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European Civic Forum addresses an open letter to MEPs

Vladimir SESTOVIC 03.07.2019 Advocacy paper, Position

European Civic Forum open letter to the Members of the European Parliament The European Strategic Programme is far from an answer to the societal challenges A “MAKE EUROPE GREAT FOR ALL” PERSPECTIVE IS URGENTLY NEEDED! We are addressing you today to share our deep concern about the state of the European...

Call for nomination: Success Stories of Resistance

Giorgia 15.05.2019 Call for action, Call for action, Civic Space

We are looking for victorious stories of activists, associations, movements or groups of citizens who fight for fundamental rights and justice for all, while also resisting attempts to deny their rights to associate, protest, speak out and act....

Activizenship #3 is now out !

Vladimir SESTOVIC 01.03.2019 Civic Space, Publications

The European Civic Forum invited around 60 participants on 11 February, to officially present the newest issue of Activizenship, after nearly one year of evidence-based research and analysis of the situation of democracy in Europe. Since 2014, the magazine aim is to explore the potential of forms...

Report on NGOs and foreign funding raises fears in Italy

Vladimir SESTOVIC 28.02.2019 Civic Space

On 21 February, the Italian Think tank Centro Studi Politici e Strategici Machiavelli presented to the press room of the Chamber of Deputies a report called “NGOs and transparency – Comparative legislative evolution and controversy”. The research centre is known to have developed some of...

The ECF publishes its newest advocacy paper for CSOs

Vladimir SESTOVIC 05.02.2019 Advocacy paper, Civic Space

In a Europe, where we are increasingly witnessing barriers to access fundamental rights and civic actors are being stigmatised, oppressed or even criminalised. On 10 December 2018, as the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, hundreds of civil society organisations...

European Citizenship Awards: It’s your time to play! Online votes are open

Vladimir SESTOVIC 23.10.2018 ECAwards

http://civic-forum.eu/english/european-citizenship-awards-its-your-time-to-play-online-votes-are-openAfter an intense debate and more than 30 applications received, the jury members of the European Citizenship Awards selected four nominees in each of the three categories. The European Citizenship Awards 2018 is a joint initiative between the European Civic Forum and Volonteurope, two European networks which promote active citizenship and...

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS REQUEST WITHDRAWAL OF THE DRAFT LAW ON AMENDMENTS ON THE LAW ON SOCIAL PROTECTION

Vladimir SESTOVIC 17.08.2018 Civil Dialogue, English

A group of civil society organisations is contesting the Draft Law on amendments on the Law on social protection in Serbia, after a non-transparent process of consultation by the Serbian government and several paragraphs that could undermine the rights of workers and the social welfare...

Vladimir SESTOVIC 10.08.2018 English, Staff

Who we are? The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and NGOs across 27 countries in Europe and is actively working to promote civic and popular ownership of Europe, to foster citizens’ participation and the emergence of a...

We are looking for our Campaign officer

Vladimir SESTOVIC 10.08.2018 English, Staff

New Europeans nominated for the Europe Award

Vladimir SESTOVIC 06.07.2018 Members' Corner

Great news: New Europeans is in the running for the prestigious Europe Award 2019! Now it’s up to the young Europeans to vote for the winner. If you’re 35 years old or younger, then your vote is needed -- and we need it today! This nomination...

Follow the discussion now on right to protest in the EU and, in the specific, Spain👇👇 https://t.co/rm8Y3GLW4Q

Il y a 2 heures · Répondre · Retweeter · Favori

Tomorrow our Research and Advocacy officer @GiadaNegri will be speaking in Geneva about #rightoprotest and the European perspective! ➕The Spanish lanscape was also one of the six case studies of our latest report Activizenship #4! Find infos on the event below👇 https://t.co/Sh31HgWS7r

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The story of Adama and his family is one of the 6⃣ #storiesofresistance at the core of Activizenship #4 It is a story of struggle for truth and justice against police violence and impunity.⚖️🇫🇷 Read the story of @laveritepradama & check the full report👇 https://t.co/djkyP9V1E6 pic.twitter.com/N0Z49QQoXW

Il y a 5 jours · Répondre · Retweeter · Favori

🇧🇬Bulgarian NGOs call EU institutions to recognise the importance of CSOs and reiterate the Bulgarian state duty to protect #FreedomOfAssociation against smear campaigns & vilification. Read ans support their letter and demands on #CivicSpaceWatch 👇 https://t.co/b3G7g28RcQ

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Meet @koigieesti - a group of people living in Estonia - who mobilised thousands of people to send a strong message of tolerance and inclusion in the face of growing hate speech. Read their and the others stories of resistance at the core of our report 👇 https://t.co/2ZvkTbspsd

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European Civic Forum addresses an open letter to MEPs

Call for nomination: Success Stories of Resistance

Activizenship #3 is now out !

Report on NGOs and foreign funding raises fears in Italy

The ECF publishes its newest advocacy paper for CSOs

European Citizenship Awards: It’s your time to play! Online votes are open

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS REQUEST WITHDRAWAL OF THE DRAFT LAW ON AMENDMENTS ON THE LAW ON SOCIAL PROTECTION

We are looking for our Campaign officer

New Europeans nominated for the Europe Award

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