2020: a Year of Unprecedented Challenges and of Promising Beginnings for ECAS and for the Citizens of Europe!
A MESSAGE FROM ECAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COVID-19 has shaken and challenged the way we live and work and has exposed…
At a Closer Look: EU Citizenship Report 2020
ECAS welcomes the EU Citizenship Report 2020, which was adopted on 15 December by the European Commission. Following a difficult…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – EuroPCom 2020: Building our future together
Citizen engagement is a two-way process between citizens and decision-makers, and as such, should be pursued through different tools that…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – A Vision for Europe: The European Democracy Action Plan
Though it has a set definition, ‘democracy’ can take on many different meanings for people. To diversify it farther, the…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Upgrading EU citizenship for better citizen participation
We do not give it much thought, but citizenship has a huge influence on our lives. It goes beyond owning…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Design, Engage, Impact: The European Citizens’ Initiative 2.0 driving citizen engagement in the EU
Authors: Assya Kavrakova, ECAS Executive Director; Flavio Grazian, ECAS Participatory Democracy Manager This article was originally published on the European Citizens'…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – A Story of Freedom of Movement
“Open the barrier!” ordered border guard Harald Jäger on the evening of November 9th, 1989. What followed these three words…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – ‘Walking the Walk’ in Upholding EU Rule of Law
This week, all eyes were on the United States, awaiting the results of the presidential elections that, depending on the…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Status Check: EU Citizenship
Since the Lisbon Treaty entered into force with the European Union (EU) Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, more…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Guaranteeing the ‘free’ in EU freedom of movement
Though a worn-out phrase, it bears repeating - we tend to take for granted the very things that are most…