The European Forum of Citizens Advice Services is the main action of the project "CASCADE EUROPE", funded by the European Commission, under the Europe for Citizens Programme.
 
By enabling the exchange of information and good practices, informal learning and networking, the Forum will enable to upgrade the knowledge and skills of the citizens' advice professionals and thus benefit the advice service users – citizens across Europe.

The European Forum will bring about 180 participants from across Europe. These people, professionals in the field of legal advice for the citizens, "interested general public" as well as the decision-makers will have an opportunity to share their experience, good practices and make recommendations for the better application of the rights related to the European citizenship. It would be already 6th such a Forum (see the list of previous Forum in Annex 11) and it would therefore build on an accumulation of knowledge and experience which has been of benefit both to citizens' advice services, its clients as well as the national and EU Institutions.  

The Forum will be preceded by a background discussion paper focused on the rich expertise of the activities of citizens' advice services and also three other publications that will place the European citizenship in its broader understanding. It will be concluded by the Final Report that will contain a series of practical and political recommendations. The whole project will make a lasting impact on its target groups: citizens' advice professionals, their clients – European citizens and the decision-makers.