HRCN: Welcoming the City of Leuven to the network
The Human Rights Cities Network (HRCN) is honoured to welcome the City of Leuven as a new member of the network. VISIT Grote Markt Stadhuis ©KarlBruninx_verkleind On the 10th of December 2023, the City of Leuven became a Human Rights City. By doing so, the city commits to improve human rights at the local level.…...
European Movement Italy: Covenant of Mayors
The challenges to which the European Union is called with Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the ever-widening conflict in the Middle East, the climate change, the lack of strategic autonomy and geopolitical risks, the questioning of multilateralism, the disregard for the values of democracy and respect for the human person in other areas of the planet,…...
IDC: Latest updates
Upcoming event from project IRIS Progress Balkan caravan - Best HR and social inclusion practices promotion IRIS network will organize this summer Balkan caravan which presents seven days of different events in six countries in Western Balkan region. Events will be hosted by local member organizations of network in form of street actions, cultural/entertaining content,…...
European Movement Italy: What to do after the European elections
The voluminous report, narrowly passed by the European Parliament on November 22, 2023, aiming to initiate, for the first time since 2009, the procedure for revising the treaties, has essentially disappeared from the European agenda. It is not mentioned in the manifestos of the European parties in view of the European elections from June 6…...
RECLAIM: New EU Law Helpdesk launched
RECLAIM is introducing an EU Law Helpdesk. It gives European NGOs and civil society organisations the assistance and support they need to fight against government efforts that…...
European Movement Italy – Giorgio Napolitano and European parliamentary democracy
by Pier Virgilio Dastoli, Eruopean Movement Italy Giorgio Napolitano was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1992, i.e. during the years that were characterised by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the negotiation of the Maastricht Treaty, or rather the treaties, since that negotiation concerned the transition from the Communities to…...
European House Budapest: Citizens of EU macro-regions in action
The 10th edition of Europe, let’s cooperate interregional cooperation forum (#europecooperates) will take place on 20-21 March 2024 in Antwerp, Belgium. It is expected that the third Interreg call of project proposals will be launched, guidelines, tips and advice for project development will be available. But what is even more exciting is that European House Budapest is…...
OFOP: Convention of Defenders of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on the International Human Rights Day, Polish civil society activists held a Convention of Defenders of Human Rights and the Rule of Law. It was a time of celebration and festivity, where we all came together to thank each other for…...
European Movement Italy: Where the EU may turn in an election year
In spring 2019, polls on the renewal of the European Parliament predicted that we would have the "least European vote ever", that a "large group of nationalist and Eurosceptic parties" would come out of the ballot box and that "the most fragmented European Parliament ever" would emerge with "elections with little participation" (from the ISPI…...