Professional Development Programme

Coalition building

25 March 2014

The EU Civil Society Contact Group brings together eight large rights and value based NGO sectors - culture, environment, education, development, human rights, public health, social and gender equality.

Brings the views and interests of rights and value based civil society organisations. Objective is to encourage and promote a transparent and structured civil dialogue that is accessible, properly facilitated, inclusive, fair and respectful of the autonomy of NGOs.

EU Civil Society Contact Group - a strategic alliance

2013 Citizens’ Summit

There are EU Values and priorities in treaties that are not being respected

The response to the crisis and prevalence of economic objectives commonly affected all sectors

An event to gather participants from different networks was identified to be most effective way

Our targets were within networks Out goal was to start a process to hold the Summit and EU

governments to account Start a debate on the future of the EU before the elections

Leoanrdo Palumbo

CSCG C/O European Public Health Alliance

Rue de Trèves 49 – 51 Boite 6

BE - 1040 Brussels

+32 (0) 2 233 388’

leonardo@epha.org

www.epha.org