Danube Civil Society Forum

The Danube Civil Society Forum (DCSF) is foreseen in the Action Plan of the EU Commission for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region in 4th pillar „Strengthening the Danube Region“ as the platform for Civil Society cooperation, opinion and capacity building, as well as networking the Danube Region.

DCSF 1st GA
The DCSF was founded on 1 July 2011 at the first general conference with more than 100 participants from 14 Danube countries, national, regional, and international NGOs, representatives from churches, minorities, academia, as and as well as representatives from the EU Parliament, the EU Commission, the EU Presidency (Hungary) and other EU institutions.

While the DCSF acted in close cooperation and in consensus with the responsible EU institutions, the Danube Civil Society Forum is a self-organized and independent NGO structure.

The Danube Civil Society Forum is the platform for civil society dialogue and networking in the Danube basin under the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). It functions as the interface for structured consultations between civil society and public and private authorities on the regional, national and EU level as well as to international and intergovernmental organisations active in the region.

The Danube Civil Society Forum is dedicated to support civil society organisations in the Danube basin. It aims to promote and enhance civil society participation and networking in the framework of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region.

The Forum is registered under the Austrian law. It has 112 members; 74 regular members and 38 observers as of 1st August 2011.

Bank account: FOSTER EUROPE, Projektkonto DCSF
IBAN: AT073300000001118702
BIC: RLBBAT2E

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Call for Participation in the DCSF

The Danube Civil Society Forum is open to new members. Interested NGOs and experts are invited to participate and/or cooperate in one of DCSF WGs or programs.

Membership

The DCSF is determined to be open, inclusive and transparent. Membership in the DCSF is open to all NGOs who adhere to the Eisenstadt principles of civil society in the Danube Region, who work in the Danube region, have a track record of competence and experience and who are able to contribute to the thematic aspects of the Danube Strategy (DS). Membership and any position with the DCSF are open to NGO representatives from all countries participating in the DCSF (EU-members, candidate states and non member states).

A special associate membership (Partnership) can be granted to NGOs and organisations who seek to cooperate with the DCSF or special working groups of the DCSF but are not able/willing to become fully fledged members.

All interested NGOs and civil society actors in the Danube basin are invited to join our network.

To join our network please fill out first the registration form.

News

  • EDDs 2016 - Invitation to the workshop “Localising the Sustainable Development Goals: Owning the global development agenda”

    EDDs 2016 - Invitation to the workshop

    “Localising the Sustainable Development Goals: Owning the global development agenda”

     

    When: Wednesday 15th June 2016

    Where: Tour & Taxi (Avenue du Port 86 – C, 1000 Brussels)

     

    For those registered in the European Development Days,

    DCSF Team
    – 8. June 2016 - 8:35

  • LADDER: Re-granting scheme - Call for proposal open

    Are you willing or intending to develop and implement a grass root level project on development education, awareness raising and engagement for development?

    The re-granting scheme of the project LADDER is now open for 2016.

    Eligible countries for this call are: Spain, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Netherlands, Romania, Luxembourg.

    DCSF Team
    – 8. June 2016 - 8:27

  • APPLY: Citizen Journalists Initiative

    The project “LADDER – Local Authorities as Drivers for Development Education and Raising awareness” started in January 2015 and will be running until December 2017 (36-month duration), including 46 organisations across 35 countries, coordinated by ALDA.

    DCSF Team
    – 6. June 2016 - 9:23

  • The “local actor approach” to participation is acknowledged by the EP

    In the study New Role of Macro-Regions in European Territorial Cooperation (published 2015) the European Parliament points to the local actors approach as element of the participative governance structure.

    The work (of the DCSF and PA10) on the innovative and effective design of participation in MRS is acknowledged and emphasised:

    DCSF Team
    – 3. June 2016 - 10:36

  • The EuroAcess Danube Region has been launched

    EuroAccess Danube Region is an online information and search tool on EU-funding available in the Danube Region, that can be used as support for the implementation of the Action Plan of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) in the period 2014-2020.

    You should just fill in some main Information on your organisation such as type, provenance, thematic focus etc. and you can immediately see which calls suit you and are available at the moment.

    DCSF Team
    – 1. June 2016 - 12:11

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