The Stefan Batory Foundation has submitted its comments on the European Commission’s proposal to create a European Civil Society Strategy. In the document submitted to the Commission, we outlined, among other things, the necessity of the strategy and the key elements it should encompass. The European Civil Society Strategy must provide binding protections, sustainable funding, and structured participation mechanisms. By engaging, protecting, supporting, and enabling CSOs, the EU will reinforce democracy, resilience, and public trust across Europe.
The Civil Society Fund, with a budget of 83,471,033 EUR, will be operated by a consortium made up of Stefan Batory Foundation, Shipyard Foundation, Education for Democracy Foundation, Rural Development Foundation and The Association of NGOs in Norway – Frivillighet Norge. The fund is financed by aid from the European Economic Area countries: Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, as well as the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The fund will be managed in Poland from 2025 to 2031.
On behalf of the Stefan Batory Foundation and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, we invite you to a two-day conference dedicated to reflecting on the past year’s efforts to restore the rule of law in Poland. This event will bring together experts and practitioners from Poland and abroad, who will share insights on key reforms related to the rule of law in Poland.
On behalf of the Stefan Batory Foundation and the office of MEP Krzysztof Śmiszek (S&D, PL), we would like to invite you to the debate “Ukraine’s Road to the Rule of Law. The EU Context, the Polish Perspective”, which will be held on November 7 in Brussels. The event is held within the framework of a project implemented by the Stefan Batory Foundation: “Challenges in Polish-Ukrainian Relations in the Face of Postwar Reconstruction”, which is designed to support Ukrainian aspirations for membership in the European Union.
On October 9, we invite you to a conference organized one year after the parliamentary elections held on October 15, 2023. During the meeting, we will analyse how civil society in Poland has been transformed, becoming an increasingly powerful subject of public life. Based on the results of quantitative and qualitative research, we will show how civil society in Poland has transformed, becoming an increasingly strong and autonomous subject of public life.
