This 200 page publication is essential reading for NGOs, natural and European officials, think tanks and all those involved in civil society development and in the Western Balkans, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

For the first time, civil society organisations (CSOs) are themselves analysing on the basis of a questionnaire and extensive inquiries what is the current state of development and what needs to be done, in 12 national reports. The publication contains the Ljubljana declaration which distils from the national reports 10 key demands to bring civil society in the wider European neighbourhood up to European standards. ORDER FORM HERE

NGOs have a right and duty to lobby on behalf of their members. ECAS was set up in 1992 to create a better balance between commercial and public interest lobbying and in that way to contribute to a citizens’ Europe. This publication goes through the advantages and disadvantages of lobbying the European institutions, with twelve easy to understand and constructive tips to effective lobbying.

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The illusion of inclusion: Access by NGOs to the structural Funds in the New Member States of Eastern and Central Europe; This publication demonstrates how NGOs were not consulted in the run-up to the enlargement of the structural funds to new member states. The conclusion gives recommendations on how to involve civil society in the design, implementation and evaluation of the future structural funds.

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ECAS has grouped together a collection of six essays by leading academics on the delicate issue of European citizenship. ECAS believes that citizenship rather than just citizens should be a subject for the intergovernmental conference and a future constitution.

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This report shows how free movement of workers has developed since enlargement between new and old member states. It argues for phasing out transitional arrangements limiting access to the labour market.

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By linking the concepts of information and participation in the democratic process this report argues that there would be a European right to be informed. Highly relevant at a time when the Commission’s white paper on European Commission policy should be implemented by a new action plan.

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This research analyses the implementation of article 255 of the Amsterdam Treaty on access to documents by EU legislation and the cases at European Court of Justice. It recommends how the regulation on access to documents should be strengthened, at a time when the Commission is consulting on the questions as part of the European transparency initiative.

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This publication examines the range of options which faced the EU following the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty by a majority of votes in France and the Netherlands in 2004.

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This publication marks the 50^th anniversary of the Rome Treaty. It describes the slow and often torturous journey to the citizen to gain a rightful place in the process of European integration. To what extent has the economic Union of the original Treaty become a citizens Union? What more should be done? These are key questions in the current negotiations in the reform Treaty. Analysing the past does produce interesting proposals for the future.

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The second volume includes tips for fundraising for external projects; external programmes for aid in specific interest areas, e.g. human rights, support to civil society, humanitarian aid, and to different countries, including the African, Caribbean and Pacific states; the European Neighbourhood Policy for neighbouring countries of the EU; pre-accession aid, for candidate countries and potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans; and a chapter on foundation funding.

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This volume includes tips for fundraisers; the new financial perspectives from an NGO's point of view; funding programmes for projects within the EU, including citizenship, environment, consumer protection, social justice; structural funds; and a chapter on foundations which may provide extra or alternative funding. 

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