by plataformaportuguesa | Feb 2, 2021 | News, Portugal
Opinion article by Rita Leote, Executive Director of the Portuguese NGDO Platform, which originally appeared in the Portuguese daily newspaper Público. The priorities of civil society for the Portuguese EU Council Presidency – listed after hearing approximately 150...
by VENRO | Jan 25, 2021 | Germany, News
Brexit, EU budget, climate protection, migration – even without the Corona pandemic, the German EU Council Presidency 2020 would have been very challenging. It is therefore quite understandable that the German government was unable to meet all the expectations placed...
by plataformaportuguesa | Jan 14, 2021 | News, Portugal
During the last several months, the Portuguese NGDO Platform (Plataforma Portuguesa das ONGD) conducted a consultation process of Portuguese Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) aimed at identifying the priority areas for the Portuguese EU Council Presidency. The...
by plataformaportuguesa | Jan 13, 2021 | News, Portugal
On January 1st last, Germany handed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union over to Portugal. This is the fourth time Portugal holds the Presidency (the first was in 1992, under the Government lead by Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva; afterwards in 2000,...
by plataformaportuguesa | Dec 11, 2020 | News, Portugal
The Portuguese NGDO Platform organizes the official launch event of the project “Towards an open, fair and sustainable Europe in the world” on the 12th of January, from 10 am to 12:30 pm (WEST time). With this event the Portuguese NGDO Platform intends to present and...
by plataformaportuguesa | Dec 9, 2020 | News, Portugal
From the 1st of January 2021, Portugal will hold the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for the fourth time. For the six months of the presidency, Portugal has prioritised promoting the resilience of the European economy and the green recovery...
