The European Civic Forum is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and non-governmental organisations across 27 countries in Europe actively working on issues such as citizenship education, defence of Human Rights and the advocacy of Democracy. In January, forum launched the Civic Space Watch: collaborative online tool contributing to better observing the state of civic space across Europe by gathering together alerts from civil society, existing analyses and institutional resources. The beginning of the year also marked the launch of the MEGA campaign, calling on all of us to Make Europe Great for All. This year the representation of AEGEE-Europe in the Steering Committee was handed over from Maarten de Groot and Loes Rutten to Dorothea Harles. With the European Parliamentary Elections coming up, AEGEE’s YVote campaign and ECF MEGA campaign will join forces to mobilise as many citizens as possible to make their voices heard.
