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FRA civic space Xchange on funding pressures

FRA hosted a civic space Xchange webinar on 27 March on the various funding pressures that civil society organisations are experiencing. The webinar brought together over 120 participants from civil society, EU institutions and international organisations.

They discussed the challenges around foreign agent laws, lobby laws, audits, chilling effects, and attempts to define civil society advocacy as ‘political activity’ - with subsequent effects on funding for civil society work. 

Participants heard concrete examples from various EU countries and from developments at the EU level. 

They also discussed strategies for ways forward.