In 2025, Civil Society Europe will launch the first edition of the Civil Dialogue Award!

Do you or someone you know within an EU institution, agency, or body regularly engage with civil society? Do you or the nominee uphold the concept of civil dialogue in your work through meaningful inclusion of civil society organisations? Then you may be who we’re looking for!

Civil dialogue is the regular, structured, and meaningful interaction between institutions and civil society organisations along the entire law and policy-making cycle. As civil dialogue is enshrined in the EU Treaties (Art. 11 TEU), it is of utmost importance that we formally recognise best practices of this dialogue within EU institutions.

The Civil Dialogue Award will be focused on good practices and initiatives of meaningful involvement of civil society organisations in EU policy making that took place in the past 3 years (from 2022 onwards). The initiatives considered should be carried out by directorates, sections, units, committees of the EU Institutions, EU Agencies, EU advisory and consultative bodies, inter-institutional bodies, and European political groups.

After the nomination and selection process is complete, the winner of the award will be presented at an award ceremony, hosted by CSE, in Brussels in late 2025. This will be a key opportunity to network and build community, while recognising the positive impact of civil society inclusion in the EU.

Please click here for more information on the nomination process. To nominate someone, please fill out this form by July 15th, 2025.