EU Networks and Platforms

ENAR
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is a network of European NGOs working to combat racism in all EU member states. ENAR aims to fight racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, to promote equality of treatment between EU citizens and third country nationals, and to link local/regional/national initiatives with European initiatives.

ILGA-Europe
The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe) is a non-governmental umbrella organisation that represents its members, principally organisations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, at the European level.

EDF
The European Disability Forum (EDF) is a European umbrella organisation representing more than 50 million disabled people in Europe. Its mission is to ensure disabled citizens have full access to fundamental and human rights through their active involvement in policy development and implementation in the European Union.

AGE-Platform
AGE, the European older people's platform, represents and promotes the interests of older people in the European Union and raises awareness of the issues that concern them the most.

European Women’s Lobby
The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organisation of women’s associations in the European Union. The EWL Secretariat is based in Brussels, but the EWL has member organisations in 25 Member States of the EU.  The European Women’s Lobby aims to promote women’s rights and equality between women and men in the European Union

EYF
The European Youth Forum (EYF) works to empower young people to participate actively in the shaping of Europe and the societies in which they live, and in improving the living conditions of young people as European citizens in today’s world. The European Youth Forum defends the interests of all young people in Europe.

Social platform
The Platform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform) is the alliance of representative European federations and networks of non-governmental organisations active in the social sector.

ERIO
The European Roma Information Office (ERIO) is an international advocacy organisation which promotes political and public discussion on Roma issues by providing factual and in-dept information on a range of policy issues to the European Union institutions, Roma civil organisations, governmental authorities and intergovernmental bodies.

ETUC
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) promotes the interests of working people at European level and to represent them in the EU institutions.

Business Europe
Former UNICE, Business Europe is the Confederation of European Business. Their members are the central national business federations of the 34 countries they represent.

Other European networks and think tanks

MPG (Migration Policy Group)
European Anti-Poverty Network
Black European Women Council
European Migration Network 

European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-discrimination Field 

European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law (ECSOL)

PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants)
IMISCOE network  (International Migration Integration and Social Cohesion)
Solidar  Promoting social inclusion of vulnerable groups
Caritas Europa
CECOP  (European Confederation of workers' cooperatives, social cooperatives and social and participative entreprises)

CEJI 
COFACE  (Confederation of family organisations in the European Union)
EFSC  (European Foundation for Street Children)
EMN  (European Microfinance Network)
ESN   (European Social Network)
Eurochild
Eurocities
Eurodiaconia
FEANTSA   (European Federation of national organisations working with the homeless)

ICARE (Information for the European NGO community working in the field of anti-discrimination)

Mosaic (Mosaic - One in Diversity Project led by the Maltese National Commission for the Promotion of Equality)
MHE   (Mental Health Europe)
Equality and diversity forum