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Introduction to Civil Dialogue: Training manual
Civil Society Europe is excited to present the training manual “Introduction to Civil Dialogue”, developed within the framework of the ‘EnTrust – Enlightened Trust in Governance’ project. The manual aims to contribute to developing a culture of civil dialogue in EU public officials, by providing trainers with exercises to raise awareness about its importance and…
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EnTrust Integrated Policy Paper
This Integrated Policy Paper aims to present the policy recommendations stemming from 4 years of research by the EnTrust project*, of which Civil Society Europe is a member. The document is based on the findings and recommendations presented in the project’s seven European Policy Briefs (PBs), built on the team’s research and enriched by roundtable…
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Empower your social and civic activism with the EnTrust Wiki!
Within the framework of the Horizon 2020 Enlightened Trust (EnTrust) project, Civil Society Europe has developed the EnTrust Wiki, a collaborative website that aims to interactively present how the EU institutions work and how activists can concretely participate in EU policymaking. The website is structured in 8 interactive modules, each of them with learning outcomes,…
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CSOs’ briefing paper: the Defence of Democracy Package’ Directive on foreign interest representation
This briefing paper analyses the “Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries (COM (2023) 637 12/12/2023)“. The document has been prepared by the informal coalition on the Defence of democracy Package coordinated by Civil…
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Defence of Democracy Package – Civil society and academia sound the alarm: an ineffective proposed Directive on foreign interest representation will harm civic space and academic freedom
Read here civil society’s common analysis of the proposed Directive. On 10 April 2024, nearly 100 people from civil society, academia and the EU institutions gathered at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels, Belgium, for the event “Defence of democracy package & fundamental rights: What is at stake?”. The event was hosted by MEP Anna…
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Join the EnTrust debates about (dis)trust in governance and the challenges of democracy
As part of the Enlightened Trust (EnTrust) research project, Civil Society Europe is hosting two debates on the 23rd and 25th of April. 1. A pact on informed and open policy debate: Civil dialogue and the (dis)trust relationship between civil society and EU institutions Tuesday, 23rd of April. 11:45 – 13:00 CEST Brussels and online…