NCVO is the partner of the Japanese Center for International Youth Exchange for the Young Core Leaders of Civil Society programme, a project supported by the Cabinet Office of Japan. This project enables emerging leaders of civil society to learn from each other’s practical experience and develop their professional skills.
I’ve just got back from Brussels where I had my final meetings of the year with the European Commission and I was really struck by the fact that the whole place is still buzzing, everyone is talking about the future of the EU budget- but what does this really mean for civil society?
I met the key officials at the European Commission responsible for the future of the Structural Funds in the UK to find out what’s really going on…
If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, Occupy and the rise of social protests, 2012 is the year of connecting social movements and learning from the recent transformations.
Last week I was at the CIVICUS World Assembly in Montreal, it was a fantastic opportunity to link up with over 800 partners and experts from across the world and to share latest perspectives on the key directions for civil society.
In the build-up to the joint CIVICUS event at NCVO on 3 July we will spotlight a number of key partners from across the world who have been active in NCVO’s international membership.
In the build-up to the joint CIVICUS event at NCVO on 3 July we will spotlight a number of key partners from across the world who have been active in NCVO’s international membership
In the build-up to the joint CIVICUS event at NCVO on 3 July we will spotlight a number of key partners from across the world who have been active in NCVO’s international membership.
Anjelica joined Sir Stuart Etherington at the Economic & Social Committee in Brussels for a Public Hearing on the European Year of the Volunteer 2011 (EYV11), 8-9 November 2011.
This is a guest blog post by Sandra Turner, ESF Effectiveness Manager at NCVO.
What are Structural Funds?
The EU Structural Funds (ESF and ERDF) are available across all EU member states to invest in their people, their infrastructure and to promote cross-border initiatives with the aim of promoting economic growth and social cohesion. They are important because they provide resources to address important social and regeneration priorities and can provide opportunities for innovation.
Since I got back to NCVO, I’ve been struck by the growth in awareness of how we can share and learn from other European countries. This was brought home to me during the EU Presidency event, the ‘European Civil Meeting’ in Hungary.
Guest Post by Anjelica Finnegan.
Over the past years, it’s started to get serious… we’ve got to make this relationship work! So I popped the questions: will you… connect me to the EU?
Oliver Henman, EU and International Campaigns manager, discusses civil society around the world.
