Estonia - Estonians Human Rights Centre
The mission of the Estonian Human Rights Centre (EHRC) is to create a society in Estonia that respects the human rights of every person. Its vision for 2025 is for Estonia to be an open society where human rights are important and guaranteed by the state, and where everyone knows that their rights, as well as the rights of others, deserve protection. EHRC develops its activities according to the needs of the society. Our focus is currently on the advancement of equal treatment of minority groups, diversity & inclusion, action against hate, data protection issues and protection of the human rights of the asylum seekers and refugees. EHRC coordinates the Estonian Diversity Charter. We also monitor the overall human rights situation in Estonia and publish bi-annual independent human rights reports about the situation in Estonia. We are NGO partner for UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) in Estonia.
Croatia - Lotina Kutija / Lota’s Box
Lota’s box was founded to promote values of democracy, active citizenship and equality. They are based in Zagreb, capital of Croatia and have 4 volunteers working on the projects. Projects are mostly based on activities related to youth in their community promoting lifelong learning, active citizenship, and European values. Main projects were related to quality time spent together for the local children: playing games, exchanging stickers, playing table tennis etc. They established a community spot where books can be exchanged.
Bulgaria - Bulgarian Association for Promotion of Citizens Initiative
The organization aims to support democratization and modernization in Bulgaria, to promote the decision-making process for direct and democratic participation, good governance and sustainable local and regional development. BAPCI's projects and activities have been financially supported by the Phare Program of the European Union, the Open Society Foundation, the Democratic Commission at the US Embassy in Bulgaria, the CEE Trust for the Development of Civil Society, in Bulgarian - the American Society, EU Youth in Action, European and Bulgarian donor organizations.
Hungary - aHang
aHang takes action regarding important public issues and provide new ways and means to effect change. We aim to address everyone – online, on air or on the street. We have imagined a community whose value system is determined by locally evolving cooperation projects, but whose results point beyond their neighbourhood or their national borders. We therefore founded the social enterprise TheVoice in 2017. Instead of problems, we concentrate on specific issues and solutions, and spread the news about them. We explore areas in which joint action is needed to effect change and use new digital telecommunication tools to expand the scope of democracy.
Austria - IG Eurovision
In its historical development, the European project reveals a social architecture whose keystone of a European Constitution is still missing. The main focus for this constitution is to describe the multidimensional framework that can meet the diversity of states and cultures in an economically globalised world. From this vision of a "Common House of Europe", the Initiative Society EuroVision (IG-EuroVision) was founded in 1999. It forms the common platform for projects and initiatives that want to impulse and further develop the process of European integration with the focus to culture, the economy and democracy - oriented towards the ideals of freedom, solidarity and equality.
France - Institut de Recherche Territoire Démocratique
The Institut de Recherche Territoire Démocratique (IRTD) was created on the initiative of academics, teacher-researchers, trainers with the objective of transmitting the product of their research approach to a wide audience. With its expertise, the institute specializes in the concrete application of different democratic practices - from the organization of a collective to the establishment of direct democracy at the level of a country.
Poland - Schuman Foundation
The fundamental, statutory mission of the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation is to ‘galvanise Europeans into active citizenship as well as promote European integration, and values which underpin it’. Virtually every activity undertaken by the Foundation is devoted to European matters, especially to engaging citizens for European integration, and co-shaping the future of Europe. Some of our activities have equally focused on matters relating to the European history, and the richness and diversity of its culture. Our approach, driving our day-to-day activity, is to reach not only those who are well acquainted with European matters, but all EU citizens. We devote special attention to people who are not particularly interested in European matters on a daily basis or who are sceptical of the European project.
Latvia - European Movement Latvia
European Movement – Latvia, founded in 1997, is one of the biggest and most influential NGOs in Latvia working in the political sphere. EML works in order to improve representation of Latvia’s interests in the EU and cooperation with other European countries, foster European awareness in Latvia, and to support civil society and its participation in decision-making both in Latvia and in Europe.
Romania - Asociatia pro Democratia
Pro Democracy Association (APD) is a non-governmental, non-profit and politically non-partisan organization. APD was founded in 1990, has a pronounced civic character and operates at national level through a network of 25 clubs (branches) in which over 900 citizens (volunteers and members) are active.
