Belgrade, 20 October 2021 - In the newest European Commission's Serbia Report 2021, published on October 19, 2021, it was stated that further efforts are needed for ensuring systematic cooperation between the government and civil society. The absence of an enabling environment for developing and financing...
Belgrade, October 7, 2021- Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia September 24 - October 7, 2021 In the past two weeks, there has been a continuation of the trend of endangering the freedoms of expression, association and assembly, through verbal threats, but also physical attacks. The series of...
Belgrade, September 20, 2021 Amendments change the essence of the law In the past few months, the government has been trying to substantially change the media and civil sector-related laws by amending the legislation not caring for argumentative opposition too much. The process of amending the Law on...
© fran_kie/Shutterstock "It makes no sense for civil society to spend time helping the state devise a strategy that will never be applied. In a country where the rule of law does not exist, there is no point in adopting new laws and strategies". A meeting with...
- An Open Letter to Minister Gordana Čomić - Professional media and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Serbia call on Minister Čomić, who is in charge of creating an enabling environment for the work of civil society, to recognize, condemn and prevent attacks on civil society...
Belgrade, August 12, 2021 Civic Initiatives and the Balkan Civil Society Development Network are pleased to present the sixth edition of the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, covering developments in Serbia in 2020. This report is part of a series of country reports...
Belgrade, August 02, 2021 The Ministry of Environmental Protection allocated 70 million dinars in an illegal process; we demand a reaction from the prosecutor’s office! Due to numerous irregularities in the evaluation of project proposals and the distribution of funds, as well as public allegations of corrupt...
Belgrade, July 27, 2021- Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia July 16 - 27, 2021 The past period has been marked by very dangerous cases of pressure on journalists, starting with the organized campaigns conducted against journalists of the investigative portal KRIK in pro-government tabloids, followed by death...
Belgrade, 9 July 2021- Regarding the frequent official and informal calls on civil society organizations to get involved in the consultation process with the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue for drafting The National Strategy for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development...
Belgrade, 7 July 2021- The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2020 edition of the Monitoring Matrix Regional Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, examining the civil society developments in the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia...
