News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The specific objective of this call for proposals is to support quality media production in the areas related to Montenegro’s European Integration and to enable media to report fairly, freely and in a professional and ethical manner while the ability of Montenegro’s journalists to use investigative techniques are meant to be further strengthened. At the
Read more →The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held the 6th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum in Sarajevo on 10-11 July. Participants adopted a Final Declaration calling for increased media freedom, opening the doors of the Western Balkans to EU enlargement, the implementation of migration policies and increased employment opportunities, and working on women’s rights. Participants
Read more →The Civil Society Forum Trieste that took place on 11th and 12th July that was organised as part of the 4th Intergovernmental Summit of Western Balkans and EU countries brought together more than 100 representatives of civil society organisations with the aim to provide a platform for their greater involvement in the Berlin Process. The
Read more →The Leadership Development Academy (LAD) program on “Public Policy for Private Sector Development” organized by Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and Faculty of Political Science at the University of Sarajevo, is an executive-level training program that trains academia, civil society, and government officials, from developing countries to be
Read more →Eight of Turkey’s most respected human rights defenders were arrested on 5 July, along with two information technology trainers from Sweden and Germany. All ten of those arrested are still in police custody and are now facing investigation for membership of an “armed terrorist organisation” on account of their peaceful human rights work. The group
Read more →CIVICUS and Human Rights House Belgrade, including BCSDN member Civic Initiatives, have submitted joint UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) submission on Serbia in advance of the 29th UPR session in January 2018. In this document, they have examined the Government of Serbia’s compliance with its international human rights obligations to create and maintain a safe
Read more →There is a growing list of critical problems in the G20’s inbox, namely faltering global economy, terrorist threats in a majority of G20 member states, and a patched-up climate change agreement. Solving these problems will take more than 20 heads of state and their economic ministers. The role of the private sector is widely acknowledged,
Read more →On 13 July, the Office for Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations within the General Secretariat of the Government of Macedonia, held a consultative meeting with CSO representatives that submitted a Reaction to the Office last year, with the aim to discuss the revision of the Decision for Establishment of Council for Cooperation between the Government and
Read more →The Civil Society Forum Trieste that took place on 11th and 12th July that was organised as part of the 4th Intergovernmental Summit of Western…
Read more →The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held the 6th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum in Sarajevo on 10-11 July. Participants adopted a Final Declaration calling for…
Read more →BCSDN had the unique opportunity to be part of the Leadership Development Academy program on “Public Policy for Private Sector Development” organized by Stanford University’s…
Read more →Rogare – which is Latin for ‘to ask’ – is the fundraising think tank at the Plymouth University Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy. It has been established to identify new solutions to some of fundraising’s most pressing problems and challenges. Rogare is the engine that turns academic ideas into actionable information for fundraisers by pulling
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