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CfA: Fellowship Programme for Government Officials (Deadline: 15.12.2016)

The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) is seeking government officials from the Western Balkans to spend 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

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CfP: Cross-border Co-operation Bosnia and Herzegovina – Montenegro 2014-2020 (Deadline 02.12.2016)

The overall objective of this Call for Proposals is: the sustainable development in the cross-border area between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro is promoted by the implementation of common actions based on an efficient use of the comparative advantages of the programme area. The specific objectives of this projects are: 1. Employment opportunities and social

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CfP: CREATIVE EUROPE Culture – Support to European Cooperation Projects 2017 (Deadline: 23.11.2016)

The main objectives of the support for transnational cultural cooperation projects are to support the capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors to operate transnationally and internationally and to promote the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and transnational mobility of cultural and creative players, in particular artists. The total appropriations for 2017 for

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Civic Charter: The Global Framework for People’s Participation

The Civic Charter was developed in collaboration with civil society actors from different continents and countries through extensive consultation and advisory processes. The Charter was launched in different locations around the world in October 2016. The charter aims to support civil society organizations as activists throughout the world, to advocate for their rights and freedom

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United Nations Special Rapporteur On the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association Final Presentation to the UN General Assembly

On 20 October 2016 in New York, United Nations’ first-ever Special Rapporteur Maina Khai had his final presentation to the General Assembly, reflecting on his time in mandate. The special rapporteur on the rights of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association warned that the environment for exercising civic freedoms remains hazardous

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ECNL Assembly Flashcards on Freedom of Assembly in Western Balkans

ECNL extracted key issues from each of the comprehensive country reports that monitor legal developments and practical implementation of freedom of assembly in Western Balkans countries into five user-friendly flashcards. The flashcards were designed to be useful tools for local partners to engage in in-country advocacy and reform. The brief publications (1) feature up to five issues

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CONCORD AidWatch Report 2016

The European Union has again failed to meet its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on Development Aid by 2015. On 26th October in Brussels, the CONCORD Aidwatch report 2016 was published, entitled “This is not enough”, reveals that only five countries met their 2015 targets: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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