News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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…
Read more →On June 21st, 2017, BCSDN organized a regional conference titled: “The Role of CSOs in Promoting Civic Space”, in Skopje, Macedonia. Gathering more than 40…
Read more →The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) is organizing the regional conference “The Role of CSOs in Promoting Civic Space” that will take place on…
Read more →CIVICUS has launched the State of Civil Society 2017 Report reviewing the past year, with a focus on the civic space and the impact of a resurgence of right-wing populist politics; the right to express dissent; protest movements; and civil society’s international-level actions. A special thematic section presents 27 guest articles from thought leaders around
Read more →More than two decades have passed since nonprofit and third-sector researchers “discovered” Central and Eastern Europe as an area of scholarly interest. After the collapse of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the fall of the Iron Curtain, scholars noted the emergence of new civil society actors and were curious to understand the role
Read more →This report investigates opportunities to diversify and broaden support (financial and otherwise) for nongovernmental approaches to realizing human rights. Such analysis is essential in light of global trends, including the relative scarcity of human rights charitable funding from local sources and increasing governmental efforts to restrict the foreign flow of funds to NGOs. The author
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