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Czech President Petr Pavel received supporters of Ukraine
Photo: Zuzana Bönisch. Source: Office of the President of the Czech Republic. On 24 February 2025, the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, received long-term supporters of Ukraine at Prague Castle. Along with other civil society representatives, our...
What does the USAID funding freeze mean for us?
The Prague Civil Society Centre has been put in the spotlight regarding the cancellation of a $32m contract with USAID. We would like to clarify what this means. This figure relates to a pledge by USAID as part of a 10-year contract (2016-2026). It does not represent...
Co pro nás znamená přerušení financování USAID?
Centrum pro občanskou společnost se dostalo do popředí zájmu v souvislosti se zrušením smlouvy s USAID ve výši 32 milionů dolarů. Rádi bychom proto upřesnili, co se tím myslí. Tato částka se vztahuje k sumě přislíbené USAID v rámci desetiletého kontraktu (2016-2026)....
Česká neziskovka na seznamu
Report by the Czech public broadcaster Česká televize on the Prague Centre and the USAID freeze
Pozvánka pro autoritáře, míní ředitel Prague Civil Society Centre
Article by the Czech daily newspaper Deník N on the Prague Centre and the USAID freeze
Unlock is back and better than ever before!
The post-Cold War order cannot be taken for granted anymore. With Russia spearheading brutal alliances of convenience, all pretence of following the rules has evaporated. The global geopolitical landscape has changed dramatically and democracies have so far been unable to stand against the tide. Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia are in the crosshairs of a revanchist Russia, and civil society in these countries is under unprecedented pressure.
Future Lands: Call for short documentary film ideas
The Prague Civil Society Centre, in cooperation with WATCH DOCS IFF and Current Time TV, is launching a call for story ideas to be developed into short documentary films by young documentary and video makers from Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Story ideas should offer reflections and perspectives of societies as they are today and how they could be tomorrow in the context of post-imperialism: the discoveries, re-discoveries, transformations, and imagination of identities of those societies.
From zero to hero
Article from Verfassungsblog
“You can live with a scar.” Civic resilience in Eastern Europe amid war and repression
Article from New Eastern Europe
Perspectives: “We have common traumas, but no common memory”
An article from Eurasianet
Fellowships 2024/2025
The Prague Civil Society Centre Fellowship Programme offers civil society leaders, journalists and activists a three-month stay in Prague to think, reset, network, explore new possibilities and work on their projects.
Call for Media Experts
The Prague Civil Society Centre is a non-profit grant-making institution that has recently launched our Central Europe Programme, which will provide independent media organisations with the tools to enhance their institutional capacity and strengthen their competitiveness, financial independence and sustainability.
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