News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Obama Foundation is inviting applicants for its Fellowship program to support outstanding civic innovators from around the world in order to amplify the impact of their work and to inspire a wave of civic innovation. The Obama Foundation Fellows will be a diverse set of community-minded rising stars – organizers, inventors, artists, entrepreneurs, journalists,
Read more →Within the framework of the ROMACTED Programme “Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at local level”, a Joint Programme of the Council of Europe and European Union (DG NEAR), the Council of Europe is launching a call for proposals for grants for Support Organisations. The programme will be implemented in seven beneficiary countries: Albania, Bosnia
Read more →Actors of Urban Change, a program by Robert Bosch Stiftung in cooperation with MitOst e.V, aims to achieve sustainable and participatory urban development through cultural activities. This is carried out by strengthening the competencies for cross-sector collaboration among actors from the cultural, public and private sectors. To support your local collaboration the program offers a
Read more →The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) launches the Second Call for Proposals, in the framework of the project “CIVILISC – Civil Society Instruments against Corruption” funded by the EU. The main areas of intervention of CIVILISC FUND are good governance and anti-corruption. The purpose of this second call is to build anti-corruption and good
Read more →The Balkan Civil Society Development Network has announced a call for the position of Executive Director of the BCSDN Executive Office based in Skopje, Macedonia. The Executive Director (ED) is the executive organ responsible for the daily management of BCSDN. The ED is the major administrative and financial official, represents BCSDN with other institutions, networks and
Read more →On 13th September, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, delivered his State of the Union speech in front of the European Parliament, taking stock of achievements of the past year and presenting priorities for the year ahead, as well as unveiling his views on the future of Europe. Although stressing that the conditions for
Read more →On 5th September, The Western Balkans Fund First Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs took place in Bled, Slovenia. Following the signing of the “Agreement concerning the establishment of the Western Balkans Fund”, on November 2015, and the ratification of the Agreement by all WB6 Contracting Parties, this development can be considered the key step
Read more →To address the root causes of the common global challenges such as limate change, food insecurity, gender inequality, resource constraints, forced migration, et., in 2015, world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, a global action plan that aims to reach 17 environmental, social, economic and governance objectives by 2030. 25 September is the second anniversary
Read more →BCSDN has published the fourth Monitoring Matrix Regional Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development in Enlargement Countries, presenting the regional state of play of civil society in 2016 and highlighting the priorities for intervention by national and EU institutions at the regional level towards creating a more enabling environment for civil society. According
Read more →As noted in the policy brief, authored by Ilina Neshikj and Biljana Spasovska from BCSDN and Dejana Stevkovski from Civic Initiatives, as part of the Western Balkan CSOs for Global Development project, CSOs play a significant role in international development cooperation. Engagement with civil society is critical to national ownership of development processes, democratic governance,
Read more →The report ‘Boosting social enterprise development – Good Practice compendium’, jointly published by the EC and OECD, contains a rich collection of initiatives aimed at boosting social enterprise developments. The report identifies key lessons, providing concrete pointers for policy makers – from how to raise awareness and visibility of what social enterprises are and the
Read more →Nonprofit Tech for Good and the Public Interest Registry have published the first edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report. Based upon the survey results of 4,084 donors worldwide, the 2017 Report summarizes donor data across six continents about how online and mobile technology effects giving. The report also explores the impact of gender,
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