News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Youth Alliance – Krusevo is organizing the 15th International Youth Conference “Future of Europe in Focus”, which we will be focused not on youth as the future of Europe, but on building our youth for the future of Europe. Moreover, by the comprehensive process of the conference we will boost and ensure regional perspective of
Read more →Futures of Europe is an initiative in which European citizens seek and discuss answers about the future of life in Europe in the upcoming decades, and their hopes and fears for Europe and the European idea as such. For the digital part of the project, contributors that will share their ideas and essays on one
Read more →The Global Ambassadors Program connects extraordinary women leaders to a unique mentorship opportunity, including one-on-one mentoring sessions and strategic workshops focused on building organizational management, financial acumen, and leadership skills. The five-day Program being held in Chicago, Illinois, will address the ongoing needs and challenges facing women leaders engaged in the private sector, social enterprise
Read more →Swiss Cooperation Office in Kosovo (SCO-K), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (DANIDA) and Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) have launched the last call for institutional grants under the Democratic Society Promotion (DRP) project. Overall DSP goal is to support the development of a democratic society in Kosovo. Institutional grants enable CSOs to plot their
Read more →The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to enhance the impact of civil society by promoting CSOs involvement in public decision-making and reform processes and fostering the development of a structured civic dialogue, as well as by strengthening CSOs capacities. The Call also aims at fostering coalition-building and regular networking of CSOs at
Read more →The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to strengthening CSOs’ watchdog role, organizational capacities and their role as drivers of change. There are 7 main LOTs (thematic areas) identified in this Call: Good governance, media and transparency; Social economy; Human rights and fundamental freedoms; Right to health and mainstreaming rights for people with
Read more →The specific objectives of this call for proposals are 1) to support the consolidation of a tolerant, democratic culture in Kosovo by funding Civil Society and Media at local and grass roots level, and 2) to strengthen the competence, transparency, effectiveness, accountability and self-governance of Civil Society and Kosovo’s media sector. In order to achieve
Read more →On 13 June 2017, Hungary’s Parliament adopted the Law on the Transparency of Organisations Supported from Abroad (i.e., foreign funded organisations), legislation widely viewed by intergovernmental and civil society organisations as a major obstacle to the work of Hungarian CSOs and their interactions with civil society domestically and internationally. Hungarian associations and foundations that receive
Read more →The European Civic Days are a unique space for civic actors to share ideas and experiences, to take stock of political, institutional and social challenges facing Europe today and envision ways forward. This year’s forum brought together prominent CSO representatives and activists to discuss examples coming particularly from civic mobilisations from Central and Eastern Europe
Read more →The EU-Western Balkans Civil Society Forum is a biannual event organised in a country of the region and provides a unique opportunity to bring together a broad range of civil society representatives from the two regions. The next Forum will take place on 10 and 11 July 2017 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main
Read more →As part of its better regulation agenda, the European Commission has created a website where citizens and stakeholders can track and give feedback on major Commission initiatives at different stages of the legislative and policy-making process. By registering on the website, interested parties can share their views on: roadmaps and inception impact assessments, which set
Read more →BCSDN members and civil society experts will gather in Skopje on the 21st of June to discuss best practices as well as challenges in the role of CSOs in protecting and promoting of civic space. The aim of the conference is to reaffirm the value of civil society action in Macedonia and the region, and
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