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Civil Society 2.0

NOTHING CAN STOP AN IDEA

WHOSE TIME HAS COME.

Victor Hugo

CRISISMEANS DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY

• Political disconnect

• GAP between ‘the people’

and ‘the elite’

• Frustration with the European

project

• Lack of engagement - people

increasingly skeptical about

the European ideals

THE ZEITGEIST

THE WORLD

HAS

CHANGED

• The internet is changing the world, and how we communicate

A NEW WORLD OF INFORMATION

• To connect

• To share knowledge

• To make a difference

THE INTERNET HAS GROWN BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT

THREE THINGS:

• Will radically transform our

very notion of Civil Society

• It will put the citizens firmly in

the driver seat

• Do to political institutions

what the internet has done to

companies: reverse the

pyramid - transform the

hierarchical structures of

traditional command and

control and empower the

citizens to drive political

change

THE VIRTUAL HOUSE

• By using social networks and online collaboration as the

corner stone of our virtual house

HOW?

IT WORKS TODAY

Simplicity of

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answer

CAUSES

• Start simple

• Building our virtual house together

with citizens and stakeholders:

always UNDER CONSTRUCTION

• Start by focusing on two simple

things:

1. Answering key questions

2. Helping to mobilise

• One stop shop for citizen

engagement with the EU

OUR VISION

1. Open and transparent

2. Collaborative

3. Flexible, organic and agile

4. Simplicity

FOUR KEY SUCCESS PRINCIPLES: OUR O.S.

• ZN has been working for 12 years

with the leading companies and

organisations on some of the most

challenging issues they face

• We understand the limitations

and the opportunities of such

campaigns

• We understand the key needs of a

large and complex organisation

and how to connect it to the online

world

• We are trusted by the leading

companies in the world to do just

that

WHY US?

JOIN US:WWW.CITIZENHOUSE.EU

HELP US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN

www.citizenhouse.eu

For more information contact Philip Weiss at ZN

on [email protected]