acn activities during last ten years

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Active Citizenship Network

From Dec. 2001 to 2010


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ACNs mission is twofold:

1. To contribute to the development of a European Active

Citizenship;

2. To promote the participation of citizens organizations in

European and national public policies.


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ACN's strategy is to promote the point of view of European citizens

in all public policies areas, focusing on healthcare, consumers and

corporate social responsibility issues.

1. This point of view is always based on civic information, i.e. datacollected and analyzed by citizens organizations themselves.

2. It is embodied in civic instruments such as: the European Charter

of Patients Rights

, the European Charter of Active Citizenship

,

the Guidelines for good CSR partnerships in Europe

, etc.

3. ACN website and newsletter are two essential networking and

advocacy tools.


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ACN is an open and flexible network, with a strong national base.

1. Flexible. ACN's organization is based on partnership rather than

membership. Some 100 citizens organizations from 30 EU.

2. Open. ACN is open to all civic organizations that defend citizens

rights and/or public goods in Europe and that are willing to

contribute to its strategy.

3. National base not Brussels. ACN is based in Rome and workstogether with Cittadinanzattiva, in accordance with its objective

of building a direct link between national organizations and EU

institutions.


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Funding: ACN activities and projects are financed by public andprivate funds.

1. Public funds. Most projects carried out by ACN are co-financed

by the European Commission in the framework of calls forproposals.

2. Private funds. ACN projects are also supported by private

foundations and companies through the creation of partnerships.

It is one of the strategic instruments used by ACN to reach itsgoals.


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19 Projects: 2002 - 2011

Civic participation

Rethinking The Principle Of Subsidiarity

Citizens for the New Europe: Assessing and Reviewing the Criteria of Representativeness of

Civic NGOs

European Charter of Active Citizenship

Monitoring and Evaluating the State of the Rights to European

Active Citizenship EUproact: a website on European active citizenship


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CSR

Citizens as CSR Partners

Lisbon Minus 3: Evaluating CSR partnerships

Consumer Rights A Civic Evaluation of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs)

Civic Analysis of Bank Contracts


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Health:

European Charter of Patients Rights

Monitoring Patients Rights in Europe (15 countries, 21 countries)

European Patients Rights Day ( 2007, 2008,2009,2010,2011)

Impact regarding EU Policy and national policy

Citizens view not only patient, not only one illness

Use of tools developed by the Project

Increasing number of partners and countries

Multi-stakeholders


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Recognition at the European Level:

DG SANCO: EU Health Policy Forum

DG EAC: Active Citizenship Structural Dialoge Group

Participation as speaker in numerous European, Internationalmeetings and conferences, parliament hearings


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An Experiment:

Active Citizenship Mentoring in Europe

Draft the proposal together

Defining important aspects of the implementation of the projecttogether

Co-responsibilities regarding different aspects of the project

(toolkit, e-technology, facilitation of partner meeting):

Co-financing


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2010 a difficult year for ACN coordination:

Historic Leadership from Cittadinanzattiva-ACN is gone

(Giovanni, Charlotte, Melody)

New unexperienced staff Difficulties to find co-financing for European projects

Continual will of Cittadinanzattiva to sustain this innovative

Network


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Challenge:

How to continue to build an innvovative European Network that is

knowledge based: civic information

Does not have permanent membership Not based in Brussels

Not one issue

Take advantage of tools that have already been produced

acn activities during last ten years

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