News and updates from BCSDN and the region
How can the private sector, understood as organisations engaging in profit-seeking activities, contribute to realising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development globally? In different ways, the private sector has already led many voluntary initiatives that contribute to sustainable development. However, to realise our collective transition towards a system that offers people worldwide a dignified life
Read more →In response to the evolution of the world economy and its impact on Europe, the European Commission proposed a set of programmes to boost jobs, growth and investment across the European Union. The programmes are part of the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020. This publication guides you through these programmes and the funding opportunities they offer
Read more →TACSO Office in Montenegro, in cooperation with the Center for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO), is organizing the third NVO EXPO fair for Montenegrin CSOs. The fair will be held in Budva on 28 October 2017 at Jadranski Sajam. The aim of this Fair is to improve and increase the visibility of activities of civil
Read more →Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Black Sea NGO Forum must reassess its strategic positioning in the region and how it can adapt and further develop the opportunities it provides for the CSOs in the Black Sea Region to enable sustainable regional cooperation. For this reason, this year’s edition aims at: Reflecting on the achievements accomplished
Read more →The annual Global Perspectives conference brings together CEOs from key national and leading international CSOs with high level representatives from politics, the corporate sector and academia. The conference provides a platform for up to 150 participants to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. In a highly interactive format, participants devise common strategies to
Read more →CEP is a five year USAID-funded program that contributes to achieve two objectives: (1) strengthened influence of CSOs on policies and programs related to priority issues of citizen concern; and (2) increased and sustained youth engagement in public life in Macedonia. The Strategic Support Grants aim to support CSOs, including think tanks that work in
Read more →The specific objectives of this Call are: 1) to support media organizations and journalist’s professional association’s capacities to strengthen professional standards, ethics and promote and protect the right to freedom of expression; and 2) to support CSOs initiatives to advocate for improved labour standards and promote laws, international standards, practices that protect freedom of opinion
Read more →Embassy of the USA to Montenegro published the third funding opportunity for NGOs in Montenegro through Criminal Justice Civil Society Program. The main goal of the program is to help Montenegro transition to a more effective and transparent criminal justice system by engaging citizens in the process through watchdog and monitoring activities, advocacy and policy-making,
Read more →The Council of Europe’s new Guidelines for civil participation in political decision-making were adopted by the body’s Committee of Ministers on 27 September 2017. The guidelines – which are based on practices and standards in Council of Europe member states, international standards and input received during public consultations – outline key principles for promoting dialogue,
Read more →A test version of the new Legislationline.org, OSCE/ODIHR legislative database, has been launched and is available under the link http://beta.legislationline.org/. The online legislative database is free-of-charge and was created to assist OSCE participating States in bringing their legislation into line with relevant international human-rights standards. It is designed as a drafting tool for lawmakers, where
Read more →In 2014, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) first commissioned a comprehensive perception survey, the Balkan Barometer, targeting the region’s population and its business community. The primary purpose of the survey was to assess the perceptions of regional trends and processes as part of the monitoring and reporting mechanism for the SEE 2020 Strategy, an ambitious
Read more →The Global Standard includes 12 Commitments with associated Key Actions that can help your organisation to strengthen your accountability. The Global Standard promotes a dynamic understanding of accountability, based on interactive stakeholder dialogue. This means that feedback from our stakeholders informs our decisions so that we can both continuously improve our performance and build trusted
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