Members’ Corner

The European Civic Forum (ECF) is pleased to announce that the European Civic Micro-Grants are returning in 2026! As a framework partner of the EU’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme, we are re-granting a total of €50,000 to our member organisations to support civic groups, and movements across the European Union. The focus…...

The EU-funded DECiDE – Boost Democratic Participation in Cities to Recharge Democracy in Europe project is now well underway, supporting 9 pilot cities across 9 European countries to strengthen local democracy through participatory and human rights-based governance. Led by the Human Rights Cities Network and the Global Parliament of Mayors, the project brings together municipalities…...

The beginning of 2026 brought a sharp shift in the political climate for Czech civil society. Shortly after taking office, the new government presented proposals that would restrict public funding for CSOs, introduce mandatory labelling of foreign funding, and limit civil society’s access to schools and environmental policymaking. These measures closely resemble steps taken in…...

According to Chinese constitutionalists, one of the causes of instability in the European political system is linked to the proliferation of local, regional, national and European elections, the results of which often change the balance of power at the state level or, for what it is worth in European decision-making mechanisms, at the community level.…...

GFR’s Annual Review 2025 is now available. As in previous years, 2025 was not easy, but it was even harder to be a refugee- and migrant-led organisation in Greece. Policies hardened toward deterrence. Public debate turned more hostile, with rising hate speech and scapegoating, while mainstream media largely shut out refugee and migrant representatives speaking…...

Civil society organizations from across the Western Balkans have formally endorsed a joint declaration calling for stronger social safeguards within the European Union’s Pact for Growth. The declaration was adopted today in Tetovo, reaffirming a shared regional commitment to ensuring that economic reforms go hand in hand with social inclusion and protection of vulnerable groups.…...

In November, work began on preparing an agreement between the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Grants Financial Mechanism Office and the Civic Alliance – Latvia to launch the establishment of the Civil Society Fund in Latvia. The fund is being created with the support of Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. The Civic Alliance – Latvia,…...

On November 5, representatives of civil society and media organizations, in a joint letter, called on the President of Latvia not to allow the exclusion of the public representative from the Public Electronic Media Council (SEPLP). The proposals submitted to the Saeima to remove the society-nominated representative contradicted the essence of the law and would have endangered…...

Summary: The European project EcoReactEU ends in December 2025. To celebrate the project and its results, the Ligue is organising a film screening and debate at the Juliette Récamier Theatre, featuring the documentary “Même pas peur, l'éco-anxiété comme moteur”, in the presence of its director, Vinz Kanté. The Ligue de l’enseignement is pleased to invite…...