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Announcing the winners of the 2023 Civic Pride Awards!
The European Civic Forum has announced the winners of its 2023 Civic Pride Awards! The awards recognise the inspiring work of civil society organisations and movements...
Read MorePro-fact: Research, education, fact-check and debunk COVID-19 related disinformation narratives in Croatia
Gong is organizing the international conference “European Perspectives: The Impact of Disinformation on the Health of Democracy and the Digital Environment”, which will be held on May 19th from 9.30h to 13.00h, as part of the project “Pro-fact: Research, education, fact-check and debunk COVID-19 related disinformation narratives in Croatia”. The conference, which will be held…...
ECF supports statement of Spanish organisations against state surveillance
Original statement signed by human rights organisations and collectives (including the European Civic Forum) in defence of the rule of law, democracy and society published by Iridia on 3 May 2022 State surveillance on journalists, politicians, and lawyers in Spain Date: 3 May 2022 On 18 April 2022, the Citizen Lab of the University of…...
Sunflowers for a United Europe Together with Ukraine
The Civic Alliance - Latvia and the European Movement - Latvia invite CSOs, companies, institutions and individuals to support the Ukrainian people, Ukraine's reconstruction and its integration into the European Union by taking part in the campaign "Sunflowers for a United Europe Together with Ukraine". Sunflower fields are one of the symbols of Ukraine, so…...
We are hiring! Part-time Administrative and Financial Officer
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 secretariat and governance team! We are currently seeking a part-time (24…...
Building an equality map / recognition by BeFem
"For cities tailored to people, not capital!" On 8 March, Ministry of Spatial Planning received a special recognition for building an equality map from BeFem, a feminist cultural centre in Serbia. The Ministry of Spatial Planning was created with the desire to contribute to the democratic and fair development of cities, and for the last…...
CAL Director presents proposals from people of Latvia at the conference on the future of Europe
On Friday, March 25th and Saturday, March 26th, Kristīne Zonberga, Director of the Civic Alliance - Latvia, participated in the fifth plenary session and working groups of the Conference on the Future of Europe as a representative of Latvian citizens. In the plenary session, Kristīne Zonberga presented a summary of the proposals for the future…...
CIVIC PRIDE AWARDS 2022: CIVIC ACTORS IN TIMES OF CRISIS DIALOGUE WITH INSTITUTIONS
On Thursday, 17 March 2022, the European Civic Forum (ECF) held its annual Civic Pride Awards event, this time fully online, to discuss with outstanding civic initiatives in Europe about the support they need from national authorities and European institutions in the current context of crisis. After two years of pandemic, in fact, European civil…...
Civil Society Convention delivers its recommendations on the Future of Europe
“In an exercise that has never been tried before, CSOs came together and put forward this outstanding work”. Alexandrina Najmowicz, co-chair of the Civil Society Convention on the Future of Europe, showed the dominating enthusiasm that reigned during the presentation of the Convention’s recommendations (to be published soon). Follow live the second day of…...
Why we need an EU Civil Society Strategy
While the importance of civil society in fostering and protecting the EU values and advancing European policies is reflected in a wide variety of EU policies and strategies, experts stress that the European institutions tend to view civil society as an ally to implement EU policies, rather than a partner or a sector in itself.…...