A Citizens Compact: Reaching out to the Citizens of Europe – An initiative proposed by members of the European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN)
EPIN is a network of European policy think tanks and institutes. It has more than 25 member think tanks from 21 countries, including most EU member states and candidate countries. Over the coming two years, within the framework of the Ratification Monitor project, EPIN intends to monitor the ratification process of the Constitutional Treaty and the debates that will surround it in all of the member states. Beyond the Constitutional Treaty, EPIN’s network of think tanks will provide analysis of all the different national debates, and of the complex political dynamics of the pan-European debate.
www.epin.org/pdf/WP14_EPIN.pdf
European Volunteering Assembly; 12-14 October 2005, Wolverhampton, UK
The European Volunteering Assembly is the first ever meeting of its kind organised by Volunteering England in collaboration with the European Volunteer Centre (CEV). A high point in the UK Year of the Volunteer 2005, and marking the UK Presidency of the EU, the event will provide a showcase for volunteering in the UK.
www.volunteeringengland.org/eva2005
Make Europe Local; 21-22 October 2005, Turin, Italy
ECAS, the European Action Service, organises a conference on 21 and 22 October 2005 in Turin, Italy. The topic of this conference is: ‘Make Europe Local - Building Networks of Co-operation and Dialogue between Civil Society and Public Administrations in the enlarged Union’.
www.ecas.org/product/91/default.aspx?id=447
More interesting sites, events and publications are announced on the Internet site of the Politeia Network: www.politeia.net.
Judith Baltus, Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek, Amsterdam