On 19 February, the European Civic Forum, together with its members, called upon all civil society representatives, activists, decision-makers and citizens to join them for the kick-off event of the transnational civic campaign Make Europe Great for All - MEGA...
The annual General Assembly held last month in Belgrade, Serbia, saw ECF members discussing new applications for membership. The European Civic Forum is happy to welcome the Polish Foundation Stefan Batory, who will no doubt bring in their energy and expertise in...
On Wednesday from 15.00, MEPs will discuss the fundamental rights situation in Hungary with Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Political group leaders and MEPs will take the floor to give their views on a new law,...
Civil Society Europe and CIVICUS have re-launched their annual survey to map out key trends on civic space in Europe over the last year. This survey covers the European Union, the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), Switzerland, and the countries...
European civil society representatives and academics met on 8-9 October 2016 in La Rochelle, France to discuss about “Democracy in Europe and the missing links”. Some 200 activists from citizens’ platforms and representatives from social, human rights, culture and...
Original article from Civil Society Europe On 16th November, several members of the European Parliament working on civil liberties, human rights and development cooperation and representatives of European CSOs met for a breakfast exchange on shrinking civic space in...
The first European Civic Academy (8-9 October, la Rochelle, France) will look into the complex questions raised by citizens’ disenchantment, practice, and expectation with regard to democracy and in relation to the “democratic deficit” in Europe. The vote for Brexit...