Joint input for the European Democracy Shield

29/04/2025
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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and a group of 49 organisations working to support and develop democracy welcome the European Commission’s initiative to create a European Democracy Shield as a coordinated effort to support democracy in and around Europe. The organisations are sharing a list of joint inputs to ensure that the European Democracy Shield effectively responds to the challenges currently faced by democracy in Europe.

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  • Co-signatories

    Alliance4Europe
    ARTICLE 19
    Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives Foundation (BILI)
    Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)
    Centre for Public Policy Providus (Latvia)
    Centrul de Politici şi Reforme (CPR Moldova)
    CFI Développement Médias (CFI)
    Civil Liberties Union for Europe
    Club de Madrid
    Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
    Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity (CROSOL) (Croatia)
    Democracy Reporting International (DRI)
    Democratic Society
    Demos Helsinki
    DW Akademie
    Egmont Institute
    Europe Jacques Delors
    European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA)
    European Centre for Press and Media Freedoms (ECPMF)
    European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
    European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)
    Fondazione Openpolis (Italy)
    Free Press Unlimited (FPU)
    Fund Safe Ukraine 2030
    Global Forum for Media Development
    The Good Lobby
    Human Rights Monitoring Institute (Lithuania)
    ILGA-Europe (European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)
    ImplicarePlus.org (Romania)
    Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)
    International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
    International Media Support (IMS)
    International Press Institute (IPI)
    International IDEA
    Kofi Annan Foundation
    Lie Detectors (LD)
    Make.org
    Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC)
    Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD)
    Network of Estonian Non-Profit Organisations (NENO) (Estonia)
    Open Government Partnership
    Open Society Foundation Bratislava (Slovakia)
    Open Source Politics
    Open Technologies Alliance – GFOSS
    People in Need
    People Powered (PP)
    Political Parties of Finland for Democracy – Demo Finland
    Portuguese Platform of Development NGOs
    Raskrinkavanje (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    TRAC FM International (Netherlands)
    Transparency International EU
    UG Zašto Ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Vouliwatch (Greece)
    African Digital Democracy Observatory (ADDO)
    African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA)
    Code for Africa (CfA)
    Fundacion B77
    HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement
    One More Percent

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