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Organizing team:
Glopolis/NeoN: Jana Miléřová, jmilerova@glopolis.org
Glopolis, o.p.s. is a Czech analytical and networking centre with 18 years of experience in research, education, monitoring and negotiation of public policies and coordination in the non-profit sector in the Czech Republic and the EU. Its mission is to connect people and organisations from the non-profit, public and private sectors to better collaborate for sustainable democracy and to create an enabling environment for such collaboration.
Glopolis initiated the creation of the informal network of networks NeoN. NeoN consists of 15 sectoral networks representing more than 400 NGOs and 3 major organisations. They focus on education, anti-corruption, migration, gender equality, environment, etc. Together, they work for democracy, accountable governance, resilient civil society and sustainable development based on human rights. Glopolis provides the background, coordination and development of NeoN. It monitors relevant legislative and executive processes, prepares analyses, organises exchanges of views, develops joint opinions and supports negotiations with the state administration.
Nadace Partnerství: Jitka Silárszká, jitka.silarszka@nadacepartnerstvi.cz
The Partnership Foundation is a Czech environmental foundation operating since 1992. It supports local communities and provides grants for tree planting, landscape care and public space. It offers professional and educational services related to environmental protection and sustainable management of agricultural land, urban adaptation measures, cycling development and implementation of software for processing grant and subsidy applications. Every year, it announces the Tree of the Year survey and the Bike to Work challenge, and awards active personalities for their contribution to the environment with the Josef Vavroušek Award. The Partnership Foundation is a member of the international consortium of foundations Environmental Partnership Association.
Between 2020 and 2023, as part of the project Reclaim Our Civil Space! - from local to European, supported by an EEA grant, it is implementing a programme to support the training of NGO representatives and the creation of an EU Strategy for Civil Society.
Spiralis: Jolana Turnerová turnerovaj@spiralis.cz, Miriam Vránová vranovam@spiralis.cz
Spiralis, z.s. is an educational and consulting non-profit organization. Since 1999, it has been cultivating civil society, professionalizing charitable organizations, advocating favorable conditions for their activities and supporting the development of active citizens. It creates opportunities for networking and cooperation between people across society with the aim of building a free and democratic Czech Republic. It helps more than 100 non-profit organizations and more than 600 individuals annually. Spiralis provides coordination support to the Platform for NGO Development, which is also an affiliate of NeoN.
The conference is made possible thanks to the financial support provided by Civitates - A Philanthropic Initiative for Democracy and Solidarity in Europe and the project "Reclaim Our Civil Space!", for which Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have provided a grant of €1.8 million from the EEA and Norway Grants for Regional Cooperation.
The content of the conference is the sole responsibility of the organisers and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the funders.