Important decision taken at the London Berlin Process Chair about the WBF

Following the Western Balkans Leaders Summit held within the framework of the Berlin Process, the Chair has published the full list of adopted decisions.

Decision No. 46 introduces a very important concerning the future planning and work of Western Balkans Fund (WBF).

𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟’𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠’ 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠. 𝐴𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠’ 𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑊𝐵6 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐁𝟔 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Thanks to this decision, which was first proposed by the Secretariat, our next Call for Proposals will have a dedicated funding window to support projects advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment across the Western Balkans.