Stories - ECI Reform

Photo courtesy of Democracy International team, ECI Day 2024

The European Citizens' Initiative has an Opportunity to Take a Step Forward

The cornerstone of a well-functioning democracy lies in the extensive and robust participation of its...

Photo from the ECI Day take by Democracy International

European Parliament's Bold New Vision for the European Citizens' Initiative

Democracy International has been working on strengthening the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) for over 11...

Open letter to EU institutions: preserve ECI organisers’ freedom of choice for online collection tools!

On 24 October, 18 democracy and campaigning experts submitted an open letter to the EU institutions, urging...

A busy summer for the European Citizens' Initiative

It’s been a long journey for the revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) over the last year. The...

The challenging making of the European Citizens’ Initiative

“Take the Initiative!” This request by the European Commission to all citizens of the European Union marks...

ECI Day 2018: Working together

On April 10, 2018, the ECI Day took place in Brussels for the seventh time, with the main organiser and host...

An online platform to support ECIs

At ECI Day this week, the European Commission announced the launch of a new online platform to support...

Under construction: the ECI

This year's European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) Day showed once again that the world's first and only...

“We are fighting with unequal means”

In a last-minute bit of good news ahead of this year’s ECI Day, the ‘Minority SafePack’ European Citizens’...

Update on ECI reform – Headed in the right direction

The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), the world’s first transnational direct-democratic instrument, is...