The European Citizenship Awards 2017 are a joint initiative between the European Civic Forum and Volonteurope, two European networks which promote active citizenship and recognition of the importance of social justice to the cohesion of communities across Europe. The...
À l’occasion du soixantième anniversaire de la signature du Traité de Rome, nous nous réunissons, conscients qu’il faut changer l’Europe, pour la sauver de la désintégration, du désastre social et de la régression autoritaire. Notre patrimoine commun, fait d’avancés...
We are coming together to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome in the full knowledge that we must change Europe, to stop it from falling apart, to avoid a social and environmental catastrophe and to keep authoritarianism at bay. Our common...
SOLIDARNA was set up in 2015 as a strategic initiative of 55 Croatian human rights activists and civil society organisations, as it became clear that sustainability of human rights protection, the rule of law and democratic standards in Croatia are not safeguarded by...
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...
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...
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...
Les 8 et 9 octobre 2016 le monde associatif européen avec des experts du champ académique s’est retrouvé à La Rochelle en France pour discuter de la “Démocratie en Europe et des maillons manquants”. 200 militants de plateformes citoyennes, d’organisations dans le...
Cette première Académie Civique Européenne entend traiter des questions complexes que posent les frustrations, les pratiques et les aspirations des citoyens vis-à-vis de la démocratie, cela dans le cadre du « déficit démocratique » en Europe. Le vote en faveur du «...
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...