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Announcement
EU ENLARGMENT POLICY AND THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE WESTERN BALKANS WORKSHOP
The aim of the workshop is to discuss the current challenges faced by the countries in the Western Balkans and solutions to which local civil society organizations (CSOs) can contribute to solving. The workshop will bring together around 40 representatives of EU institutions and local CSOs, members of our network to enable a face-to-face debate on challenges and possibilities for CSOs role in the process. It will take place in Brussels on 9th and 10th September. Draft programme and more information on the event will be available as of mid-July.  |
Announcement
BCSDN 6th ANNUAL MEETING
The 6th BCSDN Annual meeting will take place on 6th -7th July, 2009 in Skopje, Macedonia. The meeting will be hosted by the Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation (MCIC). The aim of the meeting is to hold the founding assembly, adopt the main acts (and elect network’s bodies with the aim to finalize the process started last year on the Kotor Strategic Workshop. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to initiate joint projects and activities by network members. |
Elections to the European Parliament 2009 Manifesto
DO NOT FORGET THE FUTURE EUROPEAN CITIZENS!
In the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament taking place between 4th and 7th June, BCSDN is calling on the new Parliament and the new Commission to not forget the future European citizens once they take office. The manifesto calls on: |
CONFERENCE
BOTTOM-UP OR TOP DOWN: HOW TO MOVE EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION FORWARD IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
BCSDN Coordinator, Tanja Hafner Ademi participated to a regional workshop “Bottom-up or Top Down: How to Move Euro Atlantic Integrations Forward in the Minds of the People in the Western Balkans?” which took place in Skopje, 26th-28th May, 2009. The workshop which brought together representatives of governments, international organizations think-thanks and CSOs from the region tried to examine the current perceptions on human security challenges in the region and devising ways to overcome them by way of promoting regional civil society cooperation through promotion of successful institutional models. |
INFORMATION-SHARING
NEWSLETTER NO. 38 OUT NOW!
The latest issue of BCSDN Newsletter brings the following news:
EVENTS AND INITIATIVES
EP Elections Manifesto: Do Not Forget the Future European Citizens!
ANNOUNCEMENT BOARD
Comments to the Planed IPA Civil Society Regional Assistance for 2009 and 2010
BCSDN 6th Annual Meeting and Founding Assembly,
6th – 7th July, Skopje
EU Enlargement Policy and the Civil Society in the Western Balkans Workshop, 9th-10th September, Brussels
Possibilities for Joint Projects
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EU
REAL APPLICATION OF THE IPA PARTNERSHIP PRINCIPLE UNDER QUESTION
Today, 23rd Janaury, Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) has submitted a letter to the European Commission based on consultation process for the new IPA Civil Society Facility projects for 2009, which is closing today. The letter notes that "While engagement with the EC Delegations in the region is improving in the direction of timely, regular consultation process, these cannot be said for the involvement of local networks and CSOs in the EU multi-beneficiary/regional policy, programming, monitoring and evaluation process." |
BCSDN Survey
WEEKLY E-MAIL ALERTS & WEBSITE RESULTS 2008
The survey results on the Weekly E-mail Alerts (WEA) confirms the findings of BCSDN web survey in 2005 and External Evaluation 2004-2007 conducted in 2007 which found this information service as the most useful instrument among members and partner organizations. The overall majority of the respondents appreciates and finds them relevant and useful.
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WORKSHOP
LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER: PARTNERS INPUT INTO STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS OF BCSDN
The strategic workshop under the title “Learning from Each Other: Partners Input into Strategic Orientations of BCSDN” took place on 12th and 13th September, 2008 in Kotor, Montenegro. The workshop was organized and hosted in partnership with Center for Development of NGOs (CRNVO) from Montenegro and facilitated by Stevo Muk from Institute Alternativa. It was attended by 16 representatives of member and partner organizations from the region and from Brussels. |
EU
CIVIL SOCIETY UNHAPPY WITH THE CONSULTATION AND SUPPORT BY EU SO FAR
Since end of April, the European Commission and respective Delegations have launched consultation process for projects planned under the IPA Component I for 2008 aimed at transitional assistance and institution building in Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as on the regional level (all IPA countries). |
5TH STEERING GROUP MEETING
EXPANDING AND MATURING REGIONAL NETWORK OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BALKANS
The 5th BCSDN Steering Group Meeting took place on 1 April, 2008 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The meeting was hosted and chaired by member organization-CNVOS. The meeting was attended by 6 members and 2 organizations that became members of the network (see list of participants in Annex 2). Six partners (OAR, AIDRom, WAD, Pokrov Foundation, EOS and EHO) did not participate due to other commitments. The meeting was organized on the margins of the conference “Giving a stronger voice to civil society in the EU neighbourhood” organized under the Slovenian EU Presidency and aimed at reviewing network activities in 2007 and discuss steps to defining the future of the network. |
Report
BCSDN ANNUAL REPORT 2007
Balkan Civil Society Development Network is proud to present its Annual Report 2007. The Annual Report covers all activities implemented in 2007 among them 2 training activities (training on media and civil dialogue), 1 exchange activity (small grant support to 6 exchange projects), 2 consultancy (on-the-job training and help-desk), 5 information-sharing activities (website, project-partner database, Weekly e-mail alerts, Newsletter, mailing list), 3 publications (Balkan Civic Practices no. 3-5) and 2 coordination activities (operational support to the implementation of the Programme, Steering Group meeting). The full narrative report is available here. The financial report is curently being audited by KPMG and will be available after an audit opinion is issued by the company.
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publication
THE 5TH EDITION OF BALKAN CIVIC PRACTICES: GUIDE TO CIVIL DIALOGUE IN THE BALKANS
The newest edition of Balkan Civic Practices carries the title “Guide to Civil Dialogue in the Balkans.” In 2000, the European Commission underlined the importance of cooperation of CSOs the Commission and the national governments in its communication “The Commission and NGOs: building a stronger partnership” in which it stated that NGOs can make an important contribution to the development of democracy and civil society in the candidate countries. This edition of Balkan Civic Practices for the first time explores the setting (legal and practices) of civil dialogue in Western Balkan countries. It also presents the experience in civil dialogue in Slovenia as a New Member State of the EU with relevant lesson learned for other acceding and candidate countries. |
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