Civil Society Europe consists of various European civil society umbrella organisations. The aim of the platform is to facilitate and enable horizontal and vertical dialogue between the European civil society and policy makers. In a context of shrinking civic space in a number of EU countries, the focus of Civil Society Europe was to push for an overall strategy on promoting civic spaces and democracy, such as through the resolution on the ‘European Values Instrument’ adopted by the European Parliament in April. The platform also produced a Civic Space Report giving the state of the art of civic space in Europe based on input from member organisations and beyond.
