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ECF Statement: Israel-Palestine
The European Civic Forum is a network of more than one hundred associations across the continent. ECF defends the civic freedoms of association, assembly and demonstration. It is committed to the recognition of the essential role played by democratic civil society organizations, popular participation and active citizenship in protecting and exercising democracy and rights in…...
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Democracy at risk in Portugal
We now count five years of austerity, which the Portuguese population had to survive. Today, we therefore live a violent social regression, the largest in the history of our young democracy: 28% of...
Do the Gov’t and High Administrative Court understand the right of access to information?
After the High Administrative Court had allowed the Croatian Government to continue hiding the amount that was paid to American law firm Patton Boggs LLP for the defense of Ante Gotovina and Mladen...
Si apre a Tunisi con un grande corteo il Forum Sociale Mondiale
«Anche il cielo protesta» dice una donna tunisina fradicia nel corteo. È venuto giù il diluvio universale, sulla marcia di apertura del Forum Sociale Mondiale di Tunisi. Il corteo è diventato un fiume...
ACTIVIZENSHIP : prendre la mesure des changements sociétaux au service du collectif
intervenir par une réflexion critique sur les paradigmes sociaux, culturels, économiques Pour alimenter les débats dans l’espace public, le FCE cherche à intervenir par une réflexion critique sur les...
Civil Society Europe : être en pôle position pour le changement
Les principaux réseaux européens d’associations se sont réunis pour créer Civil Society Europe, un espace permanent d’échanges horizontaux et une voix forte pour un changement de paradigme, afin de...
Press Conference Civil Society Europe
On 3rd February 2015, major European networks of associations got together for a press conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, joining forces to create Civil Society Europe. This new platform...
TTIP Update
To pass or not pass? To pass or not pass? That is the great question hanging over the Transatlatic Trade Agreements (TTIP), between the EU and the USA on the one hand, and the already agreed yet...
Migration
In February, tragedies in the Mediterranean have once again called civil society and institutions to find a solution to the increasing number of migrants risking their life crossing the sea in search...
2015 : EUROPEAN YEAR FOR DEVELOPMENT
Decided by Parliament Resolution on 2nd April 2014, under the motto “Our world, our dignity, our future” (article 1), the objectives of the year, as provided in article 2 of the Resolution, will be «...