News and updates from BCSDN and the region
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
Read more →MAXCAPs working paper no. 23 assesses the external political integration capacity of the EU across neighbours, candidates, and new members in different regions of Eastern Europe. External integration capacity refers to the ability of the EU to prepare non-members for accession and association, respectively; political integration capacity refers to strengthening democracy and governance effectiveness in.
Read more →The TSI Croatia team formulated a number of significant recommendations to address challenges, elaborated in this latest TSI policy brief. As noted in the policy brief, it is necessary to adjust tax frame to needs of development of the third sector. Also, there is clear need for obtaining relevant skills in the sector such as
Read more →Atlas Corps is inviting CSOs leaders from around the world for its overseas fellowship program. Their mission is to address critical social issues by developing leaders, strengthening organizations, and promoting innovation through an overseas fellowship of skilled non-profit professionals. The U.S. Atlas Corps engages leaders committed to the non-profit sector in 12-18 month, professional fellowships
Read more →Maison des Associations Internationales is hosting the ECIT first Summer University on European citizenship. From 29 to 31 August students, academics, policy makers and civil society representatives from all over Europe will meet in Brussels to exchange views on the gaps and future challenges of European citizenship. During this three-day event, participants from different backgrounds
Read more →Global Perspectives brings together key national and leading international CSOs with high level representatives from politics, the corporate sector and academia to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. How can civil society actors worldwide protect and expand civic space, in order to make meaningful contributions to the implementation of the SDGs and climate
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