Masterly hosted by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in its majestic Berlin Representative office, the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum open discussion “Russian civil society at risk - how can international solidarity be of help?” was successfully held on April 10. In light of the recent developments in Russia, the event represented a valuable opportunity to discuss the perspectives of cooperation between Russia and the European Union at the level of non-governmental organizations.

1. Berlin, April 10, 2013
Zuzana Zalanova
Project Manager
DEMAS- Association for Democracy Assistance and Human Rights

2. What is the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum?
a permanent common platform
for mutual/horizontal cooperation
and coordination of civil society organisations
from Russia and the EU
to develop
common
positions
to facilitate
interaction and
cooperation
to provide
mutual support,
assistance and
solidarity
to influence
EU-Russia
relations and
political
dialogue
to promote
consolidation of
shared values
to strengthen
European legal
regimes and
European
institutions
to create
a shared
public space

3. Extra value of the Forum

4. Establishing the Forum

5. Forum members
109 members= 58 Russian+ 40 EU + 11 international organisations

6. Who can become our member?
Registered and non-registered non-profit and non-governmental organizations,
civic initiatives and social movements, except political parties, religious
communities, educational and scientific institutions, trade unions, and employers’
organizations, which:
•share the values, goals and objectives of the
Forum,
•are active for at least 1 year,
•got recommendations from at least 2 Forum
members.

7. Steering Committee of the Forum

8. Steering
Committee
members
(April/2013)

9. Working Groups

10. Donors
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11. Funding

13. Current projects

14. Do you want to know more?
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www.eu-russia-csf.org
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15. Vielen Dank für Ihre
Aufmerksamkeit!
Zuzana Zalanova
zuzana.zalanova@demas.cz