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Participation

Participatory budgeting: A tool to build trust in institutions and consider the needs of communities

As the EU is working on the next Multiannual Financial Framework, there is momentum to enhance democratic processes and trust in EU institutions.

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Action for Civic Space

Catalysing change: Raising awareness about civic space, EU law and impacts of AI

Through our trainings, grantees of the Catalyst of Change project have gained practical tools to navigate AI regulation and use EU law to protect fundamental rights.

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Tech and AI

Taking action against biometric surveillance: Civil society tactics and strategies

This ECNL report introduces six strategies for pushing back against biometric surveillance practices from a civil society perspective.

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Action for Civic Space

Georgia: What does the Implementing Regulation of the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence bring?

Briefers by ICNL and ECNL on how the law will be enforced and what the key provisions are for CSOs and media.

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Tech and AI

Towards an AI Act that serves people and society

ECNL report, commissioned by the European AI & Society Fund, identifies strategic priorities for civil society and funders on the implementation and enforcement of the EU AI Act.

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UN Standards

Civil society joint brief on the UN Global Digital Compact

ECNL joins Access Now and other CSOs to express our concerns regarding the state of the GDC from a human rights perspective.

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Monitoring Civic Spaces

Empowered for Action: CSO Meter opens its third phase

At the heart of the third phase is an empowered CSO Meter Hub, dedicated to advocacy actions that are based on responsive and comprehensive monitoring of the civil society environment in the Eastern Partnership.

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Action for Civic Space

Shrinking freedoms: The steady erosion of civic space and freedom of assembly in Slovakia

Following draft laws stigmatising foreign-funded CSOs and limiting access to information, a new draft “Assassination Law” is set to restrict freedom of assembly, as part of a larger trend to suppress civil society in the country.

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Tech and AI

Empowering CSOs in global internet governance: Launch of CADE

ECNL along with eight partner organisations have launched the Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) project.

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