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.
Register now: Webinar – Micro-Grants in Action – Results and qualitative reporting from the European Civic Micro-Grants 2024 Projects
On 10 December, from 11:00 to 13:30 CET, join us for a webinar presenting the qualitative impact of the projects funded this year by…...
Human Rights Cities Network: Recomendations for the participatory monitoring of Human Rights in Cities
Together for rights! ..but how?! The Human Rights Cities Network released the publication “Together for rights! ..but how?! Recommendations for the participatory monitoring of human rights in cities”. The publication is the output of the activities realised in the framework of the Civic Action for Rights and Equality in Cities - CAREinCities project, supported by…...
European House: Second Macro-Regional Citizen Agora
European House (EH) is a Budapest-based pro-European civil society organisation set up in 1990. Its main objective is to develop active European citizenship and identity based on shared values, foster EU ownership among citizens and promote participatory democracy. EH is an active player on European level: it promotes awareness-raising debates, contributes to EU agenda setting…...
Volonteurope: Water-smart and resilient Europe: active citizens driving change through the ECI
Water is a universal connector: it sustains life, drives economies, and shapes societies. Yet, the challenges surrounding water management in Europe have reached a critical point. From droughts and floods to pollution and dwindling resources, water insecurity is no longer a distant threat; it is a present reality. This issue has long been close to…...
European Movement Italy: Which European antibodies if Ursula von der Leyen and manfred Weber board nationalists
If there are no surprises in the chamber, the Ursula-bis European Commission will have the confidence with a simple majority of voters in the Assembly in Strasbourg on 27 November 2024 and the new commissioners will enter the Berlaymont Palace on 1 December after formal approval by the European Council by qualified majority. Ursula von…...
RECLAIM Confronts Kremlin-Style Legislation in Bulgaria.
From the moment Bulgaria hastily passed its ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law this summer, ECF member RECLAIM has made it a top priority to challenge it. The law is part of a broader and disturbing trend across Europe, where reactionary forces simultaneously advance Kremlin-inspired anti-LGBTIQ+ propaganda and foreign agent laws. These moves, aimed at curbing civic…...
European Movement Italy: Let Us Write Together A New Narrative on Migrants
Ever since the birth of the Conte-I Government in June 2018, when Matteo Salvini ruled for fourteen months unchallenged at the building of the Internal Affairs Ministry (the Viminale) in disregard of all rules and with the complicity of the Five Stars ministers, we have intensified on our newsletter (www.movimentoeuropeo.it) the counter-information action on migration…...
Initiative for Development and Cooperation shares news about its projects – IRIS network and Reintegrate II
IRIS NETWORK: Regional Benchmark Study for Western Balkans coming soon! Social progress - Regional Benchmark Study provides an overview of the progress made in the framework of the EU accession process regarding the following policy areas: social services, human rights protection, anti-discrimination policies, employment and social economy. This study will offer a snapshot of the…...
HRCN: Padua and Ghent together to overcome challenges and pave the way for monitoring rights and equality in local policies and services
The Civic Action for Rights and Equality in Cities (CAREinCities) project brings together a diverse community of civil society members and local authorities from the cities of Ghent (Belgium) and Padua (Italy). The purpose is to design a collaborative system to monitor the human rights impacts and inclusivity of their social policies and services. In…...