News and updates from BCSDN and the region
In a time when “accountability” and “transparency” are increasingly twisted into tools of restriction, civil society organizations (CSOs) now face a damaging label: “foreign agents”…
Read more →The Enlargement Candidate Members’ Initiative (ECMI) is a pilot project launched by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in February 2024 to involve civil…
Read more →Civic Initiatives has released an updated, October analysis of their report titled “Weaponizing Influence: How Russia’s and China’s Soft Power Clashes Serbia’s Civil Society using…
Read more →The Enlargement Candidate Members’ Initiative (ECMI) is a pilot project launched by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in February 2024 to involve civil…
Read more →Today, 16 October, marks seven years since the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who had faced numerous SLAPPs before her death. Her case…
Read more →Together with our member, the Center for Civil Society Promotion (CPCD), we present the 2023 annual report on the civil society environment in Bosnia and…
Read more →Following the initiative by our Serbian member, Civic Initiatives, Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) has facilitated high-level advocacy meetings in Brussels from October 1-3 to…
Read more →The 2024 Civil Society and Think Tank Forum, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Berlin Process, was held in Berlin from October 9-11. Organized by…
Read more →From September 16th to 18th, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) organized an Expert Workshop on Civic Space Monitoring and Protection in Vienna.…
Read more →On the night of October 4th, 2024, several regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Jablanica, Tarčin, Kiseljak, Kreševo, and Konjic, were struck by catastrophic floods.…
Read more →From 18-20 September in Mavrovo, North Macedonia, the Association of Journalists, Free Press Unlimited, and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee hosted the third regional conference, “Stronger…
Read more →In solidarity with Serbian civil society, BCSDN stands firmly with those facing increasing pressure to defend democratic values and fundamental rights. We support their right…
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