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Announcing the winners of the 2023 Civic Pride Awards!

The European Civic Forum has announced the winners of its 2023 Civic Pride Awards! The awards recognise the inspiring work of civil society organisations and movements...
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ECF Annual Report 2022 – Out now!

2022 was 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…...

European House Hungary – An EU macro-regional civil strategy in the making

By European House Hungary Encouraged by the positive rections from various quarters to our innovative Shadow Report project, the decision to take the next steps…...

European Movement Italy: On the European elections and reform

By European Movement Italy The European Movement in Italy Supports the action of the European Parliament to go beyond the Treaty of Lisbon signed more than fifteen years ago. Supports its demands of transnational lists, gender balance, active right to vote for young people sixteen years old and a common date of the European election…...

Academia Cidada-Citizenship Academy – Knitting for climate justice

By Academia Cidadã The Portuguese NGO, Academia Cidadã - Citizenship Academy, created the campaign Linha Vermelha - Red Line in 2016.  At that time there were fifteen active contracts for potential oil and gas drilling in Portugal and we were inspired by the “Red Line Action” in Paris, during COP21 to create this campaign. We decided that…...

Joint NGO Statement: EU Foreign Interference Law – Is Civil Society at Risk?

230 civil society organisations have come together to express concern and opposition to a proposed ‘foreign interference’ directive which would create a register of foreign funded organisations. This legislation could have unintended…...

ECF Statement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act must safeguard Civic Space, Fundamental Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Artificial intelligence and the EU AI legislation will have a significant impact on civil…...
Flags of the LDH at a demonstration

Support to LDH – Open letter to the President of the French Republic

To the President of the French Republic, On 5 April 2023, while speaking to the French National Assembly, your Minister of the Interior publicly questioned the continuation of state subsidies to the Human Rights League."I…...

March 2023: Fighting for democratic empowerment and resilience

The latest edition of our annual civic space report, “Fighting for democratic empowerment and resilience”, was released earlier this month. The report demonstrates that, while civil society remains the bedrock of democracy, civic freedoms are under pressure across Europe...

ECF is hiring – Office Manager

Are you a professional in administrative and financial management, and would you like to work for a fairer world? Apply to be our next Office Manager! Deadline: 10 April...