News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Embassy and Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is currently inviting Turkish civil society, non-profit educational institutions, lower governments and semi-governmental organizations to submit new proposals to get support for their work. Through this programme, the Netherlands assists Turkey to manage its transformation in order to meet EU accession criteria. Priority areas
Read more →The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Democracy Commission Small Grants Program. This program supports NGO efforts to enable greater citizen participation in fighting corruption, transparency in government, preventing brain drain, enhancing human rights (including gender equality and the rights of persons with disabilities), building
Read more →The Global Standard for CSO Accountability will be officially launched on 6 December, at the International Civil Society Week 2017 in Suva, Fiji. The Global Standard team will introduce the tool that nine Accountability Initiatives from all over the world have developed during the last two years. The event will also discuss the concept of
Read more →The 2017-18 biennial OGP Civil Society Engagement Survey is open for feedback on the OGP process in your country or subnational entity and on the support the OGP team provides to enable your engagement. Based on the input, the OGP Civil Society Engagement team can improve the support they offer to civil society across the
Read more →On 26 November in Bucharest, 15.000 people joined an anti-government protest asking the Parliament to drop several controversial changes to the justice laws and to vote against the Government’s recent fiscal changes. The protest was organised by around 40 civic groups and NGOs, as well as two of the biggest union confederations. As reported, many
Read more →Legal experts and international CSOs have noted the increased use of the counter-terrorism agenda by governments as a main argument behind the new generation of restrictions on civic space. Therefore, it is crucial for civil society to be up to date with the international policies which support and urge the implementation of counter-terrorism standards concerning
Read more →As reported in the last update for Serbia on the CIVICUS Monitor, given the concerning situation with media freedoms, Serbian media outlets and CSOs blacked out their websites or went off the air in protest on 28th September 2017 to decry the assault on media freedom. Rallying under the hashtags #StopMedijskomMraku, #ZaSloboduMedija and #StojimUzVranjske, the
Read more →Fundraising regulation is a timely subject in Europe, as the past decade has seen a number of countries revisit their regulatory framework on the subject. The legislative changes show diverse trends: many aim to reduce administrative burdens and regulatory controls on fundraising activities while others increase state oversight. Despite the actuality of the topic and
Read more →Adaptable work methods are key in ensuring civil society’s access to foreign funding in increasingly restrictive environments, according to a new report by Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF). More and more countries are adopting restrictive and stigmatising laws and practices that hinder foreign funding for civil society, especially human rights organisations and defenders. This report
Read more →Legal experts and international CSOs have noted the increased use of the counter-terrorism agenda by governments as a main argument behind the new generation of restrictions…
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Read more →Over the past decade, the European Union has gone through a multiple set of crises, including the global financial crisis, the Eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis, and Brexit. On top of this, the EU is facing a major crisis of democracy in some of its member states. Preoccupied with dealing with its internal problems, the
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