Pavlina Filipova, Supporting civil society in the Balkans

Supporting Civil Society in the Balkans Balkan Trust for Democracy

Created in 2003 as a
10-year, $30 million initiative
Supports:
Democracy
Good Governance
Euroatlantic Integration
About BTD

Partners of BTD
Subsequent Contributors:
Danish Government
Czech Government
Royal Netherlands Embassy - Belgrade
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
Robert Bosch Stiftung
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Compagnia di San Paolo
Tipping Point Foundation
Founding Partners:

Grantmaking
What BTD Does: Policy Dialogue

To Whom?
Civic Groups
NGOs
Media
Think Tanks
Governments
Educational Institutions
Grantmaking

Where?
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Kosovo
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Romania
Serbia
Regional
Grantmaking

Grantmaking
Linking Citizens to Government
Regional Cooperation and Collaboration
Bulgaria Fund 2007-2010
Program Areas
Since inception, over $18 million in 661 projects
Around 30% of the projects are regional
In 2009: total of 125 projects with a value of $ 3,351,884
Additionally, in 2008-09: total of 48 projects with a value of $ 2,405,538 through the Bulgaria Fund
Overview

OVERVIEW BTD Spending Breakdown by Territory 2003 to 2009

Examples
Linking Citizens with Governments
Advocacy and Monitoring
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN):
“ Monitoring of Public Services in Kosovo”
Institute for Public Policy (IPP): “ Making Local Accountability Work in Romania: Developing Tools for Measuring Mandate Performance of Local Elected Officials in between Elections” Foundation for Local Government Reform: “ Good Governance Principles: Bridging Citizens and Governments”

Fighting against corruption and organized crime
Examples Center for Study of Democracy : “ Monitoring of the Anti-corruption Reforms in Bulgaria” BTC Pro Media Foundation: “ Fighting Corruption through Investigative TV Programming” Risk Monitor Foundation : “ Basic Practices against Money Laundering in Human Trafficking” + regional “Organized crime in the Balkan Political Context” with organizations from Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Romania Romanian Academic Society (SAR): “ Anti-Corruption: What Works In Our Region. A Resource Casebook.” with organizations from all Balkan countries Regional

"Civil society has a central role to play in the EU integration of the candidate and potential candidate countries and their transformation into modern European democracies.”
(Statement by enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn during the Conference on Civil Society Development in Southeast Europe, Brussels, 10 April 2008 )

CONTACT INFORMATION: The Balkan Trust for Democracy The German Marshall Fund of the United States Dobračina 44 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia Tel: 381 11 3036 454 Fax: 381 11 3288 022 www.gmfus.org/balkantrust

Pavlina Filipova, Supporting civil society in the Balkans

by Koroli on May 07, 2010

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

1 Embed 2

Statistics

Pavlina Filipova, Supporting civil society in the Balkans — Presentation Transcript