Association for the European Citizens' Initiative e.V.
Budget
€51,238
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.6 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Our organization has its origins in the Constitutional Convention on the Future of Europe (2002/03) in which we successfully campaigned for the legal introduction of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) – the world’s first and only tool of transnational, participatory and digital democracy. Today we work on the successful introduction of the ECI. We closely monitor ECI implementation and support individual ECIs with online collection software, campaigning, fundraising and legal advice. In particular, we provide the only independent ECI Help Desk. We consist of former and ongoing ECI organizers, IT-coders and EU-lawyers who provide their expertise for the sake of democratic development in the EU. As of 2016 the organisation works for the combination of the ECI with other democratic innovations such as sortition (randomly selcted citizens' panels).
EU Legislative Interests
Legal ECI revision process. We are working for the successful introduction and implementation of the European Citizens’ Initiative right and thus strive for a new successful revision process of the ECI regulation to make the ECI more user-friendly and impactful.
Communication Activities
See an ECI that Works! http://citizens-initiative.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Berg_2014_Berg_Thomson_An_ECI_That_Works.pdf
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Wir sind Mitglied im European Civic Forum, bei Democracy International e.V. und bei Democracy R&D. Mehr zu diesen Organisationen: https://civic-forum.eu/ http://democracy-international.org/ https://democracyrd.org/ Zudem interagieren und kooperieren wir regelmäßig mit dem Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss (EWSA)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.