Welcome to the The GDSI Podcast where we bring you the latest insights from our leading experts. In our episode on Civil Society, Monica Bucurenciu and Tanja Hafner Ademi, team leaders of our EU funded Civil Society projects the ‘Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility’ and ‘The Tacso Project’ take on the challenge to define civil […]
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The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals describe gender equality as not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. Progress has been made over the years to tackle gender inequality – there are more girls than ever before in school and over the past decade 274 legal and
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“Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality” – Bertrand Russell. Russell’s insight into the importance of doubt forms the basis for this webinar on critical thinking by GDSI’s Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility. If you’ve ever wondered how you can make decisions from a place of objectivity
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As an interim government prepares to take the reigns of a country in crisis there is hope for a democratic and peaceful transition of power in Libya. In the decade following the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s government the political situation in Libya went from bad to worse. For years governance of the country has
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The GDSI team has raised €2250 for Barretstown, an organisation which offers free, specially designed camps and programmes for children living with a serious illness. The charity aims to empower children to regain their own inner strength, confidence, and self-esteem. Our team of Directors and leading experts are located all around the world – in
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Monica Bucurenciu, Best Team Leader Monica received this award for her commitment as Team Leader on the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility, an EU-funded project led by GDSI Limited working with the six EaP countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to promote the role of civil society actors in reforms taking place in
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GDSI is delighted to announce that the project ‘EU for Justice – Support for Chapter 23’ will enter its second phase. EU Ambassador to Serbia Sem Fabrizi and the Minister of Justice for the Republic of Serbia Maja Popović will sign the project into its second phase on Tuesday, 1st of December at 11AM (UTC+1)
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The year is 2020 and Kamala Harris has become the first female Vice-President elect of The United States of America. According to US think-tank the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) only twenty-one women sit as Head of State or Government in 193 countries around the world. This under representation of women in the political landscape
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The global economy currently faces weaknesses of social safety nets, exacerbating financial insecurity and inequality. While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) policies in creating opportunities for all are important, so are policies reducing risks. GDSI’s Director, Fiorina Mugione, will moderate a webinar on inclusive investment and entrepreneurship policies on Thursday 19th November from 15:00 –
by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). Non-formal education is something not spoken about at Belarusian schools; however, there are some NGOs, which are busy building young boys and girls’ personal capacities and promoting their participation. The Youth Education Centre Fialta NGO became one of them back in 1995. Quite
