CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
EVENTS
27 November 2025 16.30 CET
Art as Resistance in Shrinking Civic Spaces (online workshop)
Organised as part of Europe Lab’s online workshop on Creative Resilience, this cross-border initiative brings together organisations from Belarus, Russia, Slovakia and Hungary. Participants will explore how artistic practices can serve as tools for civic engagement, advocacy and social resilience, especially when traditional platforms become restricted. Please register.
29 November 2025 11.00–17.00 CET
Resilience Lab for queer migrant activists, artists and community organisers (offline in Berlin)
Resilience Lab is a one-day participatory workshop held on the 29th of November, that brings together queer migrant activists, artists and community organisers in Berlin to explore how resilience lives in and moves through the body. Together, we will explore how oppression, belonging and care are experienced somatically, and how body-based tools can support social change and collective wellbeing. Participants will receive a printed mini-zine featuring soma for social justice tools, such as the four core practices explored in the Lab: Centering, Body Poem, Relationship Repair, and Embodied Breath Awareness. Registration required.
29 November 2025 18.00 CET
“To be fear(less) = To be brave?” Theatre Performance (offline event)
Paralysed by fear, we freeze in isolation. To move forward, we must tap into the abyss we look away from. On a cold November evening, we invite you to join the performance presented as part of the CFS’s Berlin Hub initiative //To be fear(less) = To be brave?//. This is an interactive theatrical game, designed for activists, journalists, NGO workers and everyone who cares. With your presence, we will create a space for collective reflection, where shared bitter experiences will be interwoven into a fabric of resistance.
Location: SALON, Haus der Statistik, Otto-Braun Straße 70-72.
Please arrive by 18:00. Doors will close at 18:15.
5 December 2025 19.00-21.00 CET
Public discussion on teaching sensitive history: conflicts in the post-Soviet space (offline event)
Are you interested in the newest lesson materials developed for the Confronting Memories programme and the work carried out by our ambassadors in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova? Join us for a closing discussion featuring an exploration of the latest pedagogical guide, Teaching Sensitive History: Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space, along with presentations of this year’s work done by CM ambassadors—followed by a catered dinner. Please register here.
8 December 2025 16.30-18.00 CET
Is the Democracy Shield Enough to Regain Control of the EU’s Online Space? (online discussion)
Access to trustworthy, transparent information is increasingly viewed as a core democratic right, yet one that is growing ever more fragile. As the EU works to build a stronger democracy protection mechanism, key questions emerge: how do we actually protect citizens online, hold platforms accountable, and maintain democratic resilience in an environment shaped by overload, manipulation and algorithmic distortion? The newly adopted Democracy Shield is such an initiative, but is it enough?
Join us as we explore how and whether voters can make informed decisions in such a landscape, what role digital rights can realistically play, and what we can learn from the experience of Central and Eastern Europe. And most importantly — what additional steps are needed to safeguard Europe’s digital public sphere in the years ahead.
This event is brought to you by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, in collaboration with the Civil Society Forum and experts from FOJO Media Institute, Roskomsvoboda and the Digital Rights Center. The debate will be moderated by Oszkár Roginer-Hofmeister, Head of the Global Europe Programme at EUROPEUM. Registration opens soon.
