Global Standard for CSO Accountability Meeting Held in India
BCSDN, as a part of the Global Standard for CSO Accountability initiative, participated at a partnership meeting in New Delhi, India, from 24-28 April. The…
Read more →What's New
News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Guide on CSOs Development, Sustainability and Inclusiveness in Participatory Processes
This guide, developed by Partners Albania, aims on helping non-profit organizations’ leaders in issues related to organizational development and management, transparency and sustainability, and inclusiveness in policy and decision making. The purpose of this publication is to offer participants of the Partners Albania educational Academy program, a more in-depth reading related to topics covered in
Read more →The Right to Dissent: Manual on International Law on the Right to Protest and Dissent
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) has published ‘The Right to Dissent’, a guide to international law obligations to respect, protect and fullfil the right of all persons to participate in public affairs by engaging in criticism, opposition and dissent. The Right to Dissent explains the international legal standards, principles, and jurisprudence protecting the rights to
Read more →World Press Freedom Index 2017
The 2017 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows an increase in the number of countries where the media freedom situation is very grave and highlights the scale and variety of the obstacles to media freedom throughout the world. The report reflects a world in which attacks on the media have
Read more →CfA: Transparency International School on Integrity 2017 – 10-16 July, Vilnius (Deadline: 15.05.2017)
Transparency International School on Integrity (TISI) is an annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders. TISI exposes its participants to the latest developments in the field of anti-corruption and accountability and offers real opportunities to try and implement their ideas in practice. Selected students spend 7 highly intensive days learning from leading anti-corruption
Read more →CfA: European University Institute Young Policy Leaders Fellowships Program (Deadline: 08.05.2017)
The European University Institute is seeking applications for its Young Policy Leaders Fellowships Program that is offering 3 to 12 months fellowships for the academic year 2017-18 to policy makers, civic leaders, civil servants, journalists or young scholars with a key interest in policy issues. These fellowships are distinctive in offering to fellows a unique
Read more →CfA: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program 2017 for Citizens of Serbia (Deadline: 04.06.2017)
The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade is accepting applications from citizens of Serbia for participation in the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program for the academic year 2018-2019. The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished mid-level professionals to the U.S. for 10-months of combined academic (NON-DEGREE) and professional work. The Humphrey Fellowship is granted competitively to
Read more →CfP: CEI Cooperation Fund 2017 (Deadline: 13.06.2017)
Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, as well as international and regional organisations, are invited to apply to the CEI Cooperation Fund for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking. Proposals need to focus on capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI
Read more →CfP: EIDHR 2016-17 Country-Based Support Schemes – Macedonia (Deadline: 29.05.2017)
The specific objective of this call for proposals is to support CSOs in their actions promoting and defending of human rights (political, civil, economic, social and cultural), as well as in the further democratisation of the society. The present support scheme envisages actions under four thematic priorities: 1) building inclusive democratic society, 2) access to
Read more →CfP: CSO Grants for Public Administration Reform – Macedonia (Deadline: 12.05.2017)
This regranting scheme is part of the FOSM project Civic Alliance for Transparency – CSO Watchdog over Public Administration Reforms, aimed towards strengthening of civil society’s influence in the public policies creation process. The regranting scheme will be realized through 2 calls for awarding small grants to civil society organizations in total amount of 100.000
Read more →Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans 2017 in Tirana
On 26-28 April in Tirana, the latest edition of the Civil Society Forum Series of the Western Balkans series took place, bringing together CSOs from Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, and policy makers from the region and EU. The Civil Society Forum Tirana 2017 builds upon the achievements of the Civil
Read more →Montenegro: CSOs Demand Withdrawal of Draft Law on NGOs and Law on Games of Chance
On 26 April in Podgorica, a group of 198 CSOs started an initiative calling on the Prime Minister Duško Marković to withdraw the draft Law on NGOs and Law on Games of chance, both currently in parliamentary proceedings, as they are considered to be damaging to the civil sector. The CSO Coalition “Saradnjom do Cilja”
Read more →