Visit New Website for UNSR Mandate on Assembly and Association

How could emerging social, technological, political and behavioural shifts reshape democratic life at the European, national and local levels?

Read ECNL’s comments on how the upcoming General Comment No. 38 can strengthen safeguards for individuals, organisations and movements to exercise and defend their right to associate.

TAI and ECNL brings together civil society leaders and funders to explore how organisations and communities navigate uncertainty, pressure and change – and what it takes to fund resilience.

Read our blog on how the EU’s AI Omnibus weakens key protections against harmful AI and opens the door to weakening other EU digital laws.

Strategic simulations with civil society and key allies put forward new opportunities to strengthen resilience amidst attacks.

35 organisations and researchers call on the EU AI Office to provide clear information on the timeline and process of the establishment of the Advisory Forum, the only formal mechanism ensuring civil society voices are part of AI Act implementation.

This new initiative pilots forward-looking approaches to protect civic action from arising restrictions.

Frameworks that protect financial integrity should not slow down lifesaving aid for vulnerable communities in the Middle East and beyond.

Here are the latest developments in European civic space emerging from the Early Warning and Alert System, developed as part of the MACS (Monitoring Action for Civic Space) project.