Centre for European Citizens' Democracy
Budget
Not declared
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The purpose of the Centre for European Citizens’ Democracy is to strengthen democracy and peace in and around Europe and help local partners to: Ad 1 Strengthen democracy and citizens’ participation in future policies by supporting local civil society organisations to carry out participatory processes that engage as many citizens as possible in policy- and decision making across member states, candidate and non member states. Ad 2 Strengthen independent media platforms for democratic dialogue through public service and other media, regulatory bodies and capacity building. Ad 3 Deepen an understanding and political will of legislative public bodies to engage and listen to the citizens at local, regional, national, European, or international level, while involving independent media, public authorities, civil society organizations, social partners, and other relevant stakeholders. Ad 4 Develop and support innovative state-of-the-art methods for civil society and citizen- and community le
EU Legislative Interests
Promotion of participatory democracy, free media, citizens engagement, civil society and strong dialogues between national and European Parliaments Conflict Prevention, transitional processes and peace.
Communication Activities
Communication activities, publications and outreach
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
We have a relationship with the Europe's People's Forum (EPF). EPF with three of its member organisations were founders for the Centre for European Citizens' Democracy (CECD). and we may in CECD be entitled to call for individual experts from the member organisations of EPF - soon New European Citizens' Forum. There is no money between the two organisations. CISU, Denmark
Organisation Members
CECD does not have a membership as such, but have relevant non-profit organisations and institutions in its self-appointing board. Established by Europe's People's Forum and three of its member organisations. The three member organisations of the board are the 1. Odraz, Croatia 2. Prossima Democrazia, Italy 3. Youth4Media, Germany
Additional Information
Founding meeting was 9 September 2025 and the website www.cecd.eu is still under construction hosted by GoDaddy.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.