News and updates from BCSDN and the region
After a long period of stagnation and decline in democratic governance across the 29 countries of Nations in Transit, 2016 was marked with populist successes that raised fresh doubts about the fragile post–Cold War order. In Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, years of populism and corruption have eroded once-promising democratic institutions. This year,
Read more →The rise of populist leaders poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while encouraging abuse by autocrats around the world, notes the Human Rights…
Read more →The European Commission’s “Enlargement Package” and the associated Progress play a vital role in the ongoing accession aspirations of the candidate countries, particularly for the six countries in the Western Balkans region. However, the 2016 Progress Reports raise several causes for concern from an enlargement perspective. Structural problems persist across the region that need addressing
Read more →Taking place in Warsaw from 31 May – 2 June 2017, the EFC’s AGA and Conference is the largest international conference in philanthropy, engaging the European and global philanthropy sector to grapple with deep societal issues. It offers a unique opportunity for philanthropic actors with an international outlook to meet with their peers, exchange know-how
Read more →The theme of the Fellowship 2017 is “The role of civil society and the media in combatting hatred and fostering inclusion”. To be selected, eligible candidates must demonstrate strong interest in intercultural dialogue and professional achievements in the fields of media and/or civil society. The goal of the Fellowship is to provide participants with first
Read more →The purpose of the conference is to discuss public participation as a relatively new and exciting trend in the development of budgetary processes in the region and globally, raising awareness of the opportunities offered by public participation and to encourage its use in the region. Invited are representatives of CSOs, national organizations of Local Communities,
Read more →The specific objective of the Call is 1) to improve conditions for quality investigative journalism to increase quality and credibility of media and 2) increase capacity of Serbian CSOs to address reform and EU integration processes. The overal indicative amount made available is EUR 4.600.000. Any grant requested must fall between EUR 150.000 and 300.000,
Read more →The first Call for Standard Projects of the Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme has been launched and it will finance cooperation projects in Italy (Puglia and Molise), Albania and Montenegro with a budget of EUR 25 million. The Programmed, co-financed by the European Union through IPA, has a total budget of EUR 92 million and
Read more →The IPA FPA project “Balkan Civil Society Acquis – Strengthening the Advocacy and Monitoring Potential and Capacities of CSOs”, implemented in the countries of Western Balkans and Turkey by the members of the BCSDN and supported by the European Commission and the Balkan Trust for Democracy, has come to an end after four years of
Read more →In the run up to the Italian Summit on the Western Balkans scheduled to take place in Trieste on 12 July 2017, the International Conference, organized by IFRI, CIFE and CFA on 5th April in Rome, brought together a number of European experts to reflect on the challenges facing the EU and its enlargement towards the
Read more →On 30-31 March, CSOs from around the world gathered in Bangkok as part of CPDE’s Breaking Ground and Taking Root: The Istanbul Principles @ 7 event.…
Read more →The new Monitoring Matrix 2016 Reports on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development for all seven countries are now available on the MM platform, some of them accompanied for the first time by a visual presentation of the findings. The reports present the developments in EE in 2016, outlining the key conclusions and recommendations for
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