PROFILE: THE EUROPEAN CITIZEN ACTION SERVICE (ECAS)

The European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) is an international Brussels-based non-profit organization with a pan-European membership and 24 years of experience.

ECAS’s mission is to  empowers citizens to exercise their rights and promotes open and inclusive decision-making through the provision of high quality advice, research and advocacy, as well as capacity building to civil society organisations.

ECAS aspires to be the EU Resource Centre on citizens’ rights, campaigning for an inclusive, transparent and democratic Europe, where the benefits of EU citizenship can be fully tapped.

ECAS Members

Albania

• Gender Alliance for Development Center (GADC)
• Open Society Foundation for Albania (OSFA)

Belgium

• Alliance Eliant (European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy (ELIANT)
• Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe (AEGEE)
• Berkley Associates (BERKLE)
• Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE)
• Caritas Europe (CARITA)
• Center for European Progression (CEP)
• Centre for the Advancement of Civil Society Organisations (CEACSO)
• Cultura Contro Camorra (CCC)
• Danish Cultural Institute to the EU and Benelux (DCI)
• Défense des Enfants- International Belgique (DEI)
• Diesis (DIESIS)
• European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
• European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
• European Federation of Retired and Elderly People (FERPA)
• European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMPSO)
• European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS)
• European Organisation of Military Associations (EUROMI)
• European Policy Centre (EPC)
• European Youth Forum (YFJ)
• Evens Foundation (EF)
• Foundation Euractiv (FEURA)
• Knowledge Center Social Europe (KCSE)
• Land Salzburg (LS)
• London's European Office (LH)
• Lupus Europe (LU)
• MDM Consultancy (MDM)
• Network-Economy S.A. (NESA)
• On the Move (OTM)
• Salvation Army (SA)
• Stitching Nederlands (SN)
• The European Food Information Council (EUFIC)
• The European Franchise Federation (EFF)
• Transparency International Liaison Office to the EU (TI)
• VoxEurope (VE)

Bulgaria

• Citizen Participation Forum (CPF)
• ProInfo Foundation (PROINF)

Croatia

• Autonomous Centre-Udruga Act (ACTNO)
• Civil Rights Project Sisak (CRPSis)
• National Foundation for Civil Society Development (NFCSD)

Czech Republic

• CEE Bankwatch Network (BW)

Denmark

• Europe Direct InformationsCenter for Borgere og Civilsamfund i Danmark (EDIDK)
• International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA)

Estonia

• NGO Innova Estonia (IE)
• Open Estonia Foundation (OEF)

France

• Association pour le Développement des Initiatives Citoyennes et Européennes (ADICE)
• La Ligue de l'Enseignement (LALIG)

Germany

• Deutscher Jugendschutz-Verband (German Association for Youth Protection) (DJV)
• Dirk Sauer (SAUER)
• Merckens Development Support GmbH (MDS)
• Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF)

Greece

• Bodossaki Foundation (BOD)

Hungary

• Centre for Advanced Language Learning (ITK)
• European House (EH)
• Future of Europe Association (EJE)

Ireland

• Citizens Information Board (CIB)
• Dublin City Centre Citizens Information Service (DCCCIS)
• European Movement Ireland (EMI)
• Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI)
• Immigration Council of Ireland- Access Europe (ICI)
• Irish Environmental Network (IEN)
• Think Tank for Action on Social Change (TASC)

Italy

• Initiatives and Studies on Multiethnicity Foundation (ISMU)
• PSN Lab (PSNLAB)
• Rinaudo Fulvio- Rinaud Politecnico di Torino

Latvia

• Baltic Interregional Development Hub (BIRDhu)

Malta

• Local Councils' Association (LCA)

Macedonia

• Semi-Geniwpeks (SG)

Netherlands

• Child Helpline International (CHI)
• International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI)
• Leger des Heils (LDH)
• MAE Be Productions (MBP)

Norway

• European Council of Religious Leaders (RFP-EU)

Portugal

• Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

Romania

• National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB)

Spain

• Federation of Third Sector Organisations of Catalonia (TETSSC)
• Taula D'Entitats del Tercer Sector Socia de Catalunya (TTS)

Sweden

• Active-Sobriety, Friendship and Peace (ASFP)
• Ekumeniska EU-Kontoret- Europa Direkt Ekumeniska EU-Kontoret (KYRKO)
• IOGT International (IOGT)
• Natverket Ungdom i Europa/Network Youth in Europe (NUE)

United Kingdom

• Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre (BURC)
• Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS)
• Citizens Advice (CA-00)
• Directory of Social Change (DSC)
• Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)
• European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU)
• European Network for Vision Impairment Training Education and Research (ENVITE)
• Law Centres Network (LCN)
• Regent's Park College Oxford (RPC)
• Statewatch (STATEW)
• Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)