Another public discussion on presidency in Zagreb
On May 20th we participated on the Zagreb Informative Panel on the Croatian EU Presidency within the Days of Open Doors of CSOss. Once again, we thank the Croatian Government Office for CSOs for organization and call, as well as the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to present the Presidency and […]
Croatian CSO’s finalising presidency priority topics
After finishing the process of consultations about potential presidency priorities with the Croatian citizens, Croatian CSOs united in platform “Forum2020” have started working on defining their priorities by incorporating comments and recommendations received during the consultation process. Once these priorities are defined, Forum2020 will approach Croatian government with the aim of contributing to the development […]
CROATIA NEWS: Fourth public consultations with citizens in the city of Osijek
After talking to citizens in Rijeka, Varaždin and Split, CROSOL continued its Croatian EU Presidency consultations in Osijek – a city located in eastern part of the country. The consultations were conducted in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and Center for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights Osijek – a local CSO. This region […]
Visiting Permanent Representation of the Republic of Croatia to EU
On June 13th 2019 representatives of CROSOL and its project partner organisations in the EU Presidency project (FOND Romania, FINGO Finland and CONCORD) visited The Permanent Representation of the Republic of Croatia to the EU (PermRep) on Wednesday, 11th of June 2019. The meeting was hosted by the Permanent Representative, Mr. Mato Škrabalo, and CROSOL used […]
Civil Society Forum in Bucharest, forging partnerships for Sustainable Development
”CSOs need to share experiences across Europe for successful stories and best practices”, and we are fully on-board with this reflection input that resulted after the Civil Society Forum Session, within the International Conference on Agenda 2030: Partnerships for Sustainable Development. The Conference took place on the 16th of April 2019, at the Palace of […]
Croatia news: Third public consultations with citizens
CROSOL has organised third consultations with Croatian citizens about potential EU Presidency priorities in the city of Split, on Monday 15 April. The consultations were conducted in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and local youth group Info zona. Soon we will collect all inputs from the consultations and together with the CSOs […]
Difficult government negotiations ahead in Finland
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) won a narrow victory in Finland’s general election on Sunday. The race between different parties was very tight as SDP got 17.7 percent of the vote and 40 seats in the 200-seat parliament, and the second biggest party, the far-right Finns Party, got 17.5 percent and 39 seats. The entire political opposition, including the SDP, the Finns Party, […]
The EU presidency trio well represented at the International Civil Society Week
International Civil Society Week (ICSW) is a global gathering for civil society to connect, debate and create shared solutions. This year over 1,000 participants from all over the world gathered in Belgrade, Serbia to discuss and learn about The power of Togetherness, which was the theme of the year. NGO platforms from the first trio were […]
Meeting with FRA director in Croatia
On April 4th, representatives of Croatian CSOs met with Michael O’Flaherty – Director of European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. We discussed possible co-operation in the light of upcoming Croatian EU Presidency. We all have the same goal – to highlight and strengthen Human Rights as a priority topic during the Croatian Presidency.
Second public consultations with citizens
CROSOL has organised second consultations with Croatian citizens about potential EU Presidency priorities in the city of Varaždin, on Thursday 14 March. The consultations were conducted in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and local youth group V.U.K. On this consultations citizens showed more interests into the operational issued related to the presidency, […]