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.
Central Asia
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.
“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.
Konferenciya Unlock Praga pomogaet grazhdanskim aktivistam
Article on Radio Prague International
Innovation and cooperation: Unlocking the potential of the possible in times of war and repression
In a region marked by violence, escalating repression and closing civic space, and where civil society and independent voices continue to be suppressed, cooperation and innovation remain of the utmost importance for democratic changemakers, thinkers and activists of all kinds.
Leadership accelerator Grow2Gather
The Prague Civil Society Centre is happy to invite representatives of organisations and initiatives with experience attracting, empowering, and coaching new leaders to apply for a fully-funded three-day gathering. Are you ready to share your knowledge, learn from...
Supporting independent media and driving social change: The Prague Civil Society Centre
An article from Radio Prague International
BumpUP! For Content Creators
BumpUP! is 3 days of intensive networking, experience sharing, workshops and discussions among content creators on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Telegram and Twitter from Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
Fellowships 2022/2023
Fully funded three-month research residency for civil society workers, activists, researchers and journalists engaged in civic activism and social issues in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.