The project partners of the Global Standard for CSO Accountability met from the 5th-8th of December in Uganda to finalize the Standard content and further develop the outline of the Guidance document that will support the use of the Standard. The Standard was discussed in the context of the shrinking civic space internationally, but also through the other global processes taking place at the moment especially, the SDGs. After the first round of consultations held in the regions covered by the partners, including BCSDN, the partners worked on improving the content of the standard but also decided on developing an outreach strategy and piloting/testing methods and launch of the Standard in 2017. More about the national consultations held in the Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia can be found here, other contributions are welcomed on executiveoffice@balkancsd.net.