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Central and Eastern European Citizens Network
Citizens Participation University 2010,
July 23, Kunbábony

Overview on framework of CP in Europe

This talk is focused on the relationship between professional intervention – development or organizing - and the overall significance of participation.  It also introduces the individual, community and political levels of participation. 

These levels can involve different types of participation, which will be defined in relation to social and civil participation taken from social capital surveys.  These forms of involvement can be used to highlight problems that exist involving change and renewal.  We shall see that in central and eastern Europe, social participation is still much stronger than civil participation.  Finally, we explore the issue of social inclusion in order to demonstrate how community development can contribute to the growth of participation and, therefore, to the strengthening of civil society.

Participation as a basic principle of community development

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