2023 is already shaping up to be a busy year as we take forward our campaign for a European Civil Society Strategy: to reverse the trend of shrinking civic space and to protect civil society’s essential role in defending and expanding democracy.
European Civic Forum and Civil Society Europe discuss Civil Society Strategy with cabinet of Commission Vice-President Šuica
The European Civic Forum and Civil Society Europe met with the cabinet of Commission Vice-President Šuica on 28 September to discuss prospects for a civil society strategy and civic participation in policy making. The meeting was organised as a follow-up to the...
Join our secretariat – we are looking for a Civic Space officer
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...
Belgrade 2041: Back to the Future
The Ministry of Space presents the film Belgrade 2041: Back to the Future. The reason for making this movie is the development of the General Urban Plan of Belgrade for the period from 2021 to 2041. The guiding idea behind the film, and it should be behind the plan...
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 findings from the latest report by the Agency on civic space and civil...
L’UNION DES SANS-PAPIERS RECEIVES CIVIC PRIDE AWARD FROM EUROPEAN CIVIC FORUM
PRESS RELEASE - 13 July 2021 L’UNION DES SANS-PAPIERS RECEIVES CIVIC PRIDE AWARD FROM EUROPEAN CIVIC FORUM Version française Around 500 undocumented people have occupied the Beguinage church and sites at ULB and VUB Brussels universities for over 5 months. Over...
DENMARK: Reject discriminatory “Security for all Danes” Act and respect freedom of assembly
Open letter to the members of the Danish Parliament, published on 23 March 2020, also available on CIVICUS here. Members of the Danish Parliament Folketinget Christiansborg 1240 Copenhagen K Tel.: +45 3337 5500 E-mail: folketinget@ft.dk URGENT: Reject...
The ECF responds to the European Commission stakeholders’ consultation on the rule of law in the European Union
Deterioration of the rule of law, democracy and civic space: there is a need for a comprehensive approach The deterioration of the rule of law develops in parallel with growing social disparities In the European Union, the rule of law (Etat de Droit, Rechtsstaat)...
The European Civic Forum warns about rapid deterioration
of civic space and the rule of law in France
French version below Paris, Brussels, 1st December 2020 The European Civic Forum welcomes the mass mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of people that took place on 28 and 29 November in 70 cities across France in defence of civil liberties. The demonstrations...
CIVIC SPACE WATCH REPORT 2020
STORIES FROM THE LOCKDOWN
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Civic Forum is organising a policy debate on the occasion of the launch of its annual Civic Space Watch report 2020, on Tuesday 8 December (3:00-5:15 p.m. CET). Hosted by MEP Pietro Bartolo, this year’s debate will be...