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Press Release: Civic freedoms declined over past five years despite EU democracy agenda, new report finds
Civic freedoms in decline in the EU and Western Balkans EU policies contributes to shrinking space for civil society Restrictions against protests showing solidarity with the Palestinian people across the EU Ahead of the EU elections, a new report released by the European Civic Forum finds that overall, civic freedoms have deteriorated in Europe during…...
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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...
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...
Co-creating a strategic approach for an open civic space in the EU
In December 2022, European Civic Forum and Civil Society Europe convened over 100 representatives of civil society, institutions and donors to discuss how to enable, protect and expand Europe’s civic...
ECF is hiring! – Office manager
The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and NGOs across 27 countries in Europe and is actively working to promote civic and popular...
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...
Protecting and expanding civic space in Europe – a year of civil society consolidation
2022 has been nothing if not an eventful year. As we began to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, we were met immediately by another crisis: war came once again to our continent. At the time, we...
Joint Statement: The EU AI Act must protect people on the move
This joint statment was drafted by: Access Now, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, and the Refugee Law Lab. Click here to read the PDF...
Edito – European Civic Academy 2022: Capturing the winds of change, together.
On 10-11 November, academics, civil society representatives and activists gathered in Florence to attend the fifth European Civic Academy. This year’s event was held on the theme “Capturing the winds...
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...