For a Popular and Civic Ownership of Europe! The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and NGOs across 28 countries in Europe and is actively working to promote civic and popular ownership of Europe.
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Facing this growing civic disaffection across Europe, it is more critical than ever to foster citizens’ engagement for a collective project and the emergence of a European public space where the role and influence of civil society are fully recognized though the setting up of a genuine European civil dialogue.
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12/01/2021
Join the Citizens Take Over Europe coalition on 13 January at 5:30 online, to discuss about a new European narrative on the #FutureofEurope
You can still register for this series of events on a Citizen-led Conference on the Future of Europe.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights is conducing a consultation on experiences of civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU.
The results will feed into FRA’s work to improve the situation for human rights civil society organisations in the EU.
You are invited to share your views and experiences, as regards:
The overall situation
The impact of the regulatory environment in which you work
Threats and attacks related to your work
Access to finance and resources
Access to and participation in decision-making processes
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In December, the Janez Janša’s government once again targeted funding of NGOs by attempting to abolish the state’s fund for NGOs in the 7th anti-corona stimulus package. Following a great mobilisation of NGOs and citizens against this move, the amendment abolishing the NGO fund was removed from the 7th anti-corona stimulus package approved in the Parliament on 29 December.
Read more here 👇
CNVOS, Mirovni inštitut, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Sloga Platforma, Inštitut 8. marec, Focus - društvo za sonaraven razvoj, Umanotera
📣 ECF newsletter is out! This month we share with you:
⚫ #CivicSpaceWatch report 2020 - Stories From the Lockdown
⚫ CSOs victory: The Justice, Rights & Values programme
has been scaled-up!
⚫ Drifts towards authoritarianism across Europe alert institutions and NGOs
⚫ France & Slovenia #civicspace under the spotlight
Nowadays, it’s our continent, together with the whole world, that is going through a huge and unexpected emergency. The coronavirus pandemic is shaking our lives, our societies, our economies and our democracies.
10/12/2020
🚨 This week, the global civic space monitor (CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation) downgraded 🇸🇮 Slovenia's rating from open to narrowed.
Janša’s government has been eroding Slovenian democracy during the pandemic, with constant attacks on media, demonstrators and CSOs. But protests woke up the country and revitalised Slovenian civic mobilisations.
Civic space under the lockdown has been narrowed but has shown a high level of dynamism. Explore with us the EU trends of deterioration and expansion & the inspiring stories of those civic actors who have been at the forefront of the social response to this crisis 👇
The newest Civic Space Watch Report 2020, our Activizenship #5, is finally here! Read the latest stories from the lockdown in Europe.
CSOs proved that they will leave no one behind in the crisis we faced and we are still facing.
To pay tribute to their work, CNVOS and many other organisations across #Slovenia are launching the #MarNamJe campaign, to show their pride of belonging to the civil society sector
#CivicPride
Nevladne organizacije nas v času koronakrize niso pustile na cedilu. Vsaka je pomagala po svojih močeh. Vse skupaj pa so znova dokazale, da se država vedno lahko zanese nanje pri opravljanju pomembnih nalog, ki jih sama ni zmožna opraviti. In predvsem, da se nanje lahko zanesemo prebivalke in prebivalci naše države.
#MarNamJe #CivicPride
Rdeči Križ Slovenije AMZS Slovenska filantropija Prostovoljstvo.org Zavod Sopotniki ADRA Slovenija Slovenska karitas Zpm Moste Polje Zveza prijateljev mladine Slovenije - ZPMS Botrstvo Društvo Duh časa Društvo Projekt Človek Kralji ulice PETKA ZA NASMEH Inštitut 8. marec Udarnik MC Velenje Skavtinje in skavti Destilator Društvo Rdeči noski Slovensko društvo Hospic Društvo za nenasilno komunikacijo MOZAIK - Društvo za socialno vključenost Legebitra Društvo za razvijanje čuječnosti Društvo Šola zdravja
#Justice & libertés | Le Forum civique européen est aux côtés des acteurs de la société civile en France. Face aux conséquence de la Covid, la société civile agit partout. Le 8 décembre à 15:00, rejoignez les lauréats des prix de la #CivicPride
08/12/2020
Solidarity in times of crisis! Thank you Judo klub Komenda
#civicpride
Solidarnost v času corona krize - dan prostovoljstva 🤝
Tudi naše društvo Judo klub Komenda je na pobudo predsednika Boštjana Veinhandla, letos v času strogih ukrepov za preprečevanje širjenja virusa Covid-19, ko moramo biti vsi doma in je gibanje omejeno, več kot 200 otrokom omogočilo brezplačne treninge preko spletne aplikacije Zoom. Brezplačne treninge bomo izvajali do konca epidemije in ukrepov. Trenerji prostovoljno pripravljajo pestre vadbe in otrokom, čeprav le preko ekrana nudijo vodene treninge, motivacijo in nova znanja, ki jim bodo še kako koristila za ohranjanje gibalne učinkovitosti kot tudi pri vsestranskem razvoju telesnih sposobnosti, ki je v tem času zatrt. Prav tako smo socialno ogroženim in otrokom v stiski podarili pralne zaščitne maske.
