Tales from the Białowieża Forest – short documentary film
The Partnership foundation from Poland invites us to watch their film titled “People for nature. Tales from the Białowieża Forest“. The documentary is a poetic meeting with people involved in the protection of the Białowieża Forest from the Nature and Culture House set up at an old schoolhouse in Teremiski. The film brings together the […]
New statutes to be prepared?
The coordination group of the network met at the 11th of January for the first time in 2024. During this meeting new members Sloga from Slovenia and Grupa Zagranica from Poland introduced themselves. Both of them are platforms that unite both CIGS and larger international cooperation NGOs in their respective countries. During the meeting as […]
Contest: Young people at the wheel
Wilde Ganzen informed you recently about the competition ‘Young people at the wheel’. This is a contest in which partner organisation of European CIGS have a chance to receive project support of €5.000, €7.500 or €10.000! This contest is open to small European NGOs that cooperate with partners in ODA countries. Download here […]
Supporting informal groups
For several reasons the level of formalisation of civil society seems to decrease. During a meeting of the funding working group we discussed if we can support groups that have no form of registration or that we should refrain from it. During the meeting we had members from the Belgium, the EU and the Netherlands […]
Funding informal groups
On the Thursday the 26th of October the Funding Working Group of the network will have a working group meeting form 11:00 till 12:30 about funding informal groups. Especially young people are more and more cooperating in informal settings, having no wish to register themselves. For funders who would like to fund international projects in […]
Capacity Building Working Group discussed the topic of quality assurance for CIGS capacity building
On 7 September the Capacity Building Working group discussed the topic of quality assurance of trainings and capacity building measures for CIGS in Europe. In country reports from the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Germany, and the region of West Flanders in Belgium. Qquestions like the standards, specialization and targeting of trainings and whether CIGS have to […]
Capacity Building Working Group will discuss the topic of quality assurance for CIGS capacity building
On 7 September at 11:30 CEST the Capacity Building Working group will discuss the topic of quality assurance of trainings and capacity building measures for CIGS in Europe. Are there certain standards? How specialized and targeted are trainings to the needs of CIGS in specific countries? Who offers and who pays for capacity building measures? […]
Regional CIGS network from France REASCOOP joins
One of the larger regional CIGS networks from France RESACOOP, has joind our network this summer. RESACOOP facilitates international cooperation initiatives from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. These can be initiatives from both citizens and local authorities in the region. RESACOOP supports more than 500 citizen initiatives arround the cities of Lyon, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Clermont-Ferrand and Chambéry. […]
Professor on Citizens in Sustainable Development
Sara Kinsbergen is coordinating a lot of research for the research working group of the European Network for Citizen Initiatives in Global Solidarity. At the 1st of July 2023 she has been appointed Professor on Citizens’ Role in Sustainable Development at the Radboud University in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. For many years already Sara is […]
EU DEAR Programme launches new webiste
The Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) Programme of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG-INTPA) of the European Commission launched a new website. This new website has been thoughtfully designed to foster stronger engagement among the DEAR wider community. It offers information about the projects´ results, participating countries, organisations, news, and resources. News and resources will […]