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Uncategorized 14 July 2016

Civil Participation in Decision-Making: The Council of Europe Needs Our Input

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

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Uncategorized 14 July 2016

Human Rights and Democracy Network Report and Video from the 2015 EU-NGO Human Rights Forum on Promoting an Enabling Environment for Civil Society

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

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Uncategorized 14 July 2016

Consultations on the Third Draft of Civic Charter

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

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Uncategorized 14 July 2016

CPDE: Open Call for CSOs to Participate in the Second High Level Meeting

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

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Uncategorized 14 July 2016

Less Aid Money, Less Influence: Brexit’s Likely Hit to the UK’s Development Role

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

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BCSDN News 11 July 2016

BCSDN Short Documentary

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…

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Civil Society 8 July 2016

Blueprint for Urgent Democratic Reforms: CSOs’ And Experts’ Joint Proposal for the Implementation of The Urgent Democratic Reforms

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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Analyses 4 July 2016

The Integration Capacity of the EU through an Overview of Published Works of the MAXCAP Project

With the MAXCAP project officially coming to its end in March 2016, BCSDN collected and summarized the main working papers in an overview of all research…

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Uncategorized 1 July 2016

UK Leave Vote ‘Might Result in Reduced Income for the Sector’ Warns NCVO

The decision to leave the European Union is likely to lead to a reduced income for the charity sector, National Council for Voluntary Organisations has warned in a briefing. NCVO’s document, Brexit: Implications for the Voluntary Sector warned that Brexit could lead to a reduction in investment income, and therefore grant making, drop in giving

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Uncategorized 1 July 2016

Corporate Philanthropy: Totals Up, Skepticism Down?

“Corporate philanthropy” may sound like an oxymoron to some, yet according to a Fortune article, twenty Fortune 500 companies are demonstrating that deep private-sector investment in charitable causes might not be so farfetched. The top-20 list spotlights the usual suspects like Wal-Mart, Bank of America, and Google’s new holding company, Alphabet, and breaks down each

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Uncategorized 30 June 2016

Fundamentalist Intolerance Is Degrading Assembly and Association Rights Worldwide – UN Special Rapporteur

The phenomenon of fundamentalism is fueling growing intolerance worldwide, which poses a grave threat to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai told the Human Rights Council, presenting his latest report on religious, free market, political, and nationalist or cultural fundamentalism. “The concept of fundamentalism cannot

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Uncategorized 30 June 2016

CfA: Open Society Seeks Idea Entrepreneurs (Deadline: 7.09.2016)

The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship seeks “idea entrepreneurs” from across the world who are ready to challenge conventional wisdom. The Open Society Fellowship chooses its fellows from a diverse pool of applicants that includes journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners in a variety of

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