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The event took place less than two months after the new regulation on the European Citizens’ Initiative came into application on the 1st of January 2020. 98 registration requests

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Policy, strategy, governance and partnerships, Sharing best practice and building capacity, 06-08 Sept: ECSA2020 Conference POSTPONED to September 6-8 due to COVID-19, Cos4Cloud: a European project to revolutionize the technology of citizen science, Help locate newly discovered black holes in the LOFAR Radio Galaxy Zoo project. Furthermore, participants and speakers argued that a possible future right of initiative of the Parliament should be shared with the citizens, by means of the ECI.

Daniela’s reform proposal was supported by over 60% of the participants of the ECI Day, but would require treaty change in order to be implemented. The Commission has registered today, 21 August 2020, a new citizens' initiative: Right to Cure. The European Commission has adopted today a proposal for a Regulation allowing to extend the time limits for the collection, verification and examination phases applicable to European citizens’ initiatives. Lastly, Daniela Vancic, European Programme Manager for Democracy International, built the case for the ECI to be upgraded to an instrument of direct rather than participatory democracy. Find out more! Assya Kavrakova, Director of ECAS, encouraged national parliaments to hold debates on running initiatives even before they reach the signature threshold.

On 15 July 2020, the European Parliament and the Council adopted temporary measures to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the European citizens' initiative. This site is operated by the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) on behalf of and under contract to the European Commission, Go to the European Citizens' Initiative website, Follow the European Commission on social media.

The new collection end dates of the citizens' initiatives that benefit from the extension are published on our website. We call on the European Commission to strengthen EU action on climate emergency. The organisers now have up to 6 months to start the collection of statements of support from citizens across Europe. È una proposta di legge di ragazz* provenienti da tutti i paesi europei affinché l’UE dichiari l’Emergenza Climatica. On 15 July 2020, the European Parliament and the Council adopted temporary measures to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the European citizens' initiative.

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She argued that, in the future, successful organisers should be allowed to start a second round of signature collection if they are unhappy with the response on their initiative by the EU institutions. Thu, 07/16/2020 - 12:00. The proposal is put forward through an ECI - European Citizens Initiative - a participatory democracy instrument that allows citizens to shape the Europe they want, suggesting concrete legal changes. Webseite erstellt: Werbeagentur Goldweiss. In case you are interested in reading the ECI Day 2020 recommendations for the future of the ECI – formulated on the basis of speaker input, and voted upon by the participants – please take a look here! ECI Day 2020 was organised by the European Economic and Social Committee in collaboration with Democracy International, the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS), the European Committee of the Regions, The ECI Campaign and Bertelsmann Stiftung. Many of the ECSA headquarters team will take part in the Global Climate Strike in Berlin this Friday (20 September) to show our support for this essential movement. Not only was there a fundamental discussion about the merits and limitations of the instrument, participants also debated and voted on a number of recommendations for improvement of this instrument! Maarten was a moderator of the morning session of ECI Day 2020 and Christian was a speaker.   5 successful initiatives. On 15 July 2020, the European Parliament and the Council adopted temporary measures to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the European citizens' initiative. Read the open letter. This platform is a space for you to get practical information and advice about the European citizens’ initiative, and to discuss any topics related to it. Pulse of Europe is a pro-European citizen's initiative, founded in Frankfurt, Germany by the end of 2016.
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While many of the discussions about the challenges facing the instrument are not new, the only way for the ECI to have a chance at revival is if people continue to care about its fate. Copyright by European Citizen Science Association (ECSA). Another challenge that was discussed is the lack of visibility of the instrument. read! The Commission’s communication campaign on the ECI was welcomed, and deemed necessary, but insufficient: Carsten Berg, Director of The ECI Campaign, argued that the ECI will only become significantly more well-known once there is a true success story – once people observe the impact this instrument can make on EU politics and policy-making. 75 initiatives registered