News and updates from BCSDN and the region
CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation is launching its next generation tool – CIVICUS Monitor: Tracing Civic Space on October 24th, 2016. Designed in reaction to the lack of reliable information on civic space on a global level, the tool is intentionally narrow and focused on an assessment of the three basic elements that provide
Read more →The first national consultation meetings of The Global Standard for CSO Accountability will take place in: Skopje, Macedonia on the 17th of October, Prishtina, Kosovo on the 19th of October, Tirana, Albania on the 20th and Belgrade, Serbia on the 21st of October. BCSDN members and partners will be hosting the events that will organize
Read more →On September 29, in the premises of the European Movement in Serbia, the Western Balkans 6 group was established as an initiative of the Western Balkans CSOs from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia. The Western Balkans 6 group, should facilitate and accelerate the integration process of the entire region in the
Read more →The establishment of the Western Balkans Fund, in the framework of the Berlin Process, is considered as an important political decision, and a significant positive mark of the new cooperation spirit taking roots in the Balkans. Through it, the WB countries give another clear demonstration of their political will for strengthening the good neighborly relations,
Read more →The International Center for Non-Profit-Law (ICNL) issued the Survey of Trends Affecting Civic Space: 2015-16 in its quarterly review of NGO law trends around the world – Global Trends in NGO Law. The paper elaborates on several multilateral initiatives at regional and international levels that have had an impact on enabling environment for civil society
Read more →In some of the countries of the former communist world, it has become more difficult for civil society to operate freely, while in others, civil society plays a strong role promoting reform and responding to regional challenges. These are just some of the divergent trends identified in USAID’s 2015 Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI*),
Read more →The process of drafting a new National Strategy in Croatia started with the launch of 4 public hearings on the priorities of the National Strategy during April 2016. Public hearings were organized in order to obtain feedback from civil society organizations on the obstacles and challenges of development of civil society in the new 4-year
Read more →In order to implement one of the measures of the Action Plan for Chapter 23 and the creation of IT requirements for the implementation of a number of measures of the aforementioned action plan and strategy for the development of NGOs in Montenegro 2014- 2016, with the support of the Ministry of Information Society and
Read more →On November 28 – December 1, 2016, the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) shall be holding its Second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) in Nairobi, Kenya. With the theme, Towards Inclusive and Accelerated Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, HLM2 will contribute significantly to how Agenda 2030 (Sustainable Development Goals) will be implemented over the next
Read more →On 29th and 30th September, 25 participants from all Balkan countries met in Zagreb to take part in a workshop on Global Education. The project Western Balkan CSOs for Global Development is implemented in cooperation of Pontis Foundation, Horizont 3000, BCSDN and members from Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Other relevant actors from all Balkan
Read more →The EU European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn had a meeting with civil society organizations in Skopje on Friday, 14th, prior to…
Read more →The ability to assemble and act collectively is vital to democratic, economic, social and personal development, to the expression of ideas and to fostering engaged citizenry. Yet despite the increasingly prominent role that assemblies play in today’s world, there is sometimes a lack of clear understanding of the applicable international human rights law and standards.
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