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THE FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NGOS AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
| This policy research paper is one of a series of three prepared by ECAS with support from the Charities Aid Foundation. “At the moment concerns about the financial regulation were being expressed in private behind the scenes because NGOs were concerned about their short-term financial interests. It was probably time however to go public and together with financial institutions and foundations providing guarantees or so-funding for projects, push for revision of the financial regulation” ECAS hopes this paper contributes to such a discussion.
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50 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AS A EUROPEAN CITIZEN
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This easy to read guide brings together in one volume the description of EU rights which is very scattered in Europa and other websites: it covers free movement, access to employment, social and political rights in the EU countries and how to defend your rights.
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND CONSULTATION OF NGOs
| This report examines how the Commission is applying its minimum standards of consultation, and whether there is scope for improvement. It is acknowledged that whereas there have been excellent exampled of consultation there are still gaps, such as the failure to consult on the new financial regulation.
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EUROPEAN CITIZENS? INITIATIVES
| This report is one of a series of three documents by ECAS relating o the principle of participatory democracy in the new “reform Treaty”. It makes proposals on how legislation should be drawn up to enable 1 million people from a significant number of member states demand action by the European Commission.
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PARTNERSHIP: PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE
| In the EU context, the partnership principle was first introduced in 1988 as one of the four fundamental principles governing the structural funds. Since this principle is increasingly gaining importance for successful fundraising with the EU, ECAS has, in this paper, set out what this means and defines two types of partnerships.
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CIVIL SOCIETY AS A PARTNER IN EUROPEAN UNION STRUCTURAL FUNDS
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Issues examined in this publication include: What civil society can offer to the EU Cohesion policy; what NGOs can expect from this EU policy; and how civil society should be included as a partner in the structural funds.
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INFORMATION FOR THE EUROPEAN CITIZEN ? A Report By Richard Upson |
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Originally prepared for the Understanding Europe – The EU Citizen’s Right to Know Conference on April 2003 this report links the concepts of information and participation in the democratic process and argues that the new Constitutional Treaty for the European Union should include a right for people to be informed about the factual aspects of the activities of the EU.
Written by Richard Upson, former head of the Citizens First Programme – which aimed to inform people in all Member States about their rights and opportunities in the European Union and its Single Market – this publication is a timely report on the future relations between the European Union and its citizens.
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50 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSITUTION FOR EUROPE 
| This citizen guide to the constitutions explains how it was prepared, the charter of fundamental rights and what is meant by “participatory democracy.”
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