*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** Something I meant to forward weeks ago .... I picked up on a number of interesting EU projects the other month. This event is being rolled out in multiple languages, something I am not aware of in previous online public dialogues ... except perhaps with multi- lingual web board opportunities in Canada. Steven Clift Democracies Online ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Take active part in the Discussion Forum! In any language Date sent: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:29:51 +0100 Dear all, As you probably know already, the heads of state and givernment decided in Nice to launch a wide-ranging public debate on the future of Europe. The Swedish and the coming Belgian Presidency were together with us in the Commission and the European Parliament asked to get this debate off to a good and energetic start. This happened on March 7, when the two Prime Ministers, President Prodi, Vice-President David Martin and Commissioner Barnier met about 1.000 pupils in the European Schools in Brussels for a very lively quetsion/answer session. The Debate will run until 2004. At the same day we launched a new web site for the debate. It is called FUTURUM and has the following address: http://europa.eu.int/futurum This web site has - among other interesting information - also an interactive - DISCUSSION FORUM. Started by contributions from Prime Minister Göran Persson, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, President Romano Prodi and Commissioner Michel Barnier. Since then we have over two weeks had 144.00 visitors to the site. We will change topics for the discussion at regular intervals I write to you to ask three things: 1) take active part in the debate on the Discussion Forum yourself 2) do you want to get by e-mail every week our short resumé of the debate in the Discussion Forum? If yes, please send me an e-mail 3) please, do what you can to promote the debate - and in particular the Discussion Forum. And I will be grateful for ideas on how to promote it more in traditional AND untraditional ways. The purpose is to have as many participants from all member states and all candidate countries as possible. Best greetings from the "Debate on the Future of Europe" team in Brussels, Niels Jørgen Thøgersen Niels Jørgen Thøgersen European Commission Secretariat-General / "Dialogue on Europe" C-80 06/34, 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles Tel. +32-2-299 9099, Fax. +32-2-299 9207 SMS +32-498-99 90 99 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take part in the big debate on the Future of Europe. Start here : http://europa.eu.int/futurum Niels Jørgen Thøgersen European Commission Secretariat-General / "Dialogue on Europe" C-80 06/34, 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles Tel. +32-2-299 9099, Fax. +32-2-299 9207 SMS +32-498-99 90 99 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take part in the big debate on the Future of Europe. Start here : http://europa.eu.int/futurum ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
