After four years of local struggles and fights against the massive privatisation of public spaces, the citizens’ initiative Ne Da(vi)mo Beograd (Do not let Belgrade D(r)own) is now running for Belgrade local elections, which will be held on Sunday 4 March 2018. The grassroots’ movement which organised the biggest protests since the fall of Milosevic…
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In 2005, several NGOs’ representative from across Europe started reflecting upon the widening gap between European institutions and the citizens they were supposed to serve and represent, following French and Dutch NOs to the referendum on a new European Treaty. Ten years later, we wanted to look back at the past achievements and explore the…
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We interviewed Valerio Bevacqua for the group of volunteers Baobab Experience in Rome. Rome is the only European capital without a hub for migrants, and the actions of these citizens have prevented more than 60.000 migrants in three years to be left alone on the street. Nevertheless, the administration in Rome still does not recognise them…
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To prepare the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, the Commission has launched an open public consultation on EU funds in the area of values and mobility. The questionnaire related to the consultation can be found by clicking on the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/public-consultation-eu-funds-area-values-and-mobility_en. All citizens and organisations are welcome to respond to this consultation. In 2018, the…
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Bienvenue à la deuxième édition de l’enquête sur l’Espace Civique en Europe. Civil Society Europe et CIVICUS : l’Alliance Mondiale pour la Participation Citoyenne font équipe pour identifier les principales tendances dans l’espace civique. Notre enquête couvre l’Union européenne, l’EspaceEconomique Européen (Islande, Liechtenstein et Norvège), la Suisse et les pays candidats à l’adhésion (Albanie, Bosnie…
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Today, the LIBE Committee of the European parliament organised a public hearing on the situation of fundamental rights and the Rule of Law in Hungary. Sitting in the panel with Judith SARGENTINI and Claude MORAES were also Marta PARDAVI from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Gábor POLYÁK from Mertek Media Monitor, Miklós SZÁNTHÓ (Centre for Fundamental…
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The Bucharest Mayor’s Office, led by one of the most popular political figures of the governing Social Democratic Party, is taking actions deterring civic protests in front of the Governmental building. Just yesterday, November 28th, The Bucharest local authorities announced they shall organize, for the first time in Romania’s post-communist history, a second Christmas fair.…
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Neo-nazi Day in Poland: 3 women injured, 9 mauled, spat on and verbally abused in Warsaw by neonazis, 1 injured and 3 mauled in Wrocław, 45 people detained as a “prevention” measure. As Polish government encourages and enables neo-nazi and neo-fascist movements, Polish local authorities allow neo-nazis and neo-fascist marches in Polish cities and police…
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This interview, done by Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement (BBE) with David Lopez, was initially published on BBE’s newsletter.David Lopez is the head ofthe International and European Relations in La Ligue de l’Enseignement, an organisation created in 1886 in France and one of the founding members of the European Civic Forum. BBE is a nationwide network linking…
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Organised jointly by the European Civic Forum and Volonteurope, the European Citizenship Awards 2017 promote and give visibility to outstanding and inspiring initiatives and individuals who have put European democratic citizenship into practice, and in so doing have had a positive impact on their communities. This year, the European Citizenship Awards aimed at rewarding initiatives which contribute to…
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