The Working Group on Civic Space and Fundamental Rights acts to advocate and enhance civic space throughout the EU. This WG is dedicated to advocating and enhancing civic space throughout the EU, including by working on topics like civil dialogue, the Defence of Democracy Package and the Commission’s annual Rule of Law report.
May 2025 Joint Civil Society Contribution on Civic Space to the 2025 Annual Rule of Law Report December 2024 European Cross Border Association: Introductory Handbook for non profit organisations December 2024 Guidance Note/Impact Assessment Tool & Checklist on Civic Space September 2024 Questions & Answers on the European Cross-Border Associations (ECBA) Directive This document aims […]
DECEMBER 2022 Civil Dialogue in the EU – What’s next? Lessons Learnt from the Conference on the Future of Europe and Suggestions to Strengthen Future Civil Dialogue. Read more JUNE 2022 CSOCOFOE Final Study: The Future of Europe is Ours Recommendations from civil society organisations for the Conference on the Future of Europe. Read more […]
Find here Civil Society Europe’s (CSE) most recent news, statements and press releases. For media enquiries, please contact: contact[at]civilsocietyeurope[dot]eu European Parliament Approves Position on Foreign Interest Representation: Could It Harm Civil Society? On Thursday 27th November, the European Parliament approved its position on the Directive on Interest Representation Services on Behalf of Third Countries. The […]
NextGenerationEU must involve all stakeholders! So far, it has not. Non classéBy Carlotta Besozzi10 February 2023 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 […]
Conference and Award Ceremony: The Role of Civil Society in Protecting Democratic Values Launch of Report with ACLEU: ‘Supporting Civil Society Under Pressure’ Launch Meeting of the Interest Group on Civil Society Launch Event: Civil Society State of the Union 2025 The ‘Civil Society State of the Union’ report, developed in collaboration with our dedicated […]
Civil Society Europe (CSE) is the coordination of civil society organisations at the EU level: a strong voice for effective advocacy, alongside the European representation of social partners. CSE enables horizontal exchanges between civil society organisations and movements across Europe providing a common and permanent space to: Our work in 2024 Some of the primary […]
Civil Society Europe (CSE) brings together 24 European networks of civil society organisations (CSOs) working towards regenerating the European project around the shared values of Equality | Solidarity | Inclusiveness | Democracy Our Objectives Our main objectives are to facilitate and enable horizontal and vertical dialogue between European civil society organisations and policy-makers and help strengthen CSOs in […]
Are you looking to join forces and do advocacy work on your interests as a civil society organisation? Are you looking for a community and a learning space where you can network with and learn from like-minded organisations and build your capacities? Look no further! CSE offers opportunities to collaborate through: ADVOCACY LEARNING TOOLS WATCHDOG […]
CSE’s mission is to contribute to EU recognition of the essential role and value of independent and plural CSOs in building and nurturing a democratic society that is based on fundamental rights. CSE also works to create the conditions for the development of a strong and independent civil society voice and an effective, open, and structured civil dialogue at the EU level, as […]
