“Siberia Without Torture” teaches digital security
From August to October 2020, “Siberia Without Torture” carried out activities to strengthen organisational resilience and create a safe space for promoting activist and human rights initiatives. 16 webinars were held with the involvement of experts in integrated security.
Internship Announcement at the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum
Webinar “Partnerships Matter – Implementation of Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation Tools for Sustainable Development”
Salon Europa #1: The [In]visible
Our new hybrid series “Salon Europa” is to discuss migration issues from various European contexts under the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first round starting at the end of October we will take up the topic of [In]visible and vulnerable groups of migrants and explore how their situation, […]
Open online discussion “Civil society organisations in the online world: obstacles to operations or advantages of new formats?”
Expert Group on Civil Society Research of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert- Foundation and the German-Russian Exchange in St. Petersburg cordially invite to the open online discussion “Civil society organisations in the online world: obstacles to operations or advantages of new formats?” The discussion will […]
Statement by members and supporters of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in relation to the tragic death of Irina Slavina
We are shocked and saddened by the tragic death of our colleague, journalist Irina Slavina from Nizhny Novgorod. On October 2, 2020, Irina Slavina, editor-in-chief of Koza Press, an independent online media outlet, died after setting herself on fire in front of an interior ministry office in the city of […]
Call for solidarity in the face of the humanitarian crisis in Lesbos
In the end of August 2020, Subjective Values, the Forum member organisation from Hungary, organised a study tour to the island of Lesvos (Greece) to learn the situation on the island and especially around the Moria refugee camp, one of the largest refugee camps in Europe. Like many experts and […]
Salon Europa: New Public Event Programme of the Forum
The idea of our new event series “Salon Europa” is to discuss migration issues from various European contexts under the lens of the situation under the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Arts as a tool of civic education“: Working Group on Gender Equality Organises a Study Tour
From 27 September to 2 October the working group on Gender Equality organises its second Study Tour on the topic „Arts as a tool of civic education“. The project host is the Berlin-based organisation of Russian speaking LGBTQ* people Quarteera e.V. The study tour aims at improving group members’ skills […]
Two Voices: 30th Anniversary of the Reunification of Germany and a Hope for the Future
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the reunification of Germany being marked on 3 October 2020, the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum asked two Board members of Memorial Deutschland, our member organisation, to reflect on how they experienced this unique day and what they think about current challenges in Eastern Europe. […]