#marnamje #civicpride
08/12/2020
Thousands of Slovenian organisations are joining the call to speak up for civic actors today & in the next days. Even at distance, we stand together, in #solidarity
#civicpride
Kaj delamo, ko smo doma?
V času koronakrize smo naša vodena srečanja in delavnice za starše in bodoče starše, ki jih izvajamo v Ljubljani in Kranju, prenesle na splet. Od konca maja 2020 se je naših brezplačnih spletnih dogodkov udeležilo prek 500 udeleženk in udeležencev.
Pomagamo nosečnicam in mamicam v duševnih stiskah: v tem času smo na spletu in po telefonu na razpolago vse dni v tednu, za nujne primere tudi ob sobotah, nedeljah in praznikih; tudi pozno zvečer ter v noč. Stiskam v nosečnosti in po porodu so se pridružili tudi osamljenost, povečan strah, tesnoba in stres, partnersko nasilje, krize v družinskih odnosih, težja dostopnost do zdravstvene pomoči. Tako smo od 12. marca izvedle več kot 300 podpor ženskam po telefonu, e-pošti, po spletu in nekaj kriznih intervencij ... po vsej Sloveniji ...
... tri izvajalke, ki velik delež tega dela opravimo prostovoljno.
Hvala za zaupanje!
Hvala Mestni občini Ljubljana in Mestni občini Kranj za sofinanciranje.
#MarNamJe #CivicPride
Today is #CivicPride! Share your messages and lessons learnt with us.
Help us flood the social media with messages on how to make tomorrow better than yesterday was.
Thanks IDC Serbia & Miodrag Nedeljkovic
Pridružujemo se European Civic Forum kampanji #CivicPride! Naša poruka je - 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗷𝘁𝗲, 𝘂 𝗸𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗶 𝗶𝗹𝗶 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗷𝗲 - 𝘀𝘃𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗮𝗸𝗰𝗶𝗷𝗮 𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰̌𝘂𝗻𝗮!
Cilj kampanje je isticanje uloge solidarnosti i značaja međusobne podrške u ovim teškim vremenima.
Priključite se kampanji, delujte u svojoj zajednici, podstaknite solidarnost❗️
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07/12/2020
📣 #Activizenship5 is almost here! Last call for registrations!
📅 We launch our #CivicSpaceWatch report 2020 this Tuesday 8 December (3:00-5:15 PM)!
🚨 The pandemic is a crash test for our democracies and the rule of law. This year, at least five European countries (Greece, France, Poland, Denmark, United Kingdom) have passed or have on the table bills restricting the right to protest beyond COVID-19.
On 3 December 2020, representatives of the EU institutions and civil society have raised concerns about recent attacks on the right to protest in an event organised by the European Civic Forum, together with the Spanish associations Novact and Iridia - Centre de Defensa de Drets Humans.
👇 Read our tribute in POLITICO Europe to those who are always at the forefront of each crisis, with few means and little power. To those that every day, all over Europe, try to plug the holes of this society, through the advancement of rights, of social inclusion, of equality.
‘Civic actors are not phantoms, we exist, we are a resource for Europe. We call on institutions to recognize and support the work we do and the values we defend’
🇫🇷 France is shrinking the #civicspace and weakening the #RuleOfLaw. Three legal issues ring alarm bells:
🔽 Closure of mosques and moves to dissolve CSOs
🔽 The global security law #LoiSecuriteGlobale
🔽 Fast-track procedure for a law to reform public research programming
ECF is alarmed by statements made by the French government aimed at shrinking the civic space and weakening the rule of law.
30/11/2020
🔥 The right to #protest is under fire in the European Union!
If the virus of authoritarian rule is spreading across Europe, what can the #EU do to avoid a pandemic?
🇬🇧 The #UK Conservative government is planning to introduce major changes to public order legislation to crack down on #protests, under a new “Protection of the Police and Public Bill” planned for 2021.
