European Citizen Action Service
Budget
€2,961,659
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
14
13.75 FTE
EU Grants
€988,362
Mission & Goals
Mission Empowering citizens in order to create a more inclusive and stronger European Union by: • Promoting and defending citizens’ rights. • Developing and supporting mechanisms to increase citizens and citizen organisations’ democratic participation in, and engagement with, the EU. Vision An inclusive, transparent, citizen-centric and democratic European Union in which citizens’ rights are at the heart of decision making at all levels and in which citizens are informed, consulted and actively participate. Values • Non-partisanship: Free from affiliation with any political party. • Professionalism: Striving for excellence in all aspects of our work. • Empowerment: Enabling citizens to understand and utilise their rights. • Inclusiveness: Ensuring that all EU citizens can fully enjoy their rights. • Innovation: Applying unique and modern solutions.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Citizenship report Directive 2004/38/EC European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) Artificial Intelligence, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Data Governance Act (DGA) 2021 European Commission proposal of measures to reinforce democracy and protect the integrity of elections, the European Parliament proposal of May 2022 on the reform of the EU Electoral Act European Citizens' Initiative Regulation.
Communication Activities
For detailed information about our activities, please consult the following link: http://www.ecas.org
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
- EESC Liason Group - Civil Society Europe
Organisation Members
https://ecas.org/about-us/members/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.