Save the date for the fifth edition of the European Civic Academy taking place in Florence, Italy on 10th and 11th November 2022! The European Civic Academy (ECA) was launched by the European Civic Forum in 2016 to connect and build bridges between civil society and academic agendas, to provide space for civil society…
The 2022 Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the European Civic Forum took place on 29th June, in the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) in Paris. After the meeting of the National Platforms of NGOs, ECF members had the opportunity to approve the 2021 Activity report discussed statutory affairs, ongoing and upcoming activities and…
The European Civic Forum is hiring! We are looking for a Civic Space officer, to join our Brussels-based secretariat under a CIP (Convention d’Immersion Professionnelle) for 6 months. The civic space officer shall support and contribute to the ECF work of research and advocacy on civic space and democracy-related issues. Main responsibilities: Daily monitoring of…
Statement by European and Ukrainian civil society organisations Published during the Ukraine Recovery Conference, Lugano (Switzerland), 5 July 2022 European civil society has been standing and continues to stand in solidarity with Ukraine and its people in the face of Russian aggression and the horrendous war. Russia must stop its aggression immediately and withdraw its…
The ECF secretariat is composed of a small but dynamic and multi-task team, responsible for the implementation of the work programme and the day-to-day management of the network. Team spirit, empathy and care, mutual respect and trust are values at the core of our work with others, within the secretariat, the governance team and the…
DROIT DE CITÉ, LA GRANDE JOURNÉE POUR LES ASSOCIA-TIONS ET CELLES ET CEUX QUI S’Y ENGAGENT AU QUOTIDIEN, INITALEMENT PRÉVUE LE 31 JANVIER 2022, EST REPORTÉE, COMPTE-TENU DU CONTEXTE SANITAIRE, AU 4 JUILLET 2022. Pour cette nouvelle édition qui se tiendra au lendemain des élections présidentielle et législatives, le mouvement associatif convie les acteurs et…
Organised in the framework of « Reclaim our Civil Space! » project, this event intends to liaise between the networks of civil society organisations, the EU institutions and Donor States to jointly develop, promote and advocate for a detailed set of recommendations for a European civil society strategy and policy. The first panel of the event sees…
Today the European Civic Forum joins 300+ CSOs from all across Europe to call on the President of the European Commission to include in the work programme of 2023 a proposal for a European Civil Society Strategy. Read the letter here: https://bit.ly/3xLbk9j Why a European Civil Society Strategy? Civil society is experiencing growing challenges on…
On 9 May, the Conference on the Future of Europe adopted the conclusions and recommendations discussed over the last year. Importantly, these proposals recognise the important role of civil society at national and European level and call for actions to safeguard civic freedoms and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Member States and to engage CSOs at…
As a follow-up process of the Convention and the Conference of the Future of Europe, Civil Society Europe, the French Social Economic and Environmental Council, and the Mouvement Associatif will be holding a High Level Conference on Civil Society and the Future of Europe that will be organised under the auspices of the French Presidency of the European…