Apply for the European Civic Micro-Grants 2024! (only for member organisations)

The European Civic Micro-Grants are an instrument of micro-financial support to civic groups, local initiatives, and movements in the European Union. The aim is to provide a flexible response and to strengthen capacity of organisations in responding to societal and political challenges, but also to build and sustain constituencies and engage in European network building and policies. Through its operating grant from the EU’s CERV programme, the European Civic Forum has established this granting mechanism for its member organisations, launched in 2023, and now available for 2024. 

Okotars: Hungarian CSOs launch the Civil EU Presidency

Hungary holds the presidency of the Council of the EU between 1 July and 31 December 2024. Two CSO networks - the Great Lakes and Wetlands Alliance and the Civilisation Coalition - launch the Civil EU Presidency together to amplify the voice of civil society during these six months on issues that are not properly…...

European Movement Italy: New Game Changers in a Reshaped World Order, and the EU agenda 2024-2029.

 July 9, 2024 from 14:30 to 18:30 (CET) Hybrid event.  A Think tank meeting hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions (Room JDE 53) and facilitated by the European Movement-Italy and The-EPE. Europe, the EU institutions as well as all the financial, economic, and social actors need to design…...

Libera: Our new space opens in Rome

In April, began another chapter of the Italian organization Libera against mafias's nearly thirty-year history: ExtraLibera is our new space, open in Rome at Via Stamira 5. A multimedia journey, a documentation center, a study hall, and a place for associations: this is how a confiscated bingo hall becomes a place of aggregation and culture…...

Gong: Activities ahead of the EU elections

Gong published the paper "The State of Democracy in Europe and the Democratization of the European Union after the 2024 Elections" on the eve of the elections for the  European Parliament. The author of the paper is Dario Čepo, a professor from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb and a member of Gong. The report focuses on…...

European House Budapest: The first MRS Civil Yearbook is out!

The first Macro-Regional Civil Yearbook covering in a comprehensive manner the achievements and major developments of civil society stakeholders of the four macro-regions has been published by European House Budapest. This new and non-traditional initiative aims to underline the value added nature of civil society involvement in shaping and implementing the EU macro -regional strategies. As…...

LDH: Bordeaux 2024, the LDH launches into the battle to unite against the far right

Translated and edited by ECF from LDH Newsletter From 18-20 May 2024, the LDH brought together its delegates, representing sections, federations and regional committees, for its 92nd national congress in Bordeaux. We would like to thank you all for taking part, and in particular the activists from the Bordeaux section and the wider Nouvelle-Aquitaine region…...

European Movement Italy: Viktor Orbán must not chair the Council of the European Union

Based on the schedule of presidencies of the Council of the European Union, the Hungarian government of the autocrat Viktor Orbán is set to chair the intergovernmental meetings—from July 1st to December 31st, 2024 — in the framework of the program of the current "trio" consisting of the Spanish, Belgian, and Hungarian governments, with the…...

European Civic Micro-Grants: Announcing the selected projects!

The European Civic Forum is constantly working to improve its support to local organisations and movements, especially within its membership. That's why we established the…...

Fundacion Cives – The CIVES Foundation supports educators in integrating democratic memory into the curriculum by traveling around Spain

Since last February, the CIVES Foundation has been hosting conferences in several cities in Spain with the goal of supporting teachers in incorporating Democratic Memory into the academic program. These activities seek to contribute to the effectiveness of the teaching of Democratic Memory incorporated into the Spanish educational system through the legislation that stipulates the…...