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Commons Network is a civil society organisation that works with activists, thinkers, pioneers and policy makers to tell stories, build networks and propose policies to support commoners and defend the commons throughout Europe.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Keith Sequeira (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

11 Jul 2017 · Open Science

Response to Revision of the European Citizens' Initiative

25 May 2017

ECI has not been successful in initiating any legislative processes and has been far from satisfactory as a user-friendly instrument for EU participatory democracy. At present there have been only four successful initiatives collecting signatures. A report on ECI adopted in 2015 by the Petitions Committee not surprisingly said that it “Deplores the Commission’s reply to the few successful ECIs and regrets that there has been little follow up to the only instrument of transnational democracy in the EU.” http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? type=REPORT&reference=A8-2015-0284&language=EN
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Meeting with Giulia Del Brenna (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

26 Apr 2017 · Public interest conditions and incentives