September 2025 Updates
‘Advocating for the public interest in a hostile climate’: Register now for our 14th EU Advocacy Academy!
‘Dark clouds are gathering above the heads of public interest organisations. Polarisation, regressive policies, delegitimisation of their voice in political discourse, funding cuts and restrictions… Our next EU Advocacy Academy will seek to help advocates face this hostile context while unpacking the essentials of EU decision-making and influencing.
We’re excited to welcome fundraising expert Katarina Bartovicova and Diego Naranjo, advocate for fundamental rights online, as trainers for this edition. They will join the core trainers team from EUChanger & Better Europe to share their decades-long experience and insights on how organisations can become more impactful and resilient in the current EU context.
The EU Advocacy Academy is a hands-on interactive training for public interest advocates delivered by experienced practitioners and drawing in insiders from the EU institutions. Register now to secure your spot in Brussels on 26 and 27 November! Download the programme with the trainers’ bio and find out more on pricing & registration here.
Coaching the German network for human rights in Mexico
From May to July we delivered one-on-one coaching sessions for staff of the German Coordination for Human Rights in Mexico to help them to develop their EU advocacy strategy and use essential online EU advocacy tools. The network brings together German civil-society organisations and their partners in Mexico. Read the recommendations to the EU and the German and Mexican governments put forward by the network in its factsheet on enforced disappearances in Mexico published to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance on August 30.
Credits: Coordinación Alemana para los Derechos Humanos en México
People First! Unpacking the EU advocacy toolbox for Russian activists
During the Summer we held a series of interactive online sessions to train Russian anti-war and pro-democracy activists of the Platforma International in using our EU Advocacy Toolbox and to help them develop their advocacy strategy towards the EU institutions and European countries. Their People First! campaign seeks to put the fate of civilian captives, political prisoners, prisoners of war and forcibly transferred children at the heart of international negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the international community.
Sergiy Tsyhipa, Ukrainian journalist arrested in territories occupied by Russia on charges of espionage (Photo: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
The role of the EU in a shifting global order
At the end of June, the Heinrich Böll Foundation brought together experts from around the world to discuss the role of the EU in the midst of a shifting global order. On the first day of their stay in Brussels, EUChanger facilitated a workshop that gave the group space to exchange ideas and gain practical insights into how the EU works, preparing them for their meetings with EU decision-makers and influencers during the rest of the week.
Find out more about our tailored trainings.
Meet EU change-makers: Sawsane Djazouli from #DiasporaVote!
Sawsane Djazouli is the Policy and Communications officer at #DiasporaVote!, a non-profit organisation that aims to ensure representation and inclusion to racialized communities living in Europe. She participated in the last edition of our EU Advocacy Academy in November. Read about the change she and her organisation are working for here. Meet more of our incredible alumni here.
Save the date! EU Communications Academy II, Brussels 5 February 2026
Missed our first EU Communications Academy? Don’t worry — the next edition takes place on 5 February 2026 in Brussels! This one-day training will equip participants with the skills to make public interest advocacy stand out at the EU level. Find out more here and sign up to our updates to stay informed about the programme & registrations.
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