This survey is part of the EnTrust Project. We are reaching out to 350+ civil society organisations at EU level to understand challenges in your advocacy work and how your relationship with EU institutions has developed over time. The survey further addresses principles of governance and the role of trust and distrust in organisations’ activities. The findings of the…
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Join us on 22 March 2023! European Civic Forum, Civil Society Europe and CIVICUS will host will host a policy dialogue involving key EU policy and decisionmakers, regional and national civil society organisations titled “Protect Civil Society, Defend Democracy,” on 22 March 2023. The aim of the event is to present the findings of annual civic space reports and studies…
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Lessons Learnt from the Conference on the Future of Europe and Suggestions to Strengthen Future Civil Dialogue
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Lessons Learnt from the Conference on the Future of Europe and Suggestions to Strengthen Future Civil Dialogue
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Civil Society Europe has co-signed the statement with the European Students Union, OBESSU – the Organising Bureau of European School Students Unions, and the Lifelong Learning Platform. The NextGenerationEU instrument was announced last year as the biggest single investment of the European Union, mounting up to 750 billion euros, with the Recovery and Resilience Facility…
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Join us on 09 February 2023! In the last years, the relationship between the media and trust in democratic institutions has received increasingly attention. Media freedom and pluralism are seen in danger, sometimes caused by governmental control over media outlets. At the same time, concerns over the dangers of digital platforms for human rights and democracies have become more…
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Statement by European civil society on EP Resolution on transparency and accountability in the European institutions following the Qatar-gate
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Lessons Learnt from the Conference on the Future of Europe and Suggestions to Strengthen Future Civil Dialogue
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FOR MEMBERS ONLY Join us on 15 December! Civil Society Europe is organising an accountability training session for CSE members on the topic of codes of conduct. It will be held on the 15th of December 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, from 10:00 to 12:30 (CET) . Within our multiannual work programme, CSE organises training sessions to reinforce civil society…
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Join us on 13 December! Civil Society Europe is organising a Lunch workshop on Disinformation and civic space on 13 December from 12:30 to 14:30. The workshop will enable us to get further insights into main EU plans ahead to counter disinformation and we will discuss how these interact with civic space. This discussion is timely as the European Commission is preparing…
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Join us on 29 November! In cooperation with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), we are pleased invite you to the High-Level Conference on ‘RebuildUkraine’ and Civil Dialogue, which will be held on the 29th of November 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, and online, from 09:30 to 13:15 (CET). Lunch will be served after the conference. The first aim of the conference is to…
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“We believe that it is essential that European and Ukrainian civil society organisations have a real role not only in the definition but also in the implementation and monitoring of ‘RebuildUkraine’ and EU-Ukraine cooperation for reconstruction and recovery, as well as towards Ukraine’s accession to the EU” Jean Marc Roirant President Civil Society Europe For…
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As societal challenges have a European or even global dimension, we witness the increase of activism crossing borders and connecting people. It is therefore critical that EU policies can support transnational cooperation among civil society organisations focusing for the common good. For this reason, we welcome the call for evidence and public consultation that the…
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The compromise text proposed by the Czech Presidency for the Regulation on political ads poses risks to democracy and civic space. The text poses risks by: defining the free expression of political ideas and civic engagement as political advertising, therefore imposing disproportionate obligations on simple civic participation; establishing a sanctions regime that applies to users…
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We welcome the inclusion within the European Commission 2023 Work Programme to “put forward a defence of democracy package to deepen the action under the European Democracy Action Plan to promote free and fair elections, to step up the fight against disinformation and to support media freedom and pluralism, including by developing civic space and…
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Are you an not for profit association (of citizens) established in the EU and you have faced problems in running activities abroad, or in receiving donations from citizens or donors in another country? Have you had problems in opening a bank account o in accessing bank services? Are you concerned with the implementation of EU…
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On the 30th of June 2022, as a follow-up process of the Civil Society Convention for the Conference of the Future of Europe (CSOCoFoE), Civil Society Europe (CSE), the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), and the Mouvement Associatif (LMA) held a High Level Conference on Civil Society and the Future of Europe that…
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European Commission must guarantee a meaningful role for civil society in ‘RebuildUkraine’ In May 2022, the platform “RebuildUkraine,” developed for the reconstruction of Ukraine, was announced by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. As civil society organisations, we applaud the formation of ‘RebuildUkraine.’ However, we are concerned about the absence of…
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We are delighted to present to you the official report by the Civil Society Convention for the Conference on the Future of Europe (CSO CoFoE) titled “The Future of Europe is Ours: A View from Civil Society,” This report is the result of more than 80 European organizations collaborating since February 2021, coordinated by Civil…
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Civil Society Europe, with the support of the European Civic Forum, sent out a letter this morning urging European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to include a European Civil Society Strategy in the EC’s 2023 work programme. We were able to gather 300+ CSOs from all over Europe to sign the letter and join…
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