European Civil Meeting. Budapest 05-07 June 2011

"Promoting active European citizenship" is the semi-motto of the fifth European civil society conference that is to be held from 5 till 7 June 2011 in Budapest (Hungary). After the forums of La Rochelle (France) in 2008, Brno (Czech Republic) and Orebro (Sweden) in 2009, Màlaga (Spain) in 2010, the European Civil Meeting of 2011 is aiming at European citizen rights and duties with all its four thematic approaches:

(1) Active citizenship and participation;

(2) Active citizenship in education;

(3)The role of CSOs/NGOs in the Western Balkan enlargement;

(4) Active citizenship and volunteering.

The conference is organized by the Hungarian Szàzadvèg School of Politics Foundation, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Commission.