In order to reach out to more civil society organisations (CSOs) with varying levels of managerial, technical, and advocacy capacities, beyond those based in capitals in the partner countries, the European Commission has increasingly used Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP). With this, the European Commission has significantly increased the number of CSOs benefitting from
At the start of the new phase of our project, our team collected information on civil society needs in the Eastern Partnership countries with the aim of better adapting the opportunities we are offering in the coming years. We had a great response rate for our online survey. Overall, 257 organisations and activists from the
Dear colleagues, Our Project is now collecting information on civil society needs in the Eastern Partnership countries to better adapt the opportunities we will be offering in the coming years. By completing our survey below, you will help us better understand what you need in your civil society organisation or as civil society activists from
We are happy to announce that a new phase of the EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility is starting and will run until December 2024. The new project will be implemented by a consortium led by GDSI and will bring together new and old team members from its previous phase. As before, the project will
Isaac Asimov famously said that ‘It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be’. That change is the dominant factor in society today
Since 2016, a new generation of feminist actors has emerged in the civil society landscape of Azerbaijan. These actors primarily use social media to communicate the essence of feminism, discuss gender issues openly, promote gender equality and women empowerment, and denounce harmful cultural practices that impede the advancement of gender equality in the country. Their
In order to strengthen the interaction between the EU and civil society actors in the Eastern Partnership countries, our project commissioned the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), to produce “Mapping Studies of Trade Unions and Professional Associations as Civil Society Actors Working on the Issues of Labour Rights and Social Dialogue in six Eastern
In 2014, a wide-reaching effort began to develop EU Country Roadmaps for engagement with civil society. Envisaged as a joint initiative between the EU and its Member States, the Roadmaps were introduced to strengthen their engagement with civil society in the respective partner country. The first Roadmap for Georgia covered 2014 to 2017 and contained
UPD: Clarifications (Q&A) with regards to this tender are now available as a part of the Terms of Reference. We are looking for organisations and individuals to conduct Mapping Studies of Trade Unions and Professional Associations in the six Eastern Partnership Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine). The objective of this assignment is to conduct mapping studies of the
