Featured Events

On 7 November, we will host the final event of the chARTer project in the European Parliament!
The seventh European Civic Academy is taking place in Barcelona, as part of Novact's Noviolence Factory.
On 5-6 December 2022, ECF and Civil Society Europe convened over 100 civil society organisations, institutional representatives and donors in Brussels to co-create a strategic approach for an open civic space.

Lastest Events

Register now: How do we uphold the Charter of Fundamental Rights?

Nyt Europa and the European Civic Forum are pleased to invite you to a high-level conference focused on the state of fundamental rights and the…...

ECF co-organises roundtable on a protection mechanism

On 18 and 19 April, ECF and an informal coalition of civil society organisations hosted by Civil Society Europe, including our members Nyt Europe, CNVOS, Batory Foundation and FDSC hosted a roundtable on a protection mechanism for human rights defenders and CSOs in Europe. The event took place in the context of the European elections and…...

ECF holds Annual General Assembly in Marseille

On 25-26 April, ECF members and staff gathered in Marseille (and online, due to strikes that disrupted many members’ flights) for our Annual General Assembly. The meeting, which took place alongside the Marseille Encounters – the European Common Space for Alternatives – highlighted the growth and maturity of the network as it approaches its 20th anniversary.…...

European Civic Academy 2023 – Read our key takeaways!

On 19-20 September, 100 activists, civic actors and academics gathered at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies for the sixth edition of the European Civic Academy. The discussions focused on the…...

European Civic Academy 2023: Building collective empowerment

On 19-20 September, 100 activists, civic actors and academics gathered at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies for the sixth edition of the European Civic Academy. This year, the discussions focused on the theme “Building collective empowerment towards just and inclusive societies”. For decades, rising social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities combined with…...

Protect Civil Society, Defend Democracy – Register now!

ECF, Civil Society Europe  and CIVICUS will host a policy dialogue titled “Protect Civil Society, Defend Democracy,” on 22 March 2023. Register now!...

Co-creating a strategic approach for an open civic space in the EU

In December 2022, European Civic Forum and Civil Society Europe convened over 100 representatives of civil society, institutions and donors to discuss how to enable, protect and expand Europe’s civic space. This work will now feed into a pan-European campaign ahead of the 2024 elections...

SAVE THE DATE: European Civic Academy 2022 takes place along side 20th anniversary of the European Social Forum

Save the date for the fifth edition of the European Civic Academy taking place in Florence, Italy on 10th and 11th November 2022!   The European Civic Academy (ECA) was launched by the European Civic Forum in 2016 to connect and build bridges between civil society and academic agendas, to provide space for civil society…...

New “Reclaim our Civil Space!” event: How do we get to a European Civil Society Strategy?

Organised in the framework of "Reclaim our Civil Space!" project, this event intends to liaise between the networks of civil society organisations, the EU institutions and Donor States to jointly develop, promote and advocate for a detailed set of recommendations for a European civil society strategy and policy. The first panel of the event sees…...