Publications

Featured publications

EU Civil Dialogue: The Foundations of an Institutional Framework

European Cross-Border Associations (ECBA) Directive: Introductory Handbook for National Non-profit Organisations

CSE’s Annual Report July 2023 – July 2024

Realising Protection for Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations in Europe

Q&A: The proposed Directive on third-country interest representation

Civil Society State of the Union Report

Joint Civil Society Contribution to the 2024 Annual Rule of Law Report on Civic Space

Introduction to civil dialogue: Training manual

EU Elections manifesto for better civic space and civil dialogue

Latest publications

A Patchwork of Opacities: CSE Reports on the Transparency of European Parliament Committees in the 2019-2024 Term

CSE & Philea’s Contribution on the 2025 Rule of Law Report (Single Market Dimension)

CSE & Philea’s Contribution on the 2025 Single Market Strategy

Questions & Answers on the European Cross-Border Associations (ECBA) Directive

EnTrust Integrated Policy Paper

Briefing paper: the Defence of Democracy Package Directive on foreign interest representation

Joint feedback on the proposed Directive on European Cross-Border Associations

Position paper: Involving civil society organisations in the reconstruction of Ukraine

Civil Society Europe’s Annual Report 2022 – 2023

Curious for more? Find all our publications organised in the following topics:

Civic Space

Civil Dialogue

Civil Society State of the Union

Democracy

Fundamental rights

Rule of law

Civil Society Convention on the CoFoE

Citizenship

Recovery package/ Ukraine facility

Access to funding

Transparency

Activity reports

Anti-money laundering and Counterterrorism financing