Turkey, is time to condemn hate speech, not the human rights defenders

We are witnessing with great worry the aggravating situation on LGBTI+ rights and attack on defenders of these rights in Turkey. Since the pandemic outbreak, homophobia and transphobia are steadily rising as many authorities in the country consider the LGBTI+ community as carriers of the virus. This culminated with the Friday sermon last month, when Ali Erbaş (Head ofTurkish Directorate of Religious Affairs) used hate speech against LGBTI+ community in Turkey. Below you can find the timeline since the sermon's declaration and how it spurred attacks against the LGBTI+ community and human rights defenders. Timeline: In an April 24 sermon followed by thousands online,

Call for international solidarity: Activists detained in Belarus

The previous weekend marked the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany defeat in the World War II. In order

GrEEn Views: discussion series on life around and after the pandemic

As the world as we know it changes in the light of COVID-19 pandemic, all the issues and injustices

Zoom-bombing prevention guide for Young Green organisations (and not only)

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, more and more activists, schools and organisations are communicating and holding meetings through web-based

Belarusian authorities stop denying the COVID-19!

While countries in Europe and all over the world have been imposing quarantine and lockdowns, and calling the state

General Assembly and Strategic Planning Meeting 2020 Report

StickyMarch 29, 2020Uncategorizedoffice

Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe held its 11th General Assembly in Ratomka, Belarus 3-8th of March 2020. The General Assembly was hosted by our Member Organisation, Belarus Young Greens. The General Assembly was preceded by the Strategic Planning Meeting (4-5 March) which served as a starting point for discussion the Strategy 2022-24 with Member […]

Open call for Participants: Seminar “Art as Shelter” [Extended]

StickyFebruary 13, 2020Activities, CDN News, Educational Activities, Gender, News, Uncategorized, Working groupsoffice

Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe and Gender Working Group are announcing a call for Participants for the international seminar “Art as Shelter”. The seminar will take place between 7th – 11th April in Tirana, Albania ( 6 and 12 are travel dates to and from Albania for the participants). The project is the first phase of […]

Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in the cities

January 14, 2020Activities, Alternative Urbanisation, Educational Activities, Uncategorized, Working groupsoffice

Project background and summary The role of youth in cities has been one of CDN’s areas of work for several years now. The Network has previously organized several projects, including the Annual Work Plan “Urban Steps for Resilient Future” and a Summer School “Youth and the City: Young People for Fair and Green Cities”. Building […]

Call for Prepteam: “Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in cities”

StickyJanuary 14, 2020Activities, Alternative Urbanisation, Educational Activities, Uncategorized, Working groupsoffice

Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe and its Alternative Urbanisation Working Group are announcing a call for Prep-Team members for the international training “Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in cities”. The seminar will take place between 26th and 30th May in Riga (25th and 31th are travel dates). The event is implemented as […]

Recapping CDN Annual Work plan 2019

StickyJanuary 6, 2020Activities, CDN News, Educational Activities, News, Uncategorizedoffice

This year was an interesting journey for CDN in the realm of digital rights, critical digital journalism, online artivism and activism. Thanks to our Annual Work Plan “Digital Technology For Democracy: Youth Turns Threat Into Opportunity”, we had the chance to dive into these topics. This AWP consisted of three international activities: 1- Seminar in […]

CDN General Assembly 2020

StickyJanuary 4, 2020General Assembly, Organization, Uncategorizedoffice

Cooperation and Development Network of Eastern Europe will hold its 11th General Assembly on 4th – 7th March 2020 in Belarus and will be hosted by CDN Member Organisation Belarus Young Greens. This year we received 2 applications for host organisation and hereby, we would like to thank Georgian Young Greens for expressing their interest in hosting the […]

Reflections on September Climate strike – How we brought down the West-East division in Europe

StickyNovember 25, 2019Uncategorizedoffice

During September 2019, the world saw the biggest climate strike mobilization of more than 7.6 million people going and protesting in the streets. The main reason behind the strikes during September was to show to the world leaders, gathered at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, the climate emergency – and vowing to […]

Call for Prepteam: “Art as a shelter: A room of our own”

StickyNovember 14, 2019Uncategorizedoffice

Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe and Gender Working Group are announcing a call for Prep-Team members for the international seminar “Art as a shelter: A room of our own”. The seminar will take place between 7th – 11th April in Tirana, Albania ( 6 and 12 are travel dates to and from Albania for […]

Green Youth of Ukraine organizes the camp “Green Youth – Green City”

November 8, 2019Members' News, Newsoffice

Green Youth of Ukraine, one of CDN member organizations, organized the Green camp called “Green Youth – Green city” during 16-30 October in Kyiv. The aim of the camp is to mobilize and involve young greens of Ukraine into politics. During the camp, a lot of sessions addressed different challenges that young people face on […]

Call for host organisation for CDN GA 2020

StickyNovember 5, 2019Activities, CDN News, General Assembly, News, Organisational Activities, Organization, Uncategorizedoffice

CDN – Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe, is announcing a call for host organisations for its 2020 General Assembly! CDN’s General Assembly is a multiple day event intended for the review of the last year’s work of the Network, legitimizing the plans for the following year, and electing the Executive Committee in charge of […]