Civil Society Europe has set out recommendations for implementing the European Democracy Shield through a whole-of-society approach that recognises civil society as an integral part…
The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) has launched a new Civic Space Tracker, a digital tool for monitoring legal threats to civic space across…
Civil society, media and other stakeholders in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have developed 197 recommendations aimed at improving digital platform…
The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) has expressed serious concern following the acquittal of Yorgen Fenech, who had been standing trial for complicity and…
At least 14 people in Serbia, including members of the student movement, activists and opposition representatives, have been targeted with advanced spyware since the beginning…
Turkish authorities have launched a large-scale crackdown targeting LGBTI+ organisations, activists and human rights defenders, involving coordinated raids, detentions and restrictions on online content across…
At least 203 people were fined between 2021 and 2025 for content posted on social media and online portals under local public-order regulations in several…
Anti-government demonstrations in Albania have continued for more than 100 consecutive days, developing into a sustained protest movement centred on concerns over environmental protection, corruption…
The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) has published Civil Society in Numbers 2025, analysing the financial, economic and social position of the 100 largest…
DG ENEST has launched a survey, through the EU-funded Hajde4EU project, to gather civil society perspectives on long-term challenges and opportunities for EU engagement across…
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is consulting stakeholders on the development of the Online Knowledge Hub on civic space foreseen under the EU…
A new EUCRTA analysis examines four proposals that emerged at EU level on accelerating enlargement: Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s associated-membership proposal for Ukraine, a Franco-German non-paper,…
Speaking to The New Union Post, Adnan Ćerimagić of the European Stability Initiative argues that the real challenge for EU enlargement is not Iceland’s rejection…
A new Humentum analysis argues that the current funding crisis should push donors beyond the assumption that stronger individual organisations automatically produce stronger civil society.…
An Oxfam evaluation of its Emergency Response Fund Agility pilot examines a locally led funding model tested in Bangladesh, Puerto Rico and Uganda between 2021…
Target Group: Individuals from the Western Balkans, including civil society activists, journalists, researchers, students, academics, artists, youth workers and other professionals and changemakers.Aim: To support…
Target Group: Grassroots civil society organisations led by women, or in which women hold decision-making and project implementation roles, with experience or capacity to work…
Target Group: CSOs working on peace, dialogue and social cohesion; informal groups may apply in partnership with a registered organisation or fiscal host.Aim: To support…
Target Group: Local CSOs, groups and social movements working to expand civic and democratic freedoms and promote inclusive democracy in the digital age, particularly actors…
Target Groups: Foundations, donors and civil society organisations working on democracy, civic space, social resilience and related fields.Short Description: KoneKtor 2026 will bring together philanthropy…