CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS KICK OFF A CITIZENS’ CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE 27 April 2020 – This year’s Europe Day, the 9th of May, is marked by the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, by the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2...
For a Europe that cares for all – during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
#DEMOCRACY / #INCLUSION / #JUSTICE / #SOLIDARITY / #SUSTAINABILITY The COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrating all too well that unequal societies go hand-in-hand with human suffering, fragile economies and delicate democracies. Solidarity must be the bedrock of Europe’s...
THE FUTURE MUST BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST
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Open Letter to Ms Von der Leyen, Ms Jourova and Mr Reynders: CSOs must be able to act in response to social emergencies
The present statement is an initiative taken by national platforms of civil society organisations during a working group meeting hosted by the European Civic Forum (ECF).
At a distance, united as never before
Version française ci-dessousDear members, We are all living an unexpected and astonishing situation The whole planet faces the same emergency, and Europe has become, after China, the centre of the Covid-19 dissemination. All institutions, governments, communities, all...
Follow live the COE seminar on the World NGO day
The Conference of INGOs is celebrating World NGO Day with the holding of a seminar in Brussels on 28 February entitled “From the Past to the Future : A Living Civic Space for a Living Democracy”. On this occasion, the Conference of INGOs invited ECF Director...
Launch of Active Citizens Fund – National programme in Poland
By Stefan Batory Foundation A consortium of the Stefan Batory Foundation (leader), the “Shipyard” Centre for Social Innovation and Research Foundation and the Academia of Civic Organisations Foundation issues the first call for thematic projects in the Active Citizens...
Hungarian civil society in action – The „Have your say!” project | Public debate in the making in Hungary
More than 40 persons, representatives of civil society organisations and citizens gathered together in Budapest on 7 February to discuss how to participate and influence the upcoming Conference on the future of Europe, an initiative of the main EU institutions. The...
A TALE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, VICTORY AND PRIDE
With #CivicPride, we ended a very intense year of campaigning all across Europe, a year full of actions advocating for a democracy that gives voice to everyone, leaves no one behind and makes Europe great for all! More than a thousand organisations and activists took...
EMPOWER CITIZENS FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
Find below a common text discussed by networks of NGOs in Milan on 13-14 December 2019. The text is addressed to EU institutions regarding the Conference on the Future of Europe. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whereas it is...