Most EU-funding opportunities under the civil society dialogue require close collaboration with partners abroad. Many civil society organisations are already well integrated into local, regional, and trans-national networks and are very successful in utilising these networks to develop a wide variety of innovative projects and partnerships.

The list below gives a small number of examples for organisations/networks active on the European level:

• ACT FOR EUROPE
• European Youth Forum
• BusinessEurope
• ETUC
• BEUC 
• Eurostep  
• European Forum for the Arts and Heritage 
• European Women's Lobby
• European Environment Bureau 
• European Public Health Alliance 
• Solidar 
• Social Platform
• Concord Europe
• EU Civil Society Contact Group

Civil Society Development Centre - Turkey
The Centre supports communication networks and efforts to create national NGO platforms and to encourage all forms of exchange of information and experience among NGOs, both in Turkey, and between Turkey and the EU.
For more information please visit  the web site of Civil Society Development Centre.

A Guide for NGO's
The Civil Society Contact Group published A Guide for NGO's. This guide, among other things, contains a more comprehensive list of European-level NGOs.

Disclaimer: The European Commission takes no responsibility for the content of the links provided.

Key Documents:
Civil Society Dialogue between the EU and Candidate Countries (173KB)
Civil Society Dialogue between the EU and Candidate Countries (TR) (153KB)
EU Turkey Review : Civil Society Dialogue - Fall 2007 (1460KB)
EU Turkey Review : Civil Society Dialogue - Fall 2007 (TR) (1466KB)
Promotion of Civil Society Dialogue Project (149KB)
Promotion of Civil Society Dialogue Project Interpretation / Translation Facility (TR) (150KB)