The Network Effect event in Bratislava explored a variety of issues including shared values, patterns of East and West, the power and practice of leadership, public engagement, models of social change and innovation. All this from the perspective of experts, academics, politicians, reformers and young leaders from both old and new EU member states.
What can be learned from the real world - from NGO activists, politicians, and social entrepreneurs who are actively innovating in the field, and addressing what the broader implications of change mean in a European context?
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Is there a shared European understanding of the good society and what are its pre-requisites? For example universal healthcare, a living wage, freedom of speech, free education. Are these pre-requisites changing? |
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What opportunities do changing patterns of networks, lifestyles and technology open up for new forms of civil society action, including less institutional forms of collective action? |
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How should Europe respond to the rise of uncivil society and what is its responsibility to civil society beyond its borders? |
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Can civil society continue to deliver more public services, without compromising the very qualities that could help it play a greater role in the wider civil renewal agenda? |
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