Strasbourg Centre for European Initiatives

Strasbourg Centre for European Initiatives was established in Strasbourg to provide expert and technical support to the civil society, including human rights organisations, from Eastern Europe and Caucasus in advocacy for the protection of fundamental rights, against racism and xenophobia and all forms of discrimination; to promote democracy and European values.

It is a group of activists and experts with NGO background, who previously worked in the sphere of promoting human rights and democracy in their countries, with the goal to provide expert and technical support to the civil society and to promote democracy and European values. Among the founders are the former lawyers of the European Court of Human Rights and current staff members of European institutions, members of various international human rights associations, with a wide network of contacts in the NGO sector in the target region and in Western Europe.