The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and NGOs across 28 European countries: a great variety of civic organisations ranging from big federations of associations deeply rooted in local constituencies, national platforms of NGOs uniting hundreds of thousands of NGOs across different sectors, human rights advocacy and campaigning organisations, but also smaller groups working at community level or engaging with the public on local issues. Since its creation in 2005, the European Civic Forum has been working to: 1. Promote an enabling environment for civic actors to engage in public sphere and community life around the values of Equality, Solidarity, Inclusiveness and Democracy. 2. Support the structuring of European civil society through alliance building, sharing of experience and joint campaigning for effective access to rights for all. 3. Foster institutional recognition of civil society organisations via the setting up of European Civil Dialogue (art. 11 of TUE) and the adoption of a European Statute for European Associations