Civil Society for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Capacity Building for Evidence-Based Advocacy, Policy Impact and Citizen Engagement (SELDI.net)

Through cooperation at the regional level, the project seeks to strengthen participatory democracy and the EU approximation process through consolidating and enhancing the impact of civil society engagement in the policy making and reform processes in the Western Balkan region in the area of anti-corruption, the rule of law and good governance.

In line with project’s goals, project strives to achieve: 1. Strengthened CSO’s capacities and engagement opportunities for enhanced regional cooperation, at national and grassroots level, in anti-corruption policy and decision making; 2. Encouraged and mobilized citizens’ engagement and grassroots activism to peacefully pressure governments for continued anti-corruption reforms; 3. Established professional working dialogue with policy makers at national, regional, and EU level. Achieved policy reforms and societal innovation in the area of anti-corruption through evidence-based advocacy, policy engagement and awareness raising; 4. Improved outreach and engagement through enhanced use of social media; 5. Identified and leveraged tipping points for tackling common challenges in the field of corruption prevention and prosecution by calling leaders and institutions to account and monitoring corruption victimization and state capture vulnerabilities; 6. Intensified regional CSO cooperation, dialogue and synergies across thematic networks for achieving a more holistic impact on political and judicial corruption in the region.

The project is part of a regional project implemented by CeMI through the program initiated by the Center for International Cooperation (North Macedonia), in partnership with the Center for Study of Democracy (Bulgaria), Albanian Center for Economic Research (Albania), the Center for Contemporary Politics (Serbia), the Center for Civic Initiatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Organization for democracy, fight against Anti-Corruption and Dignity COHU (Kosovo). The project is financially supported by the Delegation of the European Union.