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.

January 2026 250+ Civil Society Organisations Call on the European Commission to Allow Cross-Border Collaboration for Non-Profits September 2025 Where is Civil Society in 2025’s State of the European Union Speech? September 2025 CSE’s Contribution to the Consultation on the EU Civil Society Strategy September 2025 ECBA Added Value and Security May 2025 Joint Civil […]

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 We Need Strong Funding Programmes for Culture, Media and Civil Society in the Next EU Long-term Budget Civil Society Europe has brought together a wide coalition of civil society organisations, along with stakeholders from the cultural […]

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 […]

Second Meeting of the Interest Group on Civil Society in the European Parliament On March 18th 2026, the Interest Group on Civil Society in the European Parliament met for the second time. The meeting brought together dedicated MEPs and diverse civil society representatives. Participants discussed the state of funding for civil society in the new […]

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 27 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 […]