🚨 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

BCSDN Members Meeting in progress! Strategising current and upcoming network activities, responding to current civic space challenges in the Western Balkans and Türkiye.

🗣 Nikola Burazer, European Western Balkans:
"Superficial reforms keep getting rewarded while backsliding goes unchecked. How does a country drift into autocracy inside the EU accession process?"
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#EUEnlargement #CivicSpace #DemocracyMatters #WesternBalkans

🗣 Valentina Superti, European Commission:
"We are witnessing a global divide—not just over resources, but values. Civil society is a key partner in defending democracy in this shifting landscape."🧵2/6
#EUEnlargement #CivicSpace #DemocracyMatters #WesternBalkans

📌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.

👉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!