by Giada Negri | 19 January 2023 | EU Civil Society Strategy, Events
In December 2022, European Civic Forum and Civil Society Europe convened over 100 representatives of civil society, institutions and donors to discuss how to enable, protect and expand Europe’s civic space. This work will now feed into a pan-European campaign ahead of the 2024 elections.
by Benjamin Goodwin | 16 December 2022 | Civic Space, EU Civil Society Strategy, Op-Ed
2022 has been 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 again to our continent. At the time, we condemned the invasion of Ukraine and expressed our solidarity with the...
by Benjamin Goodwin | 29 September 2022 | Advocacy, Op-Ed
President von der Leyen’s State of the Union address touched upon many issues and broadly formulated proposals, often not sufficiently detailed for immediate in-depth analysis. In this editorial we look at the narrative and the proposals to reinforce European...
by Benjamin Goodwin | 29 September 2022 | Advocacy, EU Civil Society Strategy
The European Civic Forum and Civil Society Europe met with the cabinet of Commission Vice-President Šuica on 28 September to discuss prospects for a civil society strategy and civic participation in policy making. The meeting was organised as a follow-up to the...
by Benjamin Goodwin | 21 June 2022 | Call for action, Campaign, EU Civil Society Strategy
Today the European Civic Forum joins 300+ CSOs from all across Europe to call on the President of the European Commission to include in the work programme of 2023 a proposal for a European Civil Society Strategy. Read the letter here: https://bit.ly/3xLbk9j Why a...
