Civil Society Europe sent a letter to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola yesterday. We shared with the newly elected President some key recommendations on civil dialogue in order to put dialogue with representative associations of citizens at the centre of her mandate. Civil society plays a key role in the defense and promotion of the…
CALLING FOR A CIVIL SOCIETY STRATEGY FOR THE EU! . On the 5th of November 2021, the Diversity Europe Group – EESC (European Economic and Social Committee) in coordination with Civil Society Europe (CSE) and with the support of the EESC’s Liaison Group and Associational Life Category, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) successfully organized a Conference…
Do you want to contribute to the Conference on the Future of Europe? Do you belong to a civil society organization in Europe that operates either at the local or national level? The Civil Society Convention, led by Civil Society Europe will now take the Convention’s work to a more local level, involving grassroots constituencies in the deliberation and…
We call on the co-chairs of the EU institutions to include the Civil Society Convention in the composition of the Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe by the next meeting of the Executive Board on 7 April The Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe in charge of steering…
Brussels, 4 March 2021 Today the Civil Society Convention on the Future of Europe initiated by Civil Society Europe through a joint declaration, currently endorsed by 72 organisations active at pan European level, had its first meeting.. The Civil Society Convention on the Conference of Europe was initiated to create a link between civil society…
Civil Society Europe, the Coordination of civil society in Europe, composed of 23 European Platforms and Networks of association and NGOs representing citizens, has launched yesterday afternoon a Civil Society Convention on the future of Europe through a joint declaration currently endorsed by nearly 70 organisations active at pan European level, and open for signatures…
Civil Society Europe (CSE) in cooperation with the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) and with funding from the International Center for Not-for-Profi Law (ICNL) is releasing a report outlining the participation of Civil Society Organisations accross the European Union in the preparation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) . The European Recovery…
Civil Society Europe has joined forces with 66 civil society organisations from across Europe that have been working together over the past years to raise awareness and urge policy makers to protect public watchdogs such as journalists, rights defenders, activists and whistleblowers from Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to present a paper with a…
Civil Society Europe, Birdlife International, Climate Action Network, the European Environmental Bureau, and the European Women’s Lobby wrote to the EC Recovery Task Force at the European Commission, the European Parliament rapporteurs on the European Recovery and Resililience Facility to express our concerns with the lack of involvement of civil society organisations in the design…
Civil Society Europe has written to the EU Finance Ministers ahead of the ECOFIN meeting tomorrow on 4 November 2020: First of all, we would like to express our concerns on the delays on the adoption of the regulation for Recovery and Resilience Plans, as well as the Multiannual Financial Framework. It is crucial that…