Research in social sciences should eventually contribute to societal progress. In the DEMOS (Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe) Horizon 2020 EU funded project we want to ensure that researchers […]
In 2020, the COVID-19 crisis and Brexit had an enormous impact on the movement of citizens and businesses within the EU. Citizens faced obstacles imposed not only by national administrations, […]
Discussions on citizenship education in Europe open a large selection of topics to touch upon. In fact, it is difficult to choose where to start from. With Values Unite entering […]
By Hendrik Nahr This blog post is based on a working paper, published in the scope of DEMOS – a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and […]
Getting involved online is almost indispensable for citizens that want to trigger change in their community, region, country or in the EU. With no doubt, there is massive potential in […]
By Elisa Lironi and Hendrik Nahr An ideal democracy is where everyone can get together to take joint decisions on rules that apply to all. However, in modern representative democracies, the […]
On 1 March, ECAS, ALDA and R.E.D. hosted a workshop dedicated to Sustainable Multilevel Democracy. It took place in the scope of the 2021 Civil Society Days (organised by the European […]
How can the impact of citizen-driven e-democracy tools be strengthened throughout Europe? This was the main question that the conference ‘Advancing Citizen-driven Participation through Digital Tools’ aimed to answer. On […]
‘Next Level Participation: Citizen-Driven E-Democracy Tools’, is authored by ECAS’ Participatory Democracy Manager, Flavio Grazian, and Citizen Deliberation Coordinator Hendrik Nahr, for the European Liberal Forum (ELF). Information and communication […]
On 21-22 January 2021, the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) held the third edition of its “State of the Union Citizens’ Rights” event, an annual conference aimed at identifying challenges […]
At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, freedom of movement quickly collapsed under the pressure of unilateral border closings. Mobile Europeans suddenly found themselves locked down and separated […]
In the context of the European Commission’s President commitment for “a new push for European Democracy”, ECAS, Democracy International and IRI call on all three EU institutions (Commission, European Parliament […]