👇 Analysis by Netpol: The Network for Police Monitoring
Article originally published by The Network of Police Monitoring on 26 November 2020
🔽French police violently dismantled a temporary migrant camp in #Paris, clashing with #migrants, #activists & #journalists.
🔽 Interior Minister said that some of the scenes were "shocking", and ordered the police to provide a full report on their actions.
🔽 Ligue des droits de l'Homme and other CSOs react horrified by the fact that hundreds of migrants were left outside to fall asleep wounded in the cold.
Article originally published by French by Liberation on 23 November 2020.
Join us on December 2nd & 3rd for this vibrant debate, co-organised with Novact & Iridia - Centre de Defensa de Drets Humans, on how to preserve the right to #protest during #pandemic times!
👇👇👇 Tomorrow is the last day to register
As the COVID-19 virus spread across Europe, in most EU countries national authorities restricted the public space and limited the possibility for gatherings of people. How to maintain people’s right to protest while also safeguarding the rights to life and health has been a great democratic challe...
Missed the beginning of the conference #CivilSociety in Turbulent Times?
No problems, here is the live to catch up with the discussion. Hosted by Instytut Spraw Publicznych & Nyt Europa
🇮🇹 Osservatorio Repressione analyses how the restriction of the right of assembly and demonstration due to health reasons has triggered a spiral of social tension in #Italy.
📣 #CivicSpaceWatch analysis by Instytut Spraw Publicznych
🇵🇱 During the pandemic, the Polish government has limited the freedom of assembly by changing the law and increasing the severity of penalties. But civil society strikes back with the largest demonstrations seen in #Poland since the fall of communism!
Analysis by Filip Pazderski, Institute of Public Affairs
19/11/2020
🤔 Can people exercise their right to #protest while safeguarding the right to health?
📣 Join our debate, co-organised with Novact and Iridia - Centre de Defensa de Drets Humans, on how we can tackle this great challenge for #democracy on 2 and 3 December!
🇭🇺 Orbán continues to enforce unlawful law against NGOs
🇸🇮 Janša's government threat to evict 18 CSOs
🇫🇷 Draft law on #PPLSecuriteGlobale undermines fundamental rights
🇵🇱 Women protests woke up the country! #StrajkKobiet
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Right to peaceful assembly in Europe - Policy debate
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Closing session #CitizensTakeOverEurope
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Citizens Take Over Europe – 9th May
Citizens Take Over Europe – 9th May
Activizenship #4 - On December 4
Interview to Marta Lempart from Polish Woman Strike
#NoDayWithoutUs
No time for walls
Human Rights For All
The Civil Society Days are approaching - 24/25 May 2018
The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and NGOs across 27 countries in Europe, actively working on issues such as citizenship education, defence of Human Rights and the advocacy of Democracy.
Our vision of citizenship
Built essentially around an economic dimension, the European project lacks of the pillars enshrined in the Treaties – Solidarity and Democracy – to be able to overcome the wide gap between citizens and European institutions. Associations and NGOs play a crucial role in this civic ownership. Associations provide an ideal environment for debate and the formulation of projects which respond to citizens’ aspirations. They are fulfilling an important function, strengthening the ties in a community life, promoting inclusion and social innovation. Associations also are spokespersons of citizens’ aspirations for equality, solidarity and democracy.
Thus, they are a key factor in building, assisting and monitoring public policies, but they also make sure that decisions made by institutions reflect as much as possible citizens’ concerns. An associative participation recognised by institutions at the European level can bring back enthusiasm for building a Europe of social justice, a Europe ensuring an access to education and culture for all, which would be a leading example in the defence of Human Rights and of cultural diversity. This vision of the relations between citizens, associations and institutions is precisely at the core of European Civic Forum’s action, since its creation in 2005.
Le 20 février prochain, The Good Lobby propose une demi-journée à Paris à destination des associations et ONGs qui souhaitent se former au plaidoyer.
La première partie de la matinée, « the Citizen Lobbying toolkit », sera consacrée aux outils utiles pour mettre en œuvre une stratégie et des campagnes de plaidoyer.
La deuxième partie de l’atelier, « How to file a Freedom of Information request », sera quant à elle dédiée au droit d’accès à l’information et vous permettra d’apprendre à rédiger une demande d’accès à l’information, qui permet à n’importe quelle organisation de la société civile d’interagir avec les institutions nationales ou européennes.
L’atelier est gratuit pour les associations souhaitant y participer !
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Attention, les différentes interventions se dérouleront en anglais. N’hésitez pas à contacter [email protected] pour plus de précisions !
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