOs, women’s groups, cooperatives, private sector, local and regional governments and trade unions. The meeting fits in the global PFD
Read more →The Euclid Summit is Euclid Network’s flagship pan-European event. Organised in association with the City of The Hague, the Euclid Summit 2018 is a 2-day gathering bringing together people and organisations from across Europe to learn from, encourage and inspire each other to drive positive change. The main themes of the 2018 Summit are: growing
Read more →USAID, through the Regional Contracting Office in Kosovo, is inviting Serbian organizations for funding opportunity to work with USAID to encourage innovative, substantial, and sustainable improvements in strengthening civil society efforts to engage citizens in increasing public accountability of government institutions. USAID is seeking to fund a program that identifies and leverages current opportunities to
Read more →The overall objective of this Call is to contribute to economic, social and territorial development of the programme area by fostering integration, joint development and use of opportunities to make the area attractive to live and work. The specific objectives are to contribute to: increasing employability and employment opportunities, and protection of nature resources. The
Read more →The specific objectives of this call for proposals are: to increase bilateral exchanges and cooperation between CSOs in Turkey and the EU at local, regional and national levels; and to promote awareness raising initiatives on importance and benefits of membership of Turkey to the EU within Turkey and EU and on challenges and opportunities posed
Read more →From 4 to 8 December in Suva, Fiji, more than 700 delegates from all around the world gathered at the CIVICUS International Civil Society Week (ICSW) 2017. Under the theme “Our Planet. Our Struggles. Our Future”, ICSW 2017 united various actors from diverse backgrounds towards a common goal, to celebrate the power of citizen action
Read more →The Global Standard is a reference standard that captures a globally shared dynamic understanding of CSO Accountability. Developed by nine Accountability Initiatives including BCSDN, the Standard was officially launched at the International Civil Society Week in Suva, Fiji in front of around 50 representatives of CSOs, donors and INGOs from all over the globe. The
Read more →The 2017 Black Sea NGO Forum was organized in Chisinau, Moldova from December 4-6 by the Romanian NGDO Platform FOND. This year’s anniversary edition was aimed at reassessing the strategic positioning of the Black Sea NGO Forum in the region and how it can adapt and further develop the opportunities it provides for the CSOs
Read more →On the invitation by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), BCSDN participated to the Study Group Meeting of the Section for External relations of the on the economic and social cohesion and European integration of the Western Balkans that took place on December 11th in Brussels. The aim of the meeting was EESC to
Read more →As featured on the CIVICUS Monitor, Turkey’s unrelenting clampdown on civil society throughout 2017 has been widely condemned. In keeping with this trend of repression, on 17th October 2017 the Turkish Parliament extended emergency powers for the fifth time since July 2016. The legislation effectively enables Turkish authorities to suspend civic freedoms and permits the
Read more →The Expert Council on NGO Law published an Opinion on the Romanian draft Law 140/2017 on Associations and Foundations, which has already been adopted by the Senate of Romania and is pending for imminent debate in the Chamber of Deputies. The opinion demonstrates lucidly and irrefutably that the draft Law ignores or contradicts many existing
Read more →Civil Society Europe and CIVICUS are collaborating to map out key trends on civic space in Europe. The 2017 survey covers the European Union, the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), Switzerland, and the countries candidate to EU accession (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey). As a follow up of the
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