Digital tools are changing democracy as we know it, bringing along new opportunities, advances and challenges. Online platforms and e-voting practices have given access to the political world where it […]
Study on “Societies Outside Metropolises: The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Facing Populism”, commissioned by the European Economic and Social Committee and executed by ECAS, looks to better understand the factors […]
This EU Rights in the Spotlight section features two ECJ judgments affecting access to family benefits by EU mobile citizens, freedom, security and justice. Under EU law, it is […]
The political participation of mobile EU citizens remains limited due to obstacles they face and low political awareness. Their involvement could, however, be enhanced if the obstacles were tackled and […]
More than a third of Brussels’ inhabitants are foreigners with voting rights in their local elections. But despite many of them working within the EU institutions at the heart of […]
The #EUTakeTheInitiative Roadshow is heading to Vienna for its final event of the year! On this occasion we are organising a full-day interactive conference on the European Citizens’ Initiative and […]
On 26 and 27 November, ECAS’ Executive Director, Assya Kavrakova took part in the 2018 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights: Democracy in the EU. The event brought together national and EU policymakers, international […]
This year the YEA Training Seminar took place on 15 and 16 November in Brussels at the European Commission. Around 60 legal experts from all EU Member States attended the […]
Last weekend, the 2018 edition of the We Are Europe Academy, a training event for civil society activists was held from 9-11 November jointly by ECAS and the Union of […]
On 25 September 2018, ECAS held its first annual State of the Union Citizens’ Rights conference: towards the European Elections 2019! The first panel focused on current challenges faced by […]