News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The latest CIVICUS Watch Report shows that in 2015 one or more of the core civil society freedoms – freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, were seriously violated in at least 109 countries. Of the three core civil society freedoms, the freedom of association was most frequently violated. In the Western Balkans region, the
Read more →The 2016 State of Civil Society Report summarizes the key events, issues and trends affecting civil society around the world. The 5th annual report draws on contributions from more than 30 of the world’s leading experts on civil society as well as investigative work from the CIVICUS staff, which was conducted in close partnership with
Read more →More than 244 CSOs from all around the world sent a joint open letter to call delegations worldwide, in order to stand in solidarity with civil society by supporting the draft resolution on the protection of civil society space, to be considered for adoption on the 32nd session of the Human Right Council (on 30
Read more →On the 27th of June, Civic Initiatives, Serbia, invited CSOs on a meeting that will take place on the 29th of June in Novi Sad (Serbia), regarding the amendments on the Law on Associations and the Law on Foundations contained in the Civil Code. Namely, the working group established by the Government of the Republic of
Read more →On 29 June, our member organization, CSPC held a presentation on the 2015 report on the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development in Bosnia and…
Read more →The Monitoring Matrix 2015 Reports on Enabling Environment (EE) for Civil Society Development (CSDev) for all seven countries are now available. The reports present the…
Read more →CIVICUS released the 2016 Civil Society Watch Report, finding that in 2015 there has been significant worsening in the respect for civil society freedoms. In…
Read more →On the 21-22 June in Skopje, BCSDN organized a regional capacity building event within the scope of the project Western Balkan CSOs in Global Development.…
Read more →Being cognizant of the fact that is it crucial time for protecting fundamental rights, such as freedom of assembly, on June 21st, 2016, the European…
Read more →BCSDN is proud to present its latest policy brief, authored by Biljana Spasovska, BCSDN’s Policy and Advocacy Officer, assessing how the EU support for regional partnerships of civil society has contributed to fostering democratic reforms and more effective policies in the democracy and rule of law areas (incl. human rights, social dialogue) in current Enlargement
Read more →Recent research on the effectiveness of the EU integration policy suggests that the EU strategies intended to bring domestic improvements in the areas of democracy,…
Read more →MCIC has translated into Macedonian language the third report submitted to the General Assembly by the Special Rapporteur, which was presented to the United Nations General Assembly in October 2015. In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association is comparing the enabling environments for businesses and
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