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Civic Pride Month – Celebrating Civic Activism!

For several years, ECF has been running the Civic Pride campaign – turning our attention away from policymaking and institutional…...
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ECF contribution to the Rule of Law consultation

The European Commission opened a stakeholder consultation to feed into the Annual Rule of Law Report. The European Civic Forum took this opportunity to highlight why the deterioration of the rule of...
The ECF is part of the Citizens Take Over Europe initiative

Citizens Take Over Europe

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS KICK OFF A CITIZENS’ CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE 27 April 2020 – This year’s Europe Day, the 9th of May, is marked by the 70th anniversary of the...

For a Europe that cares for all – during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

#DEMOCRACY / #INCLUSION / #JUSTICE / #SOLIDARITY / #SUSTAINABILITY The COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrating all too well that unequal societies go hand-in-hand with human suffering, fragile economies...

THE FUTURE MUST BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST

Humanity is going through an unprecedented crisis, with a lot of suffering, sacrifice, pain and drastic changes in our daily…...

Open Letter to Ms Von der Leyen, Ms Jourova and Mr Reynders: CSOs must be able to act in response

The present statement is an initiative taken by national platforms of civil society organisations during a working group meeting hosted by the European Civic Forum (ECF)...

At a distance, united as never before

Version française ci-dessousDear members, We are all living an unexpected and astonishing situation The whole planet faces the same emergency, and Europe has become, after China, the centre of the...

Follow live the COE seminar on the World NGO day

The Conference of INGOs is celebrating World NGO Day with the holding of a seminar in Brussels on 28 February entitled “From the Past to the Future : A Living Civic Space for a Living...

Launch of Active Citizens Fund – National programme in Poland

By Stefan Batory Foundation A consortium of the Stefan Batory Foundation (leader), the “Shipyard” Centre for Social Innovation and Research Foundation and the Academia of Civic Organisations...

Hungarian civil society in action – The „Have your say!” project | Public debate in the making in

More than 40 persons, representatives of civil society organisations and citizens gathered together in Budapest on 7 February to discuss how to participate and influence the upcoming Conference on the...