The Prague Civil Society Centre and WatchDog.md are happy to invite activists, communication specialists, and content creators of established YouTube, Instagram, and/or TikTok projects from Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia to apply for a three-day...
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Unlock: Backing the brave in uncertain times
The post-Cold War order can no longer be taken for granted, and neither can the old ways of doing things. Autocrats have dropped all pretence of playing by the rules, and civil society is having to adapt to this reality. Unlock, our annual two-day civic forum in...
Songs of Slow Burning Earth wins the One World Film Festival
The world should not forget what is happening in Ukraine. We’re proud to see the documentary film Songs of Slow Burning Earth, supported through our Film Programme, shining at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival, receiving the International...
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...
#SilencedVoices: Campaign with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, as in the Soviet era, thousands of innocent people suffer for their views and beliefs. Political prisoners are not a thing of the past. The methods of repression and oppression used by the Soviet Union and its communist satellites throughout its existence are...
Film screening & discussion: Returned children of Ukraine
On 12 February 2025, we organised a screening of “Hearing Them Out: Returned Children of Ukraine”. Directed by Tetiana Khodakivska and supported by the Prague Civil Society Centre, this short film documents the stories of 72 rescued children and reveals, in their own...
Belarusian “election” and the future of its civil society and independent media
Ahead of the Belarusian voting scheduled for 26 January 2025, we gathered Prague-based diplomats and experts for a working breakfast hosted by the Embassy of Sweden in Czechia. Together with Sweden's Ambassador for the EU's Eastern Partnership, Christina Johannesson,...
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.
New Eastern Europe: “You can live with a scar.” Civic resilience in Eastern Europe
Civil society activists and journalists in the region are showing courage and resolve, adapting and withstanding amid war and repression. Though groups have been forced to disband, many re-emerge with new formats, ideas and alliances.
Ukradené volby: Bělorusko čtyři roky poté
Od brutálního potlačení masových protestů v Bělorusku uplynou v srpnu čtyři roky. Statisíce Bělorusů v roce 2020 vyšly do ulic v reakci na zfalšování výsledků prezidentských voleb. Jejich vítězem úřady opět prohlásily autokrata Aljaksandra Lukašenka, jenž Bělorusku vládne už 30 let. Jak na tehdejší události a současnou situaci v zemi nahlíží Bělorusové a experti zabývající se politickým vývojem v Bělorusku?
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...