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Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) is a network of 10 civil society organizations from the Balkans, providing a more enabling civil society environment in the region
🚨 Solidarity with the Serbian people! ✊

BCSDN, alongside with 130 CSOs across Europe, is joining the call for justice, democracy, and fundamental freedoms in Serbia.
March 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🌍 Civic Space in EU Enlargement: BCSDN’s High-Level Policy Dialogues in Brussels 🇪🇺

BCSDN’s recent high-level policy discussions in Brussels gathered EU policymakers, civil society representatives, and experts to discuss the role of civic space in the EU enlargement process.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
⚠️ CSOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina Raise Alarm Over New Laws in Republika Srpska 🏛️🚨
The recently adopted "Foreign Agents Law" and Criminal Code amendments raise concerns about restrictions on civil society and media freedoms. 📣📜
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February 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🚨 BCSDN Condemns Targeted Institutional Pressure on Civic Initiatives and Civil Society in Serbia
On February 25, authorities raided Civic Initiatives, CRTA, Trag Foundation, Center for Practical Politics, and KOMS—without search warrants or explanation.

🔗 Full reaction here cutt.ly/Trrn2sIa
February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
BCSDN Members Meeting in progress! Strategising current and upcoming network activities, responding to current civic space challenges in the Western Balkans and Türkiye.
February 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"How Do We Get to an Enlargement That Delivers?"
📍 LIVE from Brussels | Western Balkans Civil Society Policy Dialogues
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February 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨 Happening today! Civil society & policymakers meet in Brussels to discuss EU enlargement that delivers. Can democracy & reforms remain at the core of the process?

📍 EPC, Brussels | ⏰ 15:30 CET

#WesternBalkans #EUIntegration #Democracy
📌How do we get to an enlargement that delivers?

Biljana Spasovska,BCSDN and Taulant Hoxha,KCSF, & BCSDN Chair will discuss how civil society can defend democracy and the rule of law, the EU’s role in protecting civic space, and ways to strengthen CSO-EU collaboration amid growing global pressures.
February 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📌How do we get to an enlargement that delivers?

Biljana Spasovska,BCSDN and Taulant Hoxha,KCSF, & BCSDN Chair will discuss how civil society can defend democracy and the rule of law, the EU’s role in protecting civic space, and ways to strengthen CSO-EU collaboration amid growing global pressures.
February 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
👉Kicking off our BlueSky activity with our Brussels advocacy!
Important discussions at @eucivicforum.bsky.social today!
WB & EU CSOs tackling challenges to civic space, democratic backsliding, and shrinking participation.

Thanks, ECF, for bringing us together!
February 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM