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The EESC 2016 prize will reward initiatives carried out by civil society organizations and/or individuals and aimed at improving migrants’ lives and fostering their integration in society. Its overall objective is to raise awareness of the contribution that civil society organizations and/or individuals can make to the creation of a European identity and citizenship in
Read more →BCSDN short documentary shows you what brought together 15 civil society organizations from 10 countries in Southeast Europe. With the mission to empower civil society and influence European and national policies towards more enabling environment for civil society development, our members and Executive office have been working for more 15 years together to contribute to
Read more →States must implement crucial UN Human Rights Council resolution on civil society space, and cooperate fully with the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and of association. “At a time when governments and non-state actors are actively suppressing civil society voices, this resolution by the world’s premier human rights body articulates
Read more →The European Union is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, according to a wide coalition of more than 100 CSOs.. Shifting towards foreign policy that serves the single objective of curbing migration, the EU and its member states risk further undermining their credibility
Read more →The Commission has opened up another part of the EU decision-making process for stakeholders’ input. In line with its commitments under the Better Regulation Agenda and the broad effort to increase transparency in the EU Institutions, as of June 30th, draft delegated and implementing acts will now be put online and open for public feedback
Read more →European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG) in cooperation with the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organizations is preparing new guidelines to ensure meaningful civil participation in political decision-making. The guidelines will be addressed to the authorities in Council of Europe member states and will seek to promote sustainable mechanisms for dialogue, consultation and co-operation between
Read more →The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) issued a report and a video from the EU-NGO Human Rights Forum on Promoting an Enabling Environment for Civil Society held in December, 2015, prepared by HRDN. The report and the video clip aim to capture the voices and perspectives of civil society participants at the Forum, including
Read more →Under the coordination of International Civil Society Centre, the Steering Group consisting of colleagues from CIVICUS, ICNL, ActionAid, Amnesty International, Oxfam, Rendir Cuentas, VANI, The Africa Platform, The Oak Foundation, the Wallace Global Fund, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Open Society Foundations have been leading the development of the Civic Charter – The Global
Read more →CPDE is now calling for applications for CSO participation in the Second High Level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from November 28 to December 1, 2016. The HLM2 is organized by the Government of Kenya with support from the Global Partnership’s three co-chairs
Read more →Despite the many imponderables transfixing domestic politics, it already seems clear that Brexit will have a mainly detrimental effect on Britain’s international role, certainly in the short term. The UK is likely to have less aid money and less influence, while the success of the leave campaign could also signal a more inward-looking agenda. The
Read more →BCSDN short documentary shows you what brought together 15 civil society organizations from 10 countries in Southeast Europe. With the mission to empower the civil…
Read more →On July 8th, 2016, a group of civil society organizations and experts presented the joint proposal – Blueprint for Urgent Democratic Reforms they prepared for…
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