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What is 'Europe'? For us, its the member states, neighbours and candidate countries; Union of the Mediterranean, Council of Europe and Belarus. We're nice and inclusive like that.**
And 'civil society'? NGOs, CSOs, mutuals, coopertatives, social enterprises, foundations etc. If in doubt, as long as you want to do something positive for the world then please do say 'hello'Archives
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Category Archives: Europe
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund: small is beautiful, big is necessary.
Euclid Network at Pakistan and Europe: “A partnership through aid and development” The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) in partnership with the Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) organised a seminar, titled “Pakistan and Europe: A Partnership Through Aid and Development” at … Continue reading
Civil Society Launches European Year of Volunteering
Last week I attended the opening conference of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 (EYV). Euclid is one of the members of the Alliance which made it happen. I was invited to give a speech on Euclid Network’s work on … Continue reading
The Saudi Arabian Year of Volunteering
Every Christmas, I spend my holidays mixing a little R&R on the beach with a study visit to a new undiscovered (by me) country. This time I picked Saudi Arabia. After years of listening to the swathes of media reports … Continue reading
The compact between government and civil society in Sweden
In the year of 1931 five trade union activists were gunned down by the Swedish military during a manifestation for labour rights in a small town in Northern Sweden, Ådalen. It immediately became evident that the twenty years of violent … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, European civil society, Identity, Innovation, Sweden
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From a Swedish Point of View
Sweden is known for its high number of hours spent on volunteering. Most of those hours, however, are spent in board rooms and meetings. As probably most populations do, in Sweden we believe that everybody organises the way we do it … Continue reading
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What can Europe learn from Golf?
I have to be honest and say that never in all my time in education or in the beginnings of my career in the third sector did I think that one day, I would be possibly writing about these two … Continue reading
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