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 […]
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 […]
Last week saw the launch of the 18th edition of the annual European Week of Regions and Cities, with 70 unique online workshops exploring different aspects of empowering citizens. […]
The European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) has been working for almost three decades to empower EU citizens in order to create a more inclusive and stronger European Union by promoting […]
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 […]
DIGITAL DEMOCRACY DAY 2019: HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN ELECTIONS ECAS is excited to present the focus, speakers and topics of our Digital Democracy Day 2019! Taking place on March […]
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 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 […]
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 […]