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Joint letter: Solidarity for Activists in Catalonia Accused of Terrorism
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our urgent concerns regarding the restrictions on the right to peaceful assembly in Spain and call on the authorities to protect fundamental freedoms. Recent restrictive incidents against Catalan activists accusing them of terrorism undermine the country’s commitments to international human rights standards and European Union Law. In November…...
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WHO WILL DELIVER ON
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE ?
By CIME-European Movement Italy - Supported by a grotesque vision of the relations between the representative and participatory democracy, the Council has claimed that the Conference on the future of...
Cap Magellan : European meeting of Young Lusodescendants in Fatima
Cap Magellan, first youth association for young portuguese or portuguese speaking people, founded in Paris in 1991, enables around flfty young people aged between 18 and 35, for more than 6 years now...
Engaged, Inspired and Empowered in Belgrade: the EDI Convention officially started
The Engaged Democracy Initiative (EDI), initiatied by the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Institute for Democratic Engagement Southeast Europe (IDESE) aims to gather local organizations...
Pandemic exacerbates challenges civil society faces,
find FRA report on civic space
Yesterday, Tuesday 28 September, ECF Research & Advocacy officer Giada Negri attended an event organised by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency This event was the opportunity to present the findings...
The CSOs Convention on the Future of Europe goes local!
We are living a historic moment at the European level in terms of coordination and convergence of civil society around a shared agenda for the Future of Europe. Over 80 thematic EU networks...
Survey on the COVID-19 impact on fundamental rights and civic space
As part of a research conducted jointly by Civil Society Europe, European Civic Forum, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law and Institute for Public Affairs and commissioned by the European Economic...
5 new members join the ECF !
The ECF held its General Assembly on 24 June, with more than 40 member organisations present online. This was also an opportunity to approve the membership of 5 new organisations from 5 different...
STATEMENT ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION FOR AFGHANS
– Statement by the RISE Network, published on 18 August 2021, available here. We the RISE network, Refugees' Ideas & Solutions for Europe, as an alliance of...
ECF condemns the liquidation of 50+ NGOs in Belarus and asks the EU to renew strong pressure on
On 22 July, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to liquidate over 50 NGOs in Belarus. This comes after Lukashenko vowed to continue what he called a “mopping-up operation” against civil society...