All Digital Democracy Publications
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…
ECAS Advocates for More Transparency of EU Trilogues at the Advocate Europe Challenge Camp
ECAS presented a project idea aimed at making EU Trilogues more transparent and accessible to citizens by encouraging civic engagement at the Idea Challenge Camp, held in Kyiv. Having been shortlisted out of 472 applicants, ECAS participated at the Advocate…
ECAS is Among the Finalists For Advocate Europe Challenge!
We are delighted to announce that out of 472 proposals our project "Citizens’ Call for Transparent Trilogues: Let’s build a more Democratic EU!" submitted by ECAS and VoteWatch Europe has been shortlisted for the Advocate Europe Challenge Camp! ECAS and 30 other shortlisted…
ECAS Activities of 2017: A Review
The harder the challenge, the stronger the outcome Over the past year political turmoil has posed a great deal of uncertainty not to mention significant challenges for the issue of citizens’ rights throughout Europe. Despite these crisis-driven times the length…
Event Report – Digital Democracy Day 2018
On 27 February 2018, ECAS held its fourth annual Digital Democracy Day - Crowdsourcing EU Legislation: Taking Decisions With EU Citizens and Not For Them! Digital Democracy Day 2018 was organized in the framework of the EUCROWD project, under the Europe for…
You Vote EU: Increasing Voter Turnout by Connecting Citizens to EU Policy
Last week ECAS hosted the launch of You Vote EU, a project aimed at stimulating citizens political participation in the 2019 European Parliament elections by increasing understanding of current and future EU policies. You Vote EU is coordinated by Italian organisation Riparte…
