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New report documents continued decline in civic freedoms across Europe, with Brussels playing an ever-greater role
Unfounded attacks on NGO funding growing in EU, national parliaments Civil society increasingly cast as “foreign agents” New anti-protest legislation proposed in 7 EU countries Civil society continued to come under attack in 2025, with EU policies now playing a key role, according to a leading European NGO. The report, written by the European Civic Forum…...
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ECF at Civil Society Week 2026
The European Civic Forum took part in the 2026 edition of the Civil Society Week of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) which took place from 2-5 March in Brussels. We co-hosted two...
270+ organisations sign Antwerp Counter-Declaration; call for summit with President von der Leyen
The European Civic Forum has joined more than 270 civil society organisations, trade unions, and environmental groups in signing the Antwerp Counter-Declaration: Standing up…...
We are hiring: Finance and Administration Officer
Are you a professional in administrative and financial management, bilingual in French and English, and would like to put your skills to good use in an organisation working to…...
February 2026: ECF at Civil Society Week
Welcome to the latest ECF newsletter! February was a busy month and a big moment for our civic space monitoring. We launched the…...
REGISTER: Webinars for national civil society organisations on the MFF
Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum are pleased to invite you to register for our upcoming MFF webinar series "From the Grassroots to the Peak: National Civil Society Organisations and...
People.Power.Planet. – Two Days of Action on Democracy & Climate Justice
02.03.2026 18:00 - 03.03.2026 19:00 Location Rue du Fortstraat 351060 BrusselsBelgium Across the world, citizens are stepping forward to shape climate action. They are reclaiming democratic space...
Per Esempio ETS goes to Slovakia: Innovative Humour Therapy training under Erasmus+ Adult Education
In January 2026, Per Esempio ETS participated in an international training activity in Žilina within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (Adult Education), as part of the project Comic Relief. The...
Okotars: New cycle of EEA Civil Soicety Fund
Following years of absence, the new cycle of the EEA Civil Society Fund in Hungary was launched on 11 February. The programme returns to deliver nearly 23 million euro funding to the Hungarian civil...
Greek Forum of Refugees: Neither an accident nor an incident – Another brutal crime in the
This time we count 15 dead and 24 injured. Children, women, men – including two pregnant women who miscarried. No further “justification” is needed. There is no room for self-deception. And we are not...