Dear colleagues, From 8-12 April 2019, CIVICUS and Civic Initiatives will host International Civil Society Week (ICSW) 2019 (link to website) in Belgrade, Serbia. The event is designed to connect participants across sectors, themes, regions and backgrounds to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. This year’s theme...
International Civil Society Week (ICSW) connects concerned citizens across sectors, themes, regions and backgrounds to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. CIVICUS and Civic Initiatives are excited to announce that International Civil Society Week 2019 will take place from 8-12 April 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. This year, join us...
Belgrade, August 22, 2018- What to do after leaving prison? How do you fit back into the surroundings from which you are coming? How can people from your surroundings accept you again instead of looking at you as a former convict? Where to find a job...
Open letter to Federica Mogherini Civil society organizations from Serbia and Kosovo against the division of Kosovo Dear Ms Mogherini, Civil society organizations from Serbia and Kosovo are urging you to make an unambiguous statement against the division of Kosovo or the exchange of territories between Kosovo and...
Joint Meeting of the Intersectoral Group for Freedom of Expression and Media and Working Group on Chapter 8 "Competition Policy" Belgrade, March 30. 2018. - The meeting was opened by Nataša Dragojlović, Coordinator of the National Convention on the European Union, Maja Stojanović, Executive Director of the...
MEDIA FREEDOM MATRIX Belgrade, March 29, 2018 - The Media Freedom Matrix was created as one of the results of the project "Protecting Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in the Western Balkans", initiated by Civic Initiatives and FoNet news agency in order to increase respect for...
"Journalist Protection Mechanisms" at a meeting of the Inter-sectoral Group on Freedom of Expression and Media and the Working Group for Chapter 23 Belgrade, March 26th, 2018. The meeting was opened by Nataša Dragojlović, NCEU Coordinator, Maja Stojanović, Executive Director of Civic Initiatives and Coordinator of Inter-sectoral...
On 19-20 March, BCSDN members met in Pristina, Kosovo, for a strategic workshop on the Monitoring Matrix, co-hosted by Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), to solidify the network’s position and efforts undertaken in the monitoring and advocacy on the enabling environment. Under the theme “The...
Within the CONCORD HUB3 Spring Meeting in Brussels, which took place this week, the 13th of March was devoted to Promoting civil society space. The event, jointly organized by CONCORD Europe, BCSDN and Fond Romania/Black Sea NGO Forum, was an effort of European civil society development organizations to...
MEDIA FREEDOM MATRIX Belgrade, January 25, 2018 - As part of the project "Protecting Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in the Western Balkans", Civic Initiatives and Project Partner, FoNet news agency, have so far worked on creating a Media Freedom Matrix - an online tool...
