The European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) is an international, Brussels-based non-profit organisation with a pan-European membership and 28 years of experience. Our mission is to empower citizens in order to create a more inclusive and stronger European Union by:
- Promoting and defending citizens’ rights
- Developing and supporting mechanisms to increase citizens and citizen organisations’ democratic participation in, and engagement with, the EU.
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Y…Z…REP2019: The New Generation of the European Union
Baby boomers, generations X, Y (millennials) and Z. Not only do these labels identify a certain age group, they also…
DEMOS Website Kicks Off with a Micro-, Meso- and Macro-level Look into Populism
As 'confirmed' by the 2019 European elections results, not only is populism a political factor that shouldn't be ignored, its…
EU Rights in the Spotlight – March 2019
This EU Rights in the Spotlight section features two European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgments affecting EU citizenship and the…
Digital Tools, E-voting and a Changing Democracy: Report from Digital Democracy Day 2019
Digital tools are changing democracy as we know it, bringing along new opportunities, advances and challenges. Online platforms and e-voting…
Forgotten Societies and the Rise of Populism Across Europe
Study on “Societies Outside Metropolises: The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Facing Populism”, commissioned by the European Economic and Social…
EU Rights in the Spotlight – from December 2018 to February 2019
This EU Rights in the Spotlight section features two ECJ judgments affecting access to family benefits by EU mobile citizens,…
ECAS NGO - 14/06/2019 15:18
RT @Avramopoulos: 34 years ago the seed of #Schengen was sown: an area of free movement and travel, without border controls. Today’s annive…
ECAS NGO - 14/06/2019 14:12
RT @EESC_LiaisonG: #CivSocDays on #Sustainable #Democracy is over, but not the political work. Missed the presentation of the recommendati…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 15:09
RT @EESC_LiaisonG: #CivSocDays 2019 are over!Thanks to all the participants for being with us and sharing experiences and ideas on #sustain…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 14:32
RT @EESC_LiaisonG: 📢Time is now at the @EU_EESC for the #conclusions and #recommendations of the different workshops organized during these…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 14:05
RT @EESC_LiaisonG: Our #democracy institutions are noninteractive says @Kader_Sevinc at #CivSocDays final panel. #Representative democracy…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 14:04
RT @DEMOS_H2020: The media can foster #populism in contemp/y democracies, says #DEMOS_H2020 researchers Giuliano Bobba and Antonella Seddon…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 13:26
RT @ElisaLironi: Thank you @Kader_Sevinc for stressing again & again that our #democracy needs to be upgraded to the 21st century - mainly…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 10:34
RT @Flavio_Grazian: Key points of @ecas_europe @federalists workshop on #CivSocDays. In his introduction @paolovaccaUEF stressed the need o…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 08:45
RT @EESC_LiaisonG: How to increase citizens' participation at local level? @g_civico's table looks into #eDemocracy: 📌 a tool, not a soluti…
ECAS NGO - 13/06/2019 08:28
RT @EESC_LiaisonG: Exploring the relationship between #ICT & #democracy with @ElisaLironi: what are the benefits and how can new ways of pa…
