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EU Delegations Report 2017 – Towards a More Effective Partnership With Civil Society?
What does an effective partnership between EU Delegations and Civil Society Organisations look like? Which impact have the EU roadmaps on the EU-Civil Society dialogue at country level? Do the EU funding modalities and instruments fit the needs of all Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) whatever their size and role? Get some answers and the views
Read more →Joint CSO Report on Key Elements of the Human Rights Situation in Serbia
The review of the Republic of Serbia at the United Nations Human Rights Committee is taking place in a tense political climate in Serbia, and after years of continued deterioration of rights to freedom of expression, in particular media rights, and restrictions to the possibility to participate to public life in general. Previous three years
Read more →Protest and Persist: Why Giving up Hope is not an Option
For many groups, movements and protests, there are spinoffs, daughters, domino effects, chain reactions, new models and examples and templates and toolboxes that emerge from the experiments, and every round of activism is an experiment whose results can be applied to other situations. To be hopeful, activists need not only to embrace uncertainty but to
Read more →CfP: Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Montenegro – Kosovo (Deadline: 25.04.2017)
The global objective of this call for proposals is to improve the standard and quality of living of the people in the programme area through the environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive economic development of the region, with respect for its common cultural and natural heritage. The specific objective(s) of this call for proposals are: Improve
Read more →CfA: Social Value Matters 2017 , 10-11 April, Istanbul
This years’ conference is being held against a backdrop of increasing inequality and global uncertainty. Social Value International ‘s vision is a world where decision making, ways of working and resource allocation are based on the principles of accounting for value leading to increased equality and well-being and reduced environmental degradation. This year, the focus will
Read more →CfA: ECI Day 2017: I Participate!, 11 April, Brussels, (Deadline: 05.04.2017)
The European Citizens’ Initiative is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year and, although the long-awaited revision of the relevant regulation has not yet found its way into the European Commission’s working plan, the European Economic and Social Committee choses to focus on the positive outcomes of this new instrument of participatory democracy and on the
Read more →CfA: Influence of Social Capital on Knowledge Management – Evidence from Nonprofit Industry, Survey
This survey aims to identify the importance of the social capital of the organization for knowledge management in the organization. The targeted audience is Western Balkan’s non-profit/non-governmental organizations and CSOs’ participation in the survey is, therefore, of great importance. Completing of this questionnaire is completely anonymous, and it is not necessary to share any personal
Read more →CSOs Ask Chancellor Angela Merkel to Put Civil Society on the G20 Agenda
On February 10th, 2017, 18 leading CSOs from the G20 countries co-signed and sent a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel asking her, ahead of her preparations for the G20 Summit under her presidency, to put civil society on the G20 Summit agenda. Referring to CIVICUS Monitor, the signatories highlight that all G20 member states, but
Read more →Joint CSOs Letter to EU Leaders on EU Migration Response
EU leaders must live up to their commitments to European values in responding to migration and stop copying xenophobic populist recipes, more than 160 CSOs said in a joint statement. The organizations are calling for strong leadership to uphold the rights and values that have been the founding principles of the European Union for 60
Read more →Joint Declaration on ‘Fake News’, Disinformation and Propaganda
Leading monitors of freedom of expression around the world have come together to issue a Joint Declaration on freedom of expression, focusing this year on so-called fake news, disinformation and propaganda. “Fake news” has emerged as a global topic of concern and there is a risk that efforts to counter it could lead to censorship,
Read more →A Guide to Reporting on Civic Space (Media Toolkit) Presented by CIVICUS
Across the world there is a growing trend of countries restricting citizens’ freedoms or making the work of civil society groups more difficult and dangerous, for ex. increased surveillance on ordinary citizens, activists and CSOs and targeted attacks and arrests. Furthermore, civil society activists, journalists and human rights defenders face escalating intimidation, harassment and reprisals,
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