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CfP: Visegrad Grants for V4, WB, EaP Countries and Worldwide (Deadline: 01.06.2017)

Visegrad Grants offer funding for people and organizations from the Visegrad countries (V4), Western Balkans countries (WB), countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and worldwide who believe their projects can make a significant contribution to regional cooperation and the advancement of innovativeness and sustainability in Central and Eastern Europe. The Visegrad Fund also supports projects addressing

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CfP: IPA Civil Society Facility and Media Programme Support for Cultural Initiatives – Kosovo (Deadline: 13.07.2017)

The European Union Office in Kosovo is seeking proposals to support cultural activities in Kosovo with financial assistance from the IPA II – Civil Society Facility and Media Programme.The action will support creative initiatives by enhancing the role of culture as a vector for societal change and human development in Kosovo and promote cooperation among

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CfP: European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) CBSS – Montenegro (Deadline: 28.07.2017)

The specific objective of this Call is to support civil society and human rights defenders in third countries (Montenegro) working on human rights (political, civil, economic, social and cultural), and democratization. The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is 700.000 EUR and any grant requested must fall between minimum 50.000 EUR and maximum

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CfP: CEI Know-How Exchange Programme (KEP) Italy 2017 (Deadline: 29.06.2017)

The overall objective of this Call is to contribute to the development of the CEI region, bolstering social cohesion and economic dynamism while strengthening cooperation between the CEI Member States through supporting transfer of experience and expertise from organizations in the EU to peers in the non‐EU countries within the CEI region. Project Proposals should present activities

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Ford Foundation MRI Investment a Historic Challenge to Other Funders

Ford Foundation’s historic announcement on 5 April to commit up to 1 billion USD from its 12 billion USD endowment over the next 10 years to mission-related investing has changed the board-level discussions in other foundations and institutional investors, which are increasingly examining the holistic results of their work on local communities. Mission-related investments (MRIs) are

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Global Standard for CSO Accountability Meeting Held in India

A partnership meeting of the Global Standard for CSO Accountability initiative was organized in New Delhi, India, from 24-28 April, hosted by Vani India. The partners, including BCSDN, had the opportunity to visit local community organizations, meet representatives from other South Asian countries and discuss the added value and usability of the Standard in the Asian

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TUSEV Launches Philanthropy Talks

TUSEV launched Philanthropy Talks in order to bring together the Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy Program alumna group and civil society professionals who will share their knowledge and experiences on issues related to the development of philanthropy. The first gathering of the Philanthropy Talks titled “Effective Methods in Civil Society-Private Sector Cooperation” will be held on

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EU Urged to Adopt Comprehensive Transparency Agenda

Access Info has called on the European Union to commit to and implement essential transparency and open government reforms to reverse the growing sense among European citizens that they are distanced from Brussels and that decisions are taken behind closed doors with little or no accountability. Access Info’s mapping reveals that it is not possible

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Enabling Environment for Civil Society in BiH 2016: Genuine Partnership between CSOs and Governments Is Necessary

According to the recently published Monitoring Matrix Report for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016, the year was marked by a number of crucial political developments, because of which little room was left for the creation of an enabling environment for civil society development. In fact, the legislative framework remained stable, with little improvements in its practical implementation. Freedom of

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Second Report on the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development for the Black Sea Region

Building on last year’s efforts in assessing the state of the enabling environment in 8 countries of the Black Sea region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, the Black Sea NGO Forum published the second edition of the “Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development in the Black Sea Region”, developed by

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Shrinking Space for Civil Society: The EU Response

The EU has developed an impressive range of policy tools for pushing back against restrictions on civil society across the world. It has gradually improved the way it deploys these instruments and has helped protect many activists at risk. Notwithstanding this, the EU needs to sharpen its ‘shrinking space’ strategy. This study suggests a range

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