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Before you head into the weekend, here’s this week’s #CivilSocietyDigest with our top selection of opportunities across civil society. ➨ Alliance4Europe invites young activists, advocates, students and civil society actors to join the free PERISCOPE Storytelling & Action Labs this September and October to dive deep into storytelling and campaign building. The programme combines online Storytelling Labs on how narratives shape the digital space with in-person Action Labs focused on designing community, communications and civic campaigns. Participation is free; advance registration is required. ➨ n-ost invites journalists from across Europe to n-counter: Reclaiming Reality, a two-day conference in Berlin on 2–3 October 2026 exploring how political polarisation, algorithms, disinformation and changing media environments are reshaping journalism and democracy. The programme brings together journalists and media experts from Germany and Central and Eastern Europe for newsroom discussions on topics including far-right narratives, platform power, cross-border collaboration, climate reporting and community-driven journalism. The conference will take place at Forum Factory in Berlin, with satellite sessions hosted by several local newsrooms. Registration here. ➨ The Eastern Academic Alliance, a project of akno e.V., has opened a call for interdisciplinary teams of education experts, teachers, educational initiatives and media professionals to develop digital teaching materials for Russian-speaking secondary school students. The call supports alternative curricula and ready-to-use digital materials in subjects particularly affected by ideological pressure. The aim is to create fully digital educational programmes that strengthen critical, evidence-based learning. Selected projects will receive €7,000. Apply by 30 September 2026. ➨ SCIENCE AT RISK invites applications for the “Writing and Research Skills” laboratory. The five-session programme is aimed primarily at early-career researchers and students interested in strengthening their academic writing skills and pursuing an international academic career. Participants will work with scholarly literature and research tools, learn how to identify and engage relevant academic audiences. Individual consultations on participants’ writing will also be available. The laboratory will take place on 1, 15 and 29 October, and 12 and 26 November. The workshop will be held in English. ➨ Tamarack Institute invites community changemakers, nonprofit leaders and others working on complex social challenges to the online workshop “Seeing the System: Tools for Understanding Complex Community Challenges” on 27 October 2026. The session will introduce practical systems-thinking tools for identifying patterns, mapping relationships and structures, exploring root causes and finding potential leverage points for change. The 3.5-hour workshop will be followed by a one-hour coaching session one month later to help participants apply their learnings in practice. More info.