News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The very first Human Rights Youth Forum 2017 (#HRYF17) is to be held in Tirana, August 13th-15th 2017, financed by the OSCE Mission to Serbia within the framework of the project: Enhancing regional connectivity among Serbian and Albanian youth actors. The main objective of #HRYF17 is to educate up to 40 participants in the area
Read more →The sixth edition of the Council of Europe’s World Forum for Democracy will engage with decision-makers, young people and opinion-formers to review novel initiatives and approaches which can enhance democratic practices and help parties and media, but also other political actors, to re-connect to citizens, make informed choices and function optimally in 21st century democracy.
Read more →The United States Embassy in Montenegro has announced an open competition for assistance awards, for program: Strengthening Civil Society in Montenegro. The Public Affairs Office in the Embassy is inviting projects that will strengthen the capacity of civil society, as well as facilitate the development of democracy and democratic institutions in Montenegro. One cooperative agreement
Read more →The specific objective of this call for proposals is to improve the administrative, advocacy and communication skills of grassroots CSOs so that they can participate more effectively in the policy dialogue. The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 1.750.000. Any grant requested under this call must fall between minimum
Read more →The programme general objective for cross border cooperation between Kosovo and Macedonia is to foster co-operations among institutions and organization in the cross border region in order to support sustainable economic growth and strengthen social cohesion. Two thematic priorities/lot need to be addressed by the applications submitted under this Call: LOT 1 – Enhancing competitiveness,
Read more →With the mandate of the current BSDN Board expiring in 2017 and online elections being executed during June, at the 9th Annual Council Meeting on 22 June, the new composition of the Board was approved. Four of the previous members will be staying on the Board for another three-year mandate – Tina Divjak (CNVOS, Slovenia),
Read more →On 21 June, BCSDN organized a regional conference titled “The Role of CSOs in Promoting Civic Space”, in Skopje, Macedonia. Gathering more than 40 CSO representatives from Macedonia, the Western Balkans and Europe, the conference aimed at discussing ways for promoting civic space and fostering enabling environment for civil society. As a keynote speaker, Danny Sivaguru
Read more →After numerous requests by the civil society and a conjoint work between public officials, civil society representatives and international experts that lasted for two years, a regulation on public funding for NGOs has been approved. Regulation MF-No. 04/2017 on the Criteria, Standards and Procedures for Public Financing of NGOs, which was signed on June 13
Read more →European civil society organisations are exploring ways to address the mounting pressure on them, clarify their role and empower themselves to tackle future social challenges. Speaking at the Empowering civil society to act and grow in Europe conference on 27 June, several activists presented the current state-of-play of NGOs in the EU. Factors ranging from
Read more →With some of the world’s biggest economies now companies, not states, the benefits for civil society of working more closely with business are clear. Yet, perhaps less well understood, are the benefits for business of defending civic space – the freedom of citizens to organise, speak up and protest governance failings and corruption. The good
Read more →On 28 June 2017, the Council of the EU mandated its presidency to start talks with the European Parliament on a Commission proposal to make EU financial rules simpler for both beneficiaries and administrators of EU funds and make them more focused on results. The so-called draft omnibus regulation will amend the financial regulation governing
Read more →The 9th Annual Council Meeting (ACM) of the network took place on 22nd June in Skopje. The annual gathering brought together representatives of 12 members…
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