News and updates from BCSDN and the region
CampaignCon is a regular global event where these actors share ideas, co-create and find best practices through participatory exploration of campaigning theory and practice. At CampaignCon 2017, over 100 participants will together explore how to build a more nimble, responsive civil society and social movements that can mobilise and campaign more effectively in the digital
Read more →The Civil Society Policy Forum provides an open space for CSOs to dialogue and exchange views with World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund staff, their peers, government delegations, and other stakeholders on a wide range of topics. The program will include an orientation session on the World Bank Group; a roundtable discussion with
Read more →The objective of the small grants programme is to amplify advocacy efforts undertaken by local, national and regional civil society actors in collaboration with journalists and media organizations and to set topics of media freedom and journalists’ safety on mainstream agenda in the Western Balkans region – more specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro
Read more →As part of the UNFPA 6th Country Programme and the Humanitarian Programme on Syrian Crises, UNFPA Turkey is currently inviting CSOs and community-based not-for-profit organizations registered and working in Turkey to express interest in receiving grants for 2017 of up to 30.000 USD for projects with a planned duration of from 3 months to one
Read more →CIVICUS is launching a global campaign called SPEAK! to help give a voice to everyone, everywhere. The campaign has been created in response to the current global context, in which people around the world are facing increasing attacks on their basic freedoms, and a culture of division is causing many to turn against each other.
Read more →The role of CSOs has evolved significantly, and will continue to change in the future. Their capacity to contribute to political and societal development will depend on a variety of factors, including funding, technological development and the increasing role of social media. This survey seeks to analyse the main challenges for CSOs at national and
Read more →A Declaration with Key Actions and Expected Outcomes on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights is now out, following the Conference on the Future of Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Europe held in Strasbourg on 20-22 June 2017, involving representatives of public authorities, education professionals, and CSOs active in the education and youth
Read more →The Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia has opened a public consultation on the Draft National Strategy for Creating an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development for the period 2017 – 2021. The consultation is open until September 8, 2017. The consultations are being carried out in order
Read more →The European Commission launched a legal probe on 13 July into Hungary’s NGO law, which targets, among others, civil society groups partly funded by Hungarian-US billionaire and philanthropist George Soros. The EU executive said that the requirements in the legislation for NGOs, which receive funding from foreign organisations, infringed upon EU rules. Hungary’s government has
Read more →When the 19 member countries and the EU gathered in Hamburg, on 7 and 8 July 2017, for the G20 Summit, one important topic was not on the agenda: from China to Mexico, Turkey to Russia, Saudi Arabia to India – the respect for fundamental human rights can no longer be taken for granted. This
Read more →As Trump’s administration looks set to slash the budget of USAID and May’s Conservative party debate the future of British donor support, what is the relevance of international development in a globalised world? Globalisation has not spread prosperity evenly, and especially has not brought wealth to Africa. One of the main outcomes and conditions of
Read more →Working on advocacy and policy is challenging. Not only is it complex, fluid, and increasingly politicized, it is also challenging to measure progress and communicate success. Understanding this, in 2012, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky launched Promoting Responsive Health Policy (PRHP), a six-year, multifaceted initiative to address four broad health policy areas. Halfway through
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