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CfA: The European Fund for the Balkans – Fellowship Programme for Government Officials Deadline ( 15.12.2016)

Government officials from the Western Balkans can now apply for a three-month fellowship in EU government institutions in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Fellowship Programme for Government Officials is EFB’s flagship intervention focused on EU integration-driven reforms of the Western Balkans’ administrations by educating and motivating public officials to practice

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CfP: USAID’s Civic Engagement Project Partnership Grants- Macedonia (Deadline: 23.12.2016)

The Civic Engagement Project is a five-year USAID-funded program that contributes to achieving two objectives: (1) strengthened the influence of CSOs on policies and programs related to priority issues of citizen concern; and (2) increased and sustained youth engagement in public life in Macedonia. The Partnership Grants will be managed by Metamorphosis. The aim of

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CfP: Foundation Schüler Helfen Leben Funding Innovation (Deadline: 9.01.2017)

Schüler Helfen Leben (SHL) is seeking applications for support of educational youth project activities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia. This year SHL will pay exclusive attention to projects that approach challenges in the context of migration and immigration of youth – may it either be young refugees, IDPs, returnees, asylum

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CfP: Robert Bosch Stiftung: Funding Projects in the Field of Peace and Conflict Transformation (Deadline: Ongoing)

The number of internal conflicts and conflicts between nations has continued to increase in recent years. This trend is accompanied by a rising number of local, regional, and international conflict transformation initiatives. The aim is to support those projects that serve to facilitate conflict transformation in conflict (and post-conflict) societies in different regions. As a

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CfP: UNDEF Project Funding (Deadline: 18.12.2016)

The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), supports projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes. The large majority of UNDEF funds go to local civil society organizations. This is the Eleventh Round to be launched by UNDEF, which provides grants of up

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Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans Summit Series in Skopje: Reclaiming Democracy, Europe and Social Justice

Throughout 24th-26th November, the Civil Society Forum (CSF) of the Western Balkan Summit Series took place in Skopje under the title “Reclaiming Democracy, Europe and Social Justice”. The event gathered approximately 100 representatives of national and regional civil society organizations, analysts, activists, advocates and state institutions from the countries in the Western Balkans and beyond,

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Albania: Revisiting the 2013 Agenda for An Enabling Environment for Civil Society

On 25th November, IDM organized a roundtable entitled “Revisiting 2013 Agenda for an enabling environment for civil society”, which evaluated the 2013-2016 experience of addressing the priorities agreed between the Government and CSOs in the country in December 2013 for improving the enabling environment for civil society. The discussions held looked at opportunities and needs

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BCSDN Analysis of the EC Annual Reports and Enlargement Strategy 2016: Going Beyond the Form and Structure, Investing in Critical and Strategic Civil Society Initiatives

For the 8th consecutive year, BCSDN has analyzed how the European Commission (EC) has treated the issue of civil society development and assessed the progress made in the Enlargement countries within the Enlargement Strategy 2016 and the 2016 Country Annual Reports that have been published recently. In brief, this year’s analysis shows that civil society has

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Towards an EU Strategy to Promote Civic Space ?

On 16th November, several members of the European Parliament working on civil liberties, human rights and development cooperation and representatives of European CSOs met for a breakfast exchange on shrinking civic space in Europe, at the initiative of Vice President Sylvie Guillaume and Civil Society Europe. The meeting started with a presentation of the results of a

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HLM2 Kenya: Civil Society Standing Up for Civic Space and Enabling Environment As Imperative for Effective Development Cooperation

The Second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership, which is taking place on 1st-2nd December in Nairobi, Kenya marks an important moment in global efforts to leave no one behind. As part of the HLM2 meeting, and as a official CSO platform engaging in GPEDC The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness – CPDE prepared

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