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Joint letter: Ensuring a vibrant civic space in the European Union – civil society’s expectations
The following letter, signed by 416 civil society organisations across Europe, was launched at the Civil Society Forum in in June 2024 Warsaw by ECF and its…...
EDITO: To build inclusive democracies, we need genuine civil dialogue
Since Monday, we have been celebrating Civil Society Week at the European Economic and Social Committee. This year’s theme: rise up for democracy. The choice of this theme comes amid the...
Civil Society for EU – European CSOs launch 2024 EU election manifesto
Ahead of the 2023 EU elections, a broad coalition of civil society organisations led by Civil Society Europe and Social Platform have launched the Civil Society for EU campaign for better civic space...
Representation and participation: two faces of a strong democracy
As the third COFOE plenary took place end of January, we want to draw on and amplify some key takeaways from the citizens panels, namely that the EU must change in order to deliver social, economic...
Larger involvement of CSOs is needed in CoFoE, says ECF at EESC event
At an event held on Friday, 5 November organised by the EESC Diversity group in partnership with Civil Society Europe, about two hundred participants from civil society and EU institutions discussed...
The ECF responds to the European Commission stakeholders’ consultation on the rule of law in
Deterioration of the rule of law, democracy and civic space: there is a need for a comprehensive approach The deterioration of the rule of law develops in parallel with growing social disparities ...
ECF at FRA’s Fundamental Rights Platform meeting
The European Civic Forum took part in the FRA’s Fundamental Rights Platform meeting on 1 February 2021- In a session on “Defending civic space in times of pandemic: challenges and success stories”...
Your Voice on the Future of Europe
The Future of Europe is now! As Citizens Take Over Europe we are working to bring together civil society organisations, citizens and residents of Europe with a shared goal: to promote a future for the...
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...