Today, ECAS kicks off the “Brussels for CLEAN AIR / Bruxelles pour un AIR PUR / Brussel voor SCHONE LUCHT” campaign. The initiative is the local implementation of the “DigiDEM” […]
On 23 November 2021, civil society representatives and policy makers convened to discuss how participatory democracy can help to improve the environment. This event also introduced the DigiDEM project and […]
Today, the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen shared her view on the State of the Union in 2021. ECAS followed the speech closely through the lenses […]
Everyone is talking about the Future of Europe. We are working on it! The consultation on digital transformation of the Civil Society Convention for the Future of Europe has just […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]