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Europe experiencing “dangerous rollback of civic freedoms”, warns damning new report in “wake-up call” to EU leaders
Rise of far-right accompanied by a deliberate strategy to delegitimise civil society, through smear campaigns, SLAPPs, and restrictive “foreign agents” legislation Right to protest increasingly under attack, with Palestine solidarity and environmental justice campaigners targeted Government ministers in several states question international human rights law Europe is experiencing a dangerous rollback of civic freedoms,…...
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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...
A TALE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, VICTORY AND PRIDE
With #CivicPride, we ended a very intense year of campaigning all across Europe, a year full of actions advocating for a democracy that gives voice to everyone, leaves no one behind and makes Europe...
EMPOWER CITIZENS FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
Find below a common text discussed by networks of NGOs in Milan on 13-14 December 2019. The text is addressed to EU institutions regarding the Conference on the Future of Europe...
Commission’s President introduces Article 11 to Jourova’s mandate
Following a large mobilisation from civil society organisations and an intense advocacy campaign towards members of the European Parliament, president-elect Ursula von der Leyen reviewed the mission...