News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Regional Environmental Center (REC), together with the Austrian Development Agency, has announced the Small Grants Programme in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The SEEDLING project aims to strengthen education, capacity building and awareness rising on the SDGs in the countries of South Eastern Europe by incorporating them into national school
Read more →The first Call for Proposals within the IPA Cross-border Programme for Serbia – Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014-2020 aims at improving sustainable environmental planning and promotion of biodiversity, and strengthening the cultural identity of the programme area. Activities finances within the Call can be implemented only in the programme area. An amount of EUR 5,4 million
Read more →The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) is calling on national civil society organisations to submit proposals on initiatives and actions in line with the universal application of effective development cooperation principles. The call is soliciting proposals on (a) advancing development cooperation commitments and its implementation in the context of Agenda 2030; (b) work around
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 the Framework for Giving in Serbia. In order to advance the giving ecosystem in Serbia, USAID is seeking to fund an activity that will strengthen connections and establish
Read more →Alongside 185 representatives of civil society, BCSDN took part at the Civica Mobilitas networking meeting, taking place on 24-25 October in Ohrid, and the thematic forum following the meeting. The event gathered 186 of the Civica Mobilitas grantees with the aim to exchange knowledge and experiences, discuss the challenges they are facing and identify effective
Read more →On 19 October, the Alliance for EU Integration (A4EU) presented to the EU Ambassador to BiH Lars-Gunnar Wigemark the civil society’s report titled “Alternative Responses to 716 Questions from the EC Questionnaire for BiH”. The responses were prepared by CSOs from the entire country, with the support of TACSO in BiH. Wigemark welcomed the report,
Read more →An Istanbul court on 25 October ordered the release of a group of leading Turkish human rights campaigners and two foreign co-workers in a surprise softening in Turkey’s yearlong prosecutions after a 2016 coup attempt. The decision was an interim ruling, and the case against the 11 human rights workers will continue. But eight of
Read more →As part of the intensifying crackdown on civil society groups despite growing international criticism, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on Hungary’s spy agencies to investigate a ‘Soros empire’ of NGOs that criticize his policies. The latest move comes months ahead of Orbán seeking for a fourth term as Hungary’s prime minister. He said on national
Read more →Representatives of eight major CSOs in Macedonia, including BCSDN’s member MCIC, have developed a Draft-Roadmap for civil society development in Macedonia for the period 2018-2020. All interested CSOs are invited to actively participate in the Roadmap development by commenting on the proposals encompassed in the document. After the commenting phase, consultations will be organized around
Read more →The Draft Strategy for an Enabling Environment for NGOs 2018-2020 does not contain clear strategic directions of government action and key measures that can encourage…
Read more →Civil society is facing a sustained, multi-faceted, global onslaught. According to the CIVICUS Monitor, fundamental civic freedoms are being severely restricted in an unprecedented number of countries. The operating environment for CSOs is becoming more hostile across the world and the organised bits of civil society – including in the biggest INGOs – are looking
Read more →The EU could take a generation to meet the 0.7%ODA/GNI target at the current rate of growth, reveals the CONCORD AidWatch Report 2017. While 2016 saw a substantial increase of 27% in development spending, there has also been a relatively dramatic increase in reporting of inflated aid, such as in-donor costs or debt relief. Over
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