Platform library

• Key reference documents
• FRA products relevant for the functioning of civil society organisations
• Meetings and webinars
• FRP consultations

Key reference documents

• FRA Founding regulation
• Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) Terms of Reference, 2020
• Privacy notice - Call for participation in the Fundamental Rights Platform (80.96 KB, pdf)
• Privacy notice FRP consultations
• Cooperation agreements and activities with academia

FRA products particularly relevant for civil society organisations

General

• Annual Fundamental Rights Report
• FRA Handbooks
• The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on its 10th anniversary: views of civil society and national human rights institutions (2019)
• The General Data Protection Regulation – one year on (how GDPR has affected the daily work of CSOs) (2019)
• Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: a matter of human and fundamental rights (2019)
• Applying the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in law and policymaking at national level – Guidance (2018)
• Video: FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty on FRA’s cooperation with civil society (2017)

Civic space

(see separate page)

Communicating rights

• Revamped '10 keys to effectively communicating human rights' (2021)
• 10 keys to effectively communicating human rights (video from human rights communicators’ network workshop) (2019)
• 10 keys to effectively communicating human rights (brochure, 2018) – available in 24 languages
• Human rights communicators' leadership seminar: Summary report and outlook (2018)
• How to better communicate common values, fundamental rights and freedoms – Meeting report (2017)

Data

• FRA survey data and data explorer
• European Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS)
• Indicators

FRP consultations

2022

• Charter consultation 2022 - FRP civil society online consultation report (538.74 KB, pdf)
• Annual consultation about cooperation through the FRP (November 2022 -December 2022)
  • Report to be published in spring 2023
• FRP consultation on experiences of civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU - civic space (November 2022 - January 2023)
  • Report to be published in summer 2023
• FRP consultation about FRA’s annual work programme (July - September 2022)
  • Work programme to be published in January 2023

2021

• Annual consultation about cooperation through the FRP (December 2021-February 2022)
  • Report to be published in spring 2022
• FRP consultation on experiences of civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU - civic space (November 2021 - January 2022).
  • Report to be published in summer 2022
• FRP consultation on the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (October 2021)
• FRP consultation about FRA’s annual work programme (July-September 2021)
  • Work programme to be published in January 2022

2020

• FRP consultation on experiences of civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU - civic space (December 2020 - January 2021).
  • Report - Results will be published in summer 2021.
  • Questionnaire  - Experiences of civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU – 2020 Consultation of the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) (860KB, pdf)
• FRP consultation on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent measures (November 2020)
  • Report - COVID-impact on civil society work - Results of consultation with FRP 2020 (24/02/2021) (439KB, pdf)
  • Questionnaire - FRP consultation on the impact of COVID-19 measures on civil society November 2020 (602KB, pdf)

Meetings and webinars

2022

• Meeting report - Annual meeting of the Fundamental Rights Platform (PDF, 335 KB), online, 10 November 2022
• FRP webinar on European Citizens' Initiatives (ECI), 6 April 2022
  • Webinar recording (coming soon)
  • European Commission presentation on the European Citizens’ Initiative (coming soon)
  • European Digital Rights presentation on ‘Reclaim your Face’, ECI initiative
  • Example of ECI presented during the webinar: VOTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, Full Political Rights for EU Citizens
  • Additional information shared by European Commission (coming soon)
  • ECI communication materials (factsheets, videos, Social media material):
    • Infographic - European Citizens' Initiative: Data & Figures
    • Video ‘What can you achieve with the European Citizens’ Initiative?’
    • Spread the word!
    • Subscribe to the newsletter
    • European Citizens´ Initiative Forum

2021

• FRP webinar on the EU’s Rule of Law mechanism, 7 December 2021
  • European Commission presentation on the Rule of Law mechanism (341.21 KB)
  • Recording of webinar
  • FRA presentation on Rule of law and civic space
  • European Civic Space and Civic Space Watch Infographic - Vibrant civic space at the heart of strong and functioning rule of law (png, 420KB)
• FRP webinar on the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme, 24 November 2021
• FRP thematic meeting on EU Roma Framework, 10 November 2021
• FRP meeting with French FRP organisations, 20 October 2021
• Fundamental Rights Forum, 11-12 October 2021
• FRP webinar on civic space, 28 September 2021
• FRP webinar on the Conference of the Future of Europe, 16 September 2021
• FRP meeting with Slovenian FRP organisations, 18 June 2021
• FRP thematic meeting on EU Roma Framework, 17 June
• Exchange of views on civic space and FR in anti-racism work, 9 March
• FRP meeting 2021, online, 1 February 2021
  • Meeting report - pdf version - word version

2020

• FRP Advisory Panel meeting, Vienna, 29-30 January 2020
• Meeting with Germany-based FRP organisations, Berlin, 26 February 2020
• Expert meeting – communicating the FRA LGBTI survey, FRA/Vienna, 5 March 2020
• IGO contact group on human rights defenders (civil society officers from international organisations), series of online meetings on impact of COVID response, online, April/May 2020