Europe 2020 - Civic Visions: a roundup

This is a summary of the viewpoints, expressed by civic organizations, during the international conference "Europe 2020 - Civic Visions", held in Sofia in January 2010.

Over 120 participants from various countries brainstormed together in order to draft common visions for Europe's future within the next decade. The visions aim at best reflecting the expectations of the citizens and their organizations for the Europe of tomorrow.

This was the concept of the two-day international conference "Europe 2020 - Civic Visions", held in Sofia on January 29 and 30, 2010. This event was implemented by the European Institute Foundation and its partners in the framework of the "Interacting with the European Parliament" project, financially supported through DG "Communication" of the EP.

European Institute Director Lubov Panayotova summarized at a briefing at the end of the conference the conclusions, made by the participants in the three conference panels - "European Democracy - Mission Possible?"; "European Cultural Space and Identity" and "The EU Solidarity - Common responsibility for Development".

As a result from the common work in Panels 1, 2 and 3, were made conslusions and concrete recommendations for a long-term development of the EU in the listed areas. As revealed by the video recordings from the conference, published on the website of the project "Interacting with the European Parliament", a lot of issues were raised - issues that reflect the viewpoints of the civic sector. These are neither set to be exhausite, nor representative; these represent an instructive "momentary picture" of the citizens' opinions, as conference attendees underlined.

In the spring of 2010 all these messages of the civic sector will be included in a larger publication, that will be transmitted to all the Members of the European Parliament, as well as to key representatives of the other major bodies and institutions of the European Union.

Here is a systematic overview of all links in all available languages from materials, related to the conference:

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