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How does ECON support the community organizing movement?

PEOPLE POWER

Training and Research

Developing and strengthening the organizing capacity and strategic practice of movements, organisations and communities through training, mentorship, and research.

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SOLIDARITY

Convenings and campaigns

We facilitate connection, solidarity, alliance and coalition building of progressive movements across countries, issues, and identities.

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SUSTAINABILITY

Dialogues with donors

Supporting the sustainability of community organizing movement in Europe through dialogues between funders and organizers and coordinated fundraising efforts.

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Bringing organizers together to develop their strategic practice 

“There is something powerful about participating in an ECON Member Assembly because I know I have support from organizers all across Europe.”

ECON Member Assembly

Dagmara Kubik, Poland

“For me the Citizen Participation University was an opportunity to remember the spark of activism that drives me to do the work I do.”

Citizen Participation University

Gruia Bumbu, Romania

“Mentorship and training are the heart of how we support the growth of community organizing in Europe.”

ECON training and mentorship

Bálint Vojtonovszki, Germany
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Providing resources for the organizing movement

Organizing is an ever-adapting field. ECON and our partners have been building on this tradition by developing regionally-specific materials that draw from the experiences of organizers working on the ground in Europe.

Basics of organizing

A consortium of ECON partners ran the multi-year European Community Organizing School project and produced a handbook on the basics fo community organizing.

Democratic structures & fundraising

ECON partners presented a series of case studies on organizational form and local fundraising strategies in the community organizing sector.

Materials for donors

Together with the Ariadne Network of human rights funders, we published recommendations on growing a more robust funding ecosystem for the organizing sector.

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