Central Online Collection System
The Central Online Collection System is the tool provided by the European Commission to European citizens’ initiative organisers to collect statements of support online. As of 2023 it is the only system that organisers of new initiatives can use to collect signatures for their initiatives online.
Learn more about the Central Online Collection System (COCS), offered to initiative organisers by the European Commission.
NEW guidance note on the Central Online Collection System:
Tips and tricks on collecting signatures
Remember!
Signatories need to be EU citizens (nationals of EU Member States) and old enough to vote in European Parliament elections (age 18 or lower in some Member States) – unless the Member State has decided to lower the minimum age for initiative signatories to 16 and has informed the Commission accordingly. See the list of age requirements.
Read more here:
Anatomy of a miracle: how the last 20 days of the Stop Finning EU campaign became a gamechanger.
National Authorities Take on How to Ensure Your Signatures Get Verified
In this video Jerome Stefanini, the IT officer responsible for the system at the Commission highlights its properties and advantages and replies to questions and comments from ECI organisers.
Learning from the ones who made it: tips and tricks on collecting signatures from Olga Kikou, End the Cage Age, European citizens’ initiative organiser.
