Workshop on Network Communication Strategy in Chisinau, Moldova

From 23 to 28 August 2023, representatives of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network (GBWN) gathered in Chisinau, Moldova with the aim of holding a workshop on network communication strategy. Many points were found on the agenda, and the entire workshop was led by Dr. Ludmila Malcoci, Keystone’s Director for the CEE region. Initially, a SWOT […]
First episode of the podcasts series

Welcome to the first episode of the podcasts series in the framework of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network, where we discuss critical issues related to climate change and gender-responsive budgeting. In this episode, the regional director of the network and the executive director of CRPM, Marija Risteska, engages in discussion with Gordana Nestorovska Micova and […]
PUBLIC CALL for IT SPECIALIST

PUBLIC CALL FOR IT specialist to upload 7 online courses for GBWN E-platform on five languages – ENG, ALB, MK, ROM, SRB/MNE/BiH and provide technical assistance in provision of training Results and Activities: Activities Technically developing online GBWN platform in five languages – ENG, ALB, MK, ROM, SRB/MNE/BiH Consultant’s tasks and duties: To upload the […]
High-level Advocacy and Lobbying Workshop

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.”William Faulkner DAY 3 We moved from Skopje to the beautiful Tikvesh region. From June 23 to June 25, 2023, our workshops continued and […]
Workshop on Gender and Climate Change

CRPM hosted GBWN partners in North Macedonia from 20 to 25 June 2023. The first two days were dedicated to gender and climate change, mitigation and adaptation measures, DAY 1 On the first day of our workshop on Gender and Climate Change, we had a chance to visit Mountain Vodno where we kicked off the […]
Gender Responsive Resilience Funding Monitoring training in the framework of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network

CRPM as part of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network held the first training on the topic of “Gender Responsive Resilience Funding Monitoring” Ulcinj, Montenegro, from 16-19 May 2023. The training program encompassed 6 modules and 2 workshops. The training was attended by representatives of 27 civil society organizations (CSOs) from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, […]
GBWN II Grant Recipients Announced!

Our evaluation team has evaluated the 94 received grant applications (for both national and regional level) and we are thrilled to end the week with the announcement of grant recipients! We are excited to start the journey of new local, national, and regional initiatives for promotion of resilience response and gender responsive budgeting in the […]
Questions and answers on the Public call for Applications for Capacity Building and Sub-Granting

If you have an interest in applying for Capacity Building and Sub-Granting in Gender Responsive Budgeting and resilience response, the questions and answers from the info sessions are now available. Please ensure to review them prior to submitting your application. The answers to the questions can be accessed via the following link – Questions and […]
Public Call for Applications for Capacity Building and Sub-Granting in Gender Responsive Budgeting and resilience response

Call Reference No: 2841/02/23 Project: STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN WESTERN BALKANS AND MOLDOVA (GENDER BUDGET WATCHDOG NETWORK, PHASE II) Financed by: Austrian Development Agency and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Implementing partners: Center for Research and Policy Making, Gender Alliance for Development Centre; Centre for Civil Society Promotion; Kosovo Women’s Network; […]
We hosted our first GBWN webinar for 2023 and here’s what we learned

We successfully hosted the webinar titled “𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 – 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬”, which was attended by more than 80 participants from the region. Our expert panelists – Jelena Peranic Attenelle (DG JUST D3), Marija Risteska (Center for Research and Policy Making), Slavica Striković (Ženska Akcija), Alina Andronache (Partnership […]