The European Citizens’ Initiative Ambassadors contribute to spreading the word about the European Citizens’ Initiative, fostering debate and empowering citizens to act on causes they care about. Their work is done on a voluntary basis.
They come from a wide range of organisations active at European, national or regional level, and they all have something in common – expertise in participatory democracy and a common goal to encourage citizens’ involvement in policy-making.
Meet the ECI Ambassadors at online and offline events and follow them on social media!
In addition, ECI National Contact Points have been appointed by each Member State to assist groups of organisers.
Alexandre Jorge is a member of Global Shapers Porto Hub, which is composed of diverse youth leaders in the Porto region, bridging gaps between the public, private and social sectors to find solutions to their community.
- Active in
- Portugal
The Provincial Council of Cordoba provides services to citizens and supports the 77 local councils in the province with technical, economic and technological assistance.
- Active in
- Spain
Associação Mais Cidadania is dedicated to work in three main fields: Citizenship, Social Inclusion and Volunteering.
- Active in
- Portugal
Assya Kavrakova is Executive Director of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) and leads the organisation on its mission to empower citizens in order to create a more inclusive and stronger European Union.
- Active in
- EU-wide
Bruno Kaufmann is President of the Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe (IRI Europe). The organisation helps support the development of the European Citizens´ Initiative with research, publications, educational projects and political advice.
- Active in
- Sweden
Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, which has been training the political and civic leaders of Bulgaria since 2001.
- Active in
- Bulgaria
Charoula Matthaiou is a Project Manager at the NGO Support Centre (NGO SC).
- Active in
- Cyprus
Latvian organisation that promotes youth development through civic engagement.
- Active in
- Latvia
Club pour l’UNESCO Jean-Laurain Metz is an educational association that complements the school system based in Metz, France.
- Active in
- France
The European Information Center in the Canary Islands is an intermediary between the public and the EU in the Canary Islands.
- Active in
- Spain
Csaba Madarász has more than 20 years of experience in strengthening democratic systems, from local to EU level.
- Active in
- Hungary
Daniela Vancic is European Program Manager at Democracy International and is managing their campaigns for strengthening direct democracy and citizen participation at all political levels.
- Active in
- EU-wide
