News and updates from BCSDN and the region
On 3 October 2017, a concept document to improve government communication was drafted by Kosovo’s PM office with input from civil society groups. It includes an analysis of the government’s current communication strategy as well as recommendations for improving future communication with both the media and the public. The draft is being analysed by the
Read more →All over the world, we are seeing systematic attacks on CSOs. Governments are placing legal restrictions on non-governmental organisations and erecting administrative barriers that make it more difficult for them to operate. Activists have been particularly impacted as their organisations are subject to increased surveillance, harassment or arrest, and their activities are being driven underground.
Read more →The MDG period saw dramatic progress for many of the world’s poorest, and UK aid played a vital role in this accomplishment. Simultaneously, economic growth more than halved the number of low-income countries. However, more people living in poverty now reside in middle-income countries than any other income classification, yet donors often rely on economic
Read more →According to the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report, a donor’s ideology has more impact upon which causes and types of nonprofits they support than gender or age. Donors with a conservative ideology are more traditional in their giving while donors with a liberal ideology are more diverse in the types of causes they support.
Read more →The National Office for Cooperation with NGOs in Montenegro and a team of the EU project “Technical Support to the Development of Institutional Mechanisms for Cooperation between the Government and NGOs” launched the website NVOInfo. The website seeks to provide an insight into NGO activities, thus contributing to better perception and understanding of their role
Read more →One precious lesson learned by the European Union from the experience of its eastward expansion between 2004 and 2013, and applied now in the case of the Balkan aspiring members, has been to complement the politics of conditionality with the politics of pressure, whereby the region’s governments are ‘squeezed’ between societal demands and an uncompromising
Read more →The World Bank Inspection Panel has released a report offering lessons on consultation, participation, and disclosure, the fourth in its Emerging Lessons Series. The series aims to contribute to learning at the World Bank, and among the global development community at large, by drawing on lessons from nearly a quarter-century of experience in dealing with
Read more →While threats against civic space are well documented around the world, little is said on how civic space trends are being experienced by children, and how children’s rights and abilities to be active agents for change in their countries and communities are being affected. The report aims to fill that gap by bringing children’s voices
Read more →The present call for applicants seeks two research fellows to conduct a three months research stay at the University of Graz, Austria, between 1 December 2017 and 28 February 2018, assisting the research efforts of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), commissioned by the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB). The aim of
Read more →The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) announced the new call for applications for its flagship Fellowship programme for Government Officials. It is a practice-oriented educational programme which is supporting the Western Balkans’ administrations by educating and motivating the public officials to practice and advocate the European principles of public administration. It is targeting government
Read more →CEE CSR Summit is the biggest and oldest event dedicated to corporate social responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe. It is a continuation of the international conference which the Pontis Foundation has been organizing for CSR experts since 2004. The event gives an opportunity to get inspired by brands which prove that corporate responsibility is
Read more →The Danube Governance Forum: Improving Governance Together in the Western Balkans and the Danube Region is the final event of the programme Capacity Building of the countries in the Western Balkans and the Republic of Moldova. Besides ministries, local governments, NGOs and other organisations from the Western Balkans, the event will bring together partner public
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