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.
Civic Alliance – Latvia: Looking back to 2022
By Civic Alliance - Latvia The past year has been a challenging for each of us, both individuals and the civil society as a whole. In the beginning of the year, it seemed that we had overcome the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, but in February Russia started a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine,…...
Libera – Latest Updates
By Libera contro le mafie e la corruzione In December Libera contributed to the launch of the Create Balance campaign, as part of the EU partnership initiative WINGS - New Gender Strategies for Women's Inclusion, which aims to facilitate the social-economic integration of third-country national women in vulnerable situations. WINGS provides them with language…...
Ökotárs – Our Union Values Programme has been launched!
By Ökotárs Ökotárs – Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation and its partners have published a new call for applications for civil society organisations committed to democracy, human rights and the rule of law! The aim of the programme is to create cohesive and active civil society communities, whose members work together to form new partnerships, develop…...
European House Budapest: Shadow Report Praised by the European Commission
By European House Hungary The European Commission recently released its new Report on the assessment of the implementation of macro-regional strategies, together with a staff working document. We are proud to see that the Shadow Report, an initiative of European House working together with 8 other CSOs from the four macro-regions, is specifically mentioned…...
Fundacion Cives: Delivering solidarity messages through postcards – BEST project results
By Fundacion Cives The project ‘Building European Solidarity Today’ (BEST), co-financed by the Erasmus plus program, has successfully closed its third European edition (2020-2022). In a period marked by growing complexity, the project…...
European Movement Italy – The pragmatic way of European federalism
By Pier Virgilio DASTOLI, Rome, January 18, 2023 If the European Council was to accept the proposal, adopted by the European Parliament last May, to organize the tenth European elections on Thursday, May 9, 2024 - the day on which Christians celebrate Ascension – it would be 475 days before the end of the…...
OFOP: Polish civil society gathers to celebrate International Human Rights Day
On 9th of December, around 100 representatives of civil society organisations and networks from across Poland gathered in Warsaw to celebrate the International Human Rights Day. The event was organised by the Federation of Polish NGOs in partnership with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Civic Network Watchdog Poland, and the Henryk Wujec Civic Fund.…...
European Movement Italy: Call to complete the federal purpose of European integration
Depuis 1952, le Parlement européen a été le berceau de la démocratie européenne, un espace public pour la défense des droits fondamentaux et pour la construction d’une Europe unie et solidaire. Sinds 1952 is het Europees Parlement de citadel van de Europese democratie, een openbare ruimte voor de verdediging van de grondrechten en voor de…...
Cap Magellan – Applications for the European Meeting of Young Lusodescendants are open!
Are you a young lusodescendant or lusophone? Are you a youth worker? Don’t hesitate and join us in this adventure! Cap Magellan alongside other European partners are organising the 9th European Meeting for Young Lusodescendants which will take place in Fátima in Portugal from 14-18 December 2022. This year, the theme will be: “Employability in…...