The Annual General Assembly of the European Foundation Centre is going
to take place on 26-28 May, 2006 in Brussels, Belgium. It is now a
tradition that the European chapter of CIVICUS: World Alliance for
Citizen Participation organises a satellite event at the General
Assembly which this year will be held on 26 May, 2006.

INVITATION
to a lunchtime presentation of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen
Participation and its 2006 Glasgow World Assembly in a European and
global context

Title: Towards a Global Civil Society Gathering

When?
13.30-15.00 hours, 26 May (Friday), 2006

Where?
Hotel Sheraton, Rembrandt Room (3rd floor), Place Rogier, Brussels, Belgium

The CIVICUS World Assembly is one of the largest and most important
civil society gatherings in the world will be held in Glasgow, Scotland
on 21-25 June, 2006. The event organised under the common theme "Acting
Together for a Just World" will bring together several hundred civil
society leaders, government representatives, experts and researchers who
will interact and share lessons with each other to face challenges that
global civil society must face.

Participants of this satellite event will be briefed by Mr Ruchir Shah
of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the host of
the CIVICUS World Assembly. Is there a European message to the CIVICUS
World Assembly? How can social, economic, political and civic justice be
achieved? How to bring the European civil society experience to Glasgow?
These are some of the questions to be addressed with the assistance of
Ms Christiana Weidel, Chair and Mr Miklos Barabas, Director of CIVICUS
in Europe.

Please join us and be part of what promises to be an exciting
intellectual civil society encounter in Europe and beyond.

During the event sandwiches, salads and refreshments will be served.

Please indicate your interest to attend by sending an e-mail to the
CIVICUS European Regional Office in Budapest: office@civicusineurope.org