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Millennial Matters – Agents of Change

Vladimir SESTOVIC 09.02.2017

Together with European youth organisations we will explore how you can create your own movement. You have an idea. You are searching for people with similar ideas. But, what's next? What will be the step that takes you beyond visions and ideas, that will be embedded...

Progression and structuring of radical right across Europe: How can civil society act against regressive populism?

Vladimir SESTOVIC 24.01.2017

Europe is facing an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy of its institutions and decisions in its recent history. Against the long-lasting erosion of representative democracy and mainstream politics, the economic and refugees’ crisis combined with the constant spectrum of austerity provide fertile ground for the resurgence...

A Civic Academy for Democracy in Europe

Vladimir SESTOVIC 03.01.2017 Civic Space

European civil society representatives and academics met on 8-9 October 2016 in La Rochelle, France to discuss about “Democracy in Europe and the missing links”. Some 200 activists from citizens’ platforms and representatives from social, human rights, culture and environment organisations from all over Europe...

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5 years of Okruzenje TV programme, winner of the 2016 European Citizenship Awards

Vladimir SESTOVIC 15.12.2016 Civic Participation

The 5th anniversary of Okruženje took place in a room crowded with journalists and an unanimous appreciation of the sole regional TV programme: this is a project that must continue. Until now, Okruženje was realised with a great number of guests who could witness its development and...

Towards an EU Strategy to Promote Civic Space ?

Vladimir SESTOVIC 01.12.2016 Civic Space

Original article from Civil Society Europe On 16th November, several members of the European Parliament working on civil liberties, human rights and development cooperation and representatives of European CSOs met for a breakfast exchange on shrinking civic space in Europe, at the initiative of Vice President...

Join us for the first European Civic Academy

Vladimir SESTOVIC 16.09.2016 Civil Dialogue, English

The first European Civic Academy (8-9 October, la Rochelle, France) will look into the complex questions raised by citizens’ disenchantment, practice, and expectation with regard to democracy and in relation to the “democratic deficit” in Europe. The vote for Brexit is the latest illustration of the...

2016 European Citizenship Awards – vote now!

Vladimir SESTOVIC 13.06.2016 Civic Participation

The European Citizenship Awards 2016 are a joint initiative between Volonteurope and the European Civic Forum, two European networks which promote active citizenship and recognition of the importance of social justice to the cohesion of communities across Europe. The Awards celebrate the democratic and civic...

The ECF is looking for an Communication and Advocacy Officer (Internship)

Vladimir SESTOVIC 09.06.2016 Non classé @en

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. We are currently seeking an intern to assist the secretariat team in the field of policy and...

What makes an active citizen?

Vladimir SESTOVIC 03.06.2016 Civic Participation

What makes an active citizen? Is voting in elections enough? Or does it mean volunteering every week and only buying fair trade fruit? A cursory search reveals that there is no real agreement on what it means to be an active citizen. Volonteurope has teamed up with European Civic Forum to...

Imagining the learning community of tomorrow

Vladimir SESTOVIC 31.05.2016

LLL-Platform is organising its annual conference, entitled "Imagining the learning community of tomorrow". The learning community of tomorrow, what will it look like? The speed at which society has evolved in the last decades makes it difficult to conceive what might be happening in 10 years,...

[#Croatian] #MEGA kampanja Stvorimo bolju Europu za sve! @GONG_hr zajedno sa ostalim clanicama ECF-a, žele osigurati da su procesi demokratski, te da se u njih uključe svi iz #Europe. Pridružite nam se 10.12 za #NoDayWithoutUs https://t.co/dn3NZZ9KEm

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A #crowdfunding campaign was launched in the #UK to support @bbw1984 in their fight against facial recognition by @metpoliceuk! Support them too, pledge now for their campaign! #security #civilliberties https://t.co/Ek2E3zXFc4

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@enablingNGOlaw @gilbertcathal @CIVICUSalliance @EuCivilsociety @OHCHR_Europe @LawOfProtest @anrurka @OssRepressione @abuondiritto https://t.co/6swHCBtUtV

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After Transport Minister @DaniloToninelli dodged protesters of #RestiamoUmani who were pacifically demonstrating against migrants policy of the gvt, police first starved them, then kicked them off. https://t.co/pbFUb3Mgxt #CivicSpaceWatch pic.twitter.com/6WPr0TjO1Q

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#CarnivalofResistance The use of facial recognition limits freedom of assembly https://t.co/HciNpFWGuE @policemonitor @CIVICUSalliance @EuCivilsociety @enablingNGOlaw @LawOfProtest https://t.co/ftzbCwEAhX

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Millennial Matters – Agents of Change

Progression and structuring of radical right across Europe: How can civil society act against regressive populism?

A Civic Academy for Democracy in Europe

5 years of Okruzenje TV programme, winner of the 2016 European Citizenship Awards

Towards an EU Strategy to Promote Civic Space ?

Join us for the first European Civic Academy

2016 European Citizenship Awards – vote now!

The ECF is looking for an Communication and Advocacy Officer (Internship)

What makes an active citizen?

Imagining the learning community of tomorrow

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