LATEST FORUM NEWS
Internship in the Communications Department at the CSF Secretariat.
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum (CSF) is looking for two interns who will be based at the Communications Department at the CSF Secretariat. The appointment will be from 15 April 2020 till 14 July 2020 and…
READ MORE
Board of the Forum is Dismayed at the Trial for the “Set’” (Network) Group
The Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum is dismayed at the trial for the “Set'” (Network) group, which was labelled by the Russian authorities a terrorist community - without any plausible ground. Besides, the…
READ MORE
Webinar: “SDGs and Russian Civil Society: Time to Join Forces”
On 20 February 2020 at 10:00 (CET)/12:00 (MSK) Nelya Rakhimova will hold the webinar "SDGs and Russian civil society: time to join forces" If you care about the social, environmental and economic condition of Russia,…
READ MORE
The Gender Equality Working Group Started its Work with a Study Tour in Bulgaria
On 3-6 December 2019, the first Study Tour of the recently established Working Group "Gender Equality" took place in Bulgaria. On the first day, the Forum's member organisation "The Green Light for the Civil Initiatives…
READ MORE
The Process of Introducing Amendments to the Russian Constitution Is Yet Another Sign for the Lack of Democracy in the Russian Political System
Download the statement The Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum is deeply concerned about the swift process of introducing amendments to the Russian Constitution. ((See the current text of the Constitution, which was adopted…
READ MORE
Now online: Exhibition Catalogue for the exhibition “Different wars: National School Textbooks on World War II”
The Exhibition Catalogue for the exhibition “Different wars: National School Textbooks on World War II” is now available online. The catalogue does not only reproduce the exhibition, but gives additional information on the countries’ internal…
READ MORE
Now online: 2019 Report on the State of Civil Society in the EU and Russia
The 2019 Report on the State of Civil Society in the EU and Russia is now available in English View and download 2019 Report on the State of Civil Society in the EU and Russia…
READ MORE
LATEST MEMBERS NEWS
500 Words on Brexit
That ever-useful distinction between ‘ideologues’ (crudely, those who put ideas before people, whatever their motives) and ‘pragmatists’ (those who put people’s needs before ideas) seems nowhere more relevant than in Britain today. The UK has…
READ MORE
Dekabristen in 2019
Can social entrepreneurs become the key players of civil society? How does volunteering contribute to regional development? What can be done to revitalise post-Soviet dormitory suburbs? How to combine activism and art? These topics were…
READ MORE
World AIDS Day: Helping Communities in Order to Help Everyone
Although HIV/AIDS affects the whole of society, it will be impossible to stop the epidemic without large-scale programmes for prevention, diagnosis and treatment for the key populations. Aleksey Lakhov, deputy director of the St. Petersburg…
READ MORE
Fridays for Future: We Need to Act Together – Now
On 29 November, a new round of protests organised by the Fridays for Future movement took place in different cities all over the world. On behalf of the Solidarity group of the EU-Russia Civil…
READ MORE
Protests in the Czech Republic: A Perspective From Russia
Last weekend, on 16 November 2019, dissatisfied citizens gathered for large-scale demonstrations all over the Czech Republic, demanding the resignation of the sitting Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, a billionaire involved in multiple corruption scandals. The…
READ MORE
Stand with Perm Memorial – Protect the Memory!
Download the statement We, the Solidarity Group and the “Historical Memory and Education” Working Group of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, are deeply concerned by the ongoing persecution of the Perm branch of the International…
READ MORE
D’EST Association hold its 10th Ateliers in France
This September, the D’EST Association organised the 10th Ateliers for the exchange of experience between representatives of Russia and France. Eight school teachers, social educators, NGO heads and representatives of local administrations and regional ministries from…
READ MORE
“The Council of Europe is a restless old lady. Can she get younger? Perhaps we are witnessing the ... gradual decline of an organization that is quite satisfied with itself.”
New article about the future of #HumanRights and @coe on the #LegalDialogueJournal: https://t.co/wwAymA5L1i
Полный текст Доклада о состоянии гражданского ... общества в #ЕС и #России за 2019 г. - на нашем сайте: https://t.co/gSBIKHCvAs.
Read the full 2019 Report on the State of Civil Society in the #EU (with chapters about #Sweden, ... #UK, #Estonia and #Slovakia) and #Russia on our website: https://t.co/gSBIKHCvAs.
| 1. | ↑ | See the current text of the Constitution, which was adopted at the referendum on 12 December 1993, at www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-01.htm |
| 2. | ↑ | For more information, see, e.g., www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/01/22/russias-tumultuous-week-the-main-events-a69008, www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-23/putin-s-overhaul-gets-initial-approval-in-russian-parliament and https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/01/15/putin-proposes-national-referendum-on-russian-constitutional-amendments (with the list of proposed amendments |
| 3. | ↑ | See http://en.kremlin.ru/structure/state-council |
| 4. | ↑ | See the text of the Law “On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation” (with amendments adopted on 14 December 2015) at http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102031436 (in Russian |
| 5. | ↑ | For more information on the Shies landfill, see https://eu-russia-csf.org/the-north-is-not-a-landfill-stop-construction-works-at-the-shies-landfill-and-pressure-on-activists-address-by-the-working-group-environment-of-the-eu/ |
| 6. | ↑ | See https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4065606 (in Russian) |
| 7. | ↑ | See https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/11/01/82594-eto-aktsiya-ustrasheniya-chtoby-paralizovat-deyatelnost-organizatsii (in Russian) |
| 8. | ↑ | Supporting more than 6 projects is subject to funds availability. |