Tag Archives: Civil Society

The first European Citizens’ Initiative is here!

By Kosmopolit | Published: February 18, 2010
Hooray! Every day some more Lisbon Treaty innovations. Today I came across a campaign for the first European Citizens’ Initiative. (Hat tip: Andrew Burgess) Good news is that it is not an animal rights campaign but a campaign for a “Free Sunday“. Regardless of the idea behind the “free Sunday”, the timing and the execution [...]
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Civil society reacts on crisis in Moldova

By Kosmopolit | Published: April 10, 2009
A number of well known Moldovan civil society leaders issued a statement on the crisis: Declaration regarding the escalating social and political situation in Moldova after the parliamentary elections of April 5, 2009 (pdf) The German Marshall Fund  of the United States (GMF) also published a ‘Moldovan NGO statement’: A Sustainable Solution to Political Crisis in [...]
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Civil society proudly presents: The quality check of Romanian MEPs

By Anda | Published: March 24, 2009
The European Institute for Participative Democracy (Qvorum) published today a study on the activity of Romanian MEPs in a one year period (January 2008- February 2009) during their current mandate. The goal of the NGOs study is two-fold: on the one hand, to look into how the MEPs contributed, through their activity, to stimulating participative [...]
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Participate in the EU-Africa Summit!

By Kosmopolit | Published: February 15, 2007
…ok, not physically but virtually (thanks to web 2.0)! During my work on a policy briefing I came across this page. The first impression you get (especially as a wordpress user) is that of another blog, but after a while you realise it: This is an official (online) consultation process initiated by the EU and [...]
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Speak up Europe!

By Kosmopolit | Published: November 27, 2006
A new campaign to foster a European debate just started a few days ago. “Speak up Europe” wants to “facilitate the debate about the European Union”. It is part of the controversial Plan D (D stands for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate) that was proposed by the European Commission after the non/nee votes last year. By [...]
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