Council for European Public Space
Budget
€230,250
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
4
1.2 FTE
EU Grants
€189,450
Mission & Goals
The Council for European Public Space (CfEPS) is an NGO and a new-style think-and-do tank that brings together European actors and develops evidence-based and politically viable strategies to create an open, fair and secure digital European Public Space. It advocates for rights and major investments in public value digital infrastructures from EU institutions and supports existing initiatives from academia, independent media and civil society. The Council brings together eminent European personalities representing different perspectives on the common goal of a more democratic and more unified Europe, and strives to use their expertise to achieve its non-profit public value objectives. These objectives are achieved by: - Research projects on democracy and digital public sphere issues in Europe - Publishing information and research findings on democracy and the digital public sphere - Organizing congresses and workshops on digital public sphere issues in Europe
EU Legislative Interests
Current Focus: Activities around the European Democracy Shield (EUDS) and the Media and Audiovisual Action Plan (MAAP), beyond that European Media Freedoms Act, Artificial Intelligence Act, Digital Service Act, Digital Market Act and other future legislative proposals or policies addressing a pan-European digital public sphere, media and related civil society representation in terms of access to trustworthy news and information
Communication Activities
A current list of communication activities can be found on our website (https://europeanpublicspace.eu), most recently: How a European media platform could protect democracy: https://netzpolitik.org/2025/mehr-informationen-wagen-wie-eine-europaeische-medienplattform-die-demokratie-schuetzen-koennte/#netzpolitik-pw Can AI replace us? https://web.ev-akademie-tutzing.de/rotunde/index.php/wird-die-ki-uns-ersetzen/ Habermas vs. Google- A powerful reminder for ethical AI development: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/google-deepmind-streit-habermas-maschine-li.3241968?reduced=true As part of the preparation of contributions and the implementation of EU-funded projects, an exchange takes place with institutions of the European Parliament and the European Commission, on the one hand with grant awarding institutions (e.g. DG Connect) and on the other hand with institutions that provide information and scientific expertise for the European Parliament (e.g. STOA). Other communication activities are primarily events to inform and network civil society and public sector actors in the media sector (PSM) with the aim of forming alliances to create a pan-European digital public space and to represent these interests or strategic concepts, prototypes of digital infrastructures and best practice examples to the EU institutions. The European Public Space Council website will also provide resources in the form of an overview of actors and topics that can be used for further public and civil society exchange of experience and alliance building. In direct cooperation with MEPs, two letters to the European Commission were coordinated, which advocate for measures to create a European streaming platform - as an access point to existing news offerings of licensed European broadcasters (especially PSM) and to make this offer available to all European citizens.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Future official memberships will be published on the CfEPS website (https://europeanpublicspace.eu) as soon as they are available. None are currently available.
Organisation Members
Please see our website / about us for all councillors involved: https://europeanpublicspace.eu/index.php/about-us/ Please see our website / our partners for all affiliated partners: https://europeanpublicspace.eu/index.php/our-partners/
Additional Information
The CfEPS is recognized by the Tax Office for Corporations 1 Berlin as a non-profit association that serves tax-privileged purposes in the public interest. The CfEPS was registered as a legal entity on January 1, 2024 and commenced its activities on this date. Although the financial year 2024 has already been completed, the annual financial statements have not yet been submitted, as the tax office is currently still checking whether the activities performed are subject to VAT, as the Council for European Public Space was involved in the projects as a subcontractor and not as a partner. The following funding commitments have been made for financial year 2025: Subcontractor of the ECF in EU projects: € 103,500.00 Grants from the ECF: € 85,200
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.