Overview of the financial support from BiH public institutions to NGOs in 2011. A series of studies on public confidence in various institutions conducted in recent years indicate, among other things, the low public trust in Non-Governmental Organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are frequent complaints in the media about the non-governmental sector, which did not bring the desired changes while simultaneously allocation of substantial funds for this purpose is present from both foreign donations as well as from the public budgets.
View moreThe analysis provides a general overview of the characteristics of public and private lotteries distributed to CSOs and presents concise examples from four EU Member States (Croatia, Ireland, United Kingdom and the Netherlands), giving an overview of the legal basis, strategies and programs for defining priorities for funding from lottery incomes, bodies, available amounts of the lottery proceeds for CSOs and areas of support, types of support as well as procedures and criteria for selection of beneficiaries. It concludes with the pros and cons when choosing a relevant model for providing financial support to CSOs from lottery proceeds.
View moreIn the October-November 2016 period, TACSO BH organised four P2P Follow up events as partnership events with the Centre for Civil Society Promotion (CPCD). The general conclusion of the workshops was that civil society organizations are in a very peculiar situation and that in the upcoming period, to a smaller or greater extent, much more serious efforts will have to be invested in securing funds outside grants. It is estimated that the amounts that the organizations will have to secure for their core activities will be somewhere between 30 and 50%. Therefore, it was concluded that such activities require the standardization of services and the introduction of a quality assurance system to ensure conditions for adequate positioning.
View moreRegional Directory of Donors provides financial support in the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Countries, with 510 donors and calls for proposals available for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.
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