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EDITO – 2023 must be the year of civil society mobilisation
by | 26 January 2023
Reversing the trend of shrinking civic space and protecting civil society is vital to defend democracy. In 2023 we must take our campaigning to the next level.
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WHO WILL DELIVER ON
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE ?
By CIME-European Movement Italy - Supported by a grotesque vision of the relations between the representative and participatory democracy, the Council has claimed that the Conference on the future...
Cap Magellan : European meeting of Young Lusodescendants in Fatima
Cap Magellan, first youth association for young portuguese or portuguese speaking people, founded in Paris in 1991, enables around flfty young people aged between 18 and 35, for more than 6 years...
Engaged, Inspired and Empowered in Belgrade: the EDI Convention officially started
The Engaged Democracy Initiative (EDI), initiatied by the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Institute for Democratic Engagement Southeast Europe (IDESE) aims to gather local organizations,...
Pandemic exacerbates challenges civil society faces,
find FRA report on civic space
Yesterday, Tuesday 28 September, ECF Research & Advocacy officer Giada Negri attended an event organised by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency This event was the opportunity to present the...
The CSOs Convention on the Future of Europe goes local!
We are living a historic moment at the European level in terms of coordination and convergence of civil society around a shared agenda for the Future of Europe. Over 80 thematic EU networks,...
Survey on the COVID-19 impact on fundamental rights and civic space
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As part of a research conducted jointly by Civil Society Europe, European Civic Forum, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law and Institute for Public Affairs and...
5 new members join the ECF !
The ECF held its General Assembly on 24 June, with more than 40 member organisations present online. This was also an opportunity to approve the membership of 5 new organisations from 5 different...
STATEMENT ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION FOR AFGHANS
– Statement by the RISE Network, published on 18 August 2021, available here. We the RISE network, Refugees' Ideas & Solutions for Europe, as an alliance of...
ECF condemns the liquidation of 50+ NGOs in Belarus and asks the EU to renew strong pressure on Belarusian authorities
On 22 July, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to liquidate over 50 NGOs in Belarus. This comes after Lukashenko vowed to continue what he called a “mopping-up operation” against civil society...