[CivilSoc] The Citizen Forum of Finland

[Heikki Korpinen]

Sorry of the cross posting! Thank you!
I have worked with networks for years by Freenet Finland, a community 
network for Finnish students, teachers, parents etc. It was launched 
in 1993 and maintained by the Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli of 
Helsinki University of Technology.
Now it's my time to belong to a group of voluntary people to make a 
nation wide voluntary organization The Citizen Forum more visible, 
totally networked and internationally behaving actor. We are looking 
after large collaboration with similar organizations world wide.
The Citizen Forum ("Kansalaisareena" in Finnish) was founded in 1993. 
The Forum is a national arena for promoting and supporting the 
development of voluntary and self-help activities. Some of the 
activities are information, training, consultancy, networking and a 
newsletter Areena. Our goal is to create modern possibilities for 
spontaneous participation in any community. In this sense The Citizen 
Forum will be THE net in Finland also about the important questions 
of digital divide.
We think our privilege is to support voluntary action work. We'll 
also be a forum for socially, economically and ecologically 
sustainable development.
The Forum is a member of the International Association for Volunteer 
Effort. The Forum also has partners in other Scandinavian countries - 
http://www.frisam.no in Norway, http://www.socialforum.a.se in Sweden 
and http://www.frivillighed.dk in Denmark.
The net address of The Citizