All Digital Democracy Publications
YouVoteEU: the New Platform for the 2019 European Elections and Beyond!
The next European elections are just around the corner. As a citizen, are you already wondering how to make sure that the issues you care about are represented in the election campaign? As a civil society organisation, are you wondering…
Save the Date for our Conference “State of the Union Citizens’ Rights: Towards the European Elections 2019” on 25 September
Freedom of movement is one of the most cherished fundamental freedoms of the European Union. Together with the right to political participation they constitute the main building blocks of the EU Citizenship. According to the Spring 2018 Eurobarometer, the majority of Europeans…
Procedural Steps and Drafting an Initiative Were Key Issues Covered in the First Webinar on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI)
The ECI is the the first transnational participatory democracy tool for citizens, not only in Europe, but worldwide. To help make the process of organising an ECI as accessible and simple for citizens, last month ECAS hosted the first of…
ECAS’ Executive Director Features in Interview by ECI Team
During an interview with the European Citizens' Initiative team, our Executive Director Assya Kavrakova described ECAS' role in helping to develop the ECI into an effective instrument of participatory democracy. Ms. Kavrakova described the ECI as "the first transnational participatory…
AFCO Committee Approves Proposed ECI Reform
Yesterday the Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) Committee approved the proposal for the revision of the ECI, but rejected an important amendment on the European Parliament’s commitment in the follow-up process. This caused disappointed reactions from a network of 71 civil society…
European Civic Days 2018: Citizenship – Participation – Policies: Building Europe from Grassroots Up!
On 29 and 30 May the annual European Civic Days conference entitled "Citizenship – Participation – Policies: Building Europe from Grassroots Up!" took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event was hosted by the Citizen Participation Forum, under the patronage of the Bulgarian Presidency of…
Open Letter: European Parliament, Make the ECI work!
On 20 June, the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) of the European Parliament will cast a vote of crucial importance for the future of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). With this open letter signed by ECAS and 64 co-signatories (15 ECIs…
Civil Society Days 2018: More E-Tools To Increase Civic Engagement
On 24 and 25 May the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted Civil Society Days 2018: Citizenship, Democracy and Culture in Digitalised Europe, which saw the participation of over 220 civil society organisations and citizens from across Europe. ECAS and Volonteurope hosted one of…
Citizens Panel Forms First Online Public Consultation
For the first time in EU history a group of European citizens from 27 Member States were invited to form the European Citizens' Panel on the Future of Europe. The purpose of this panel was to co-create an online public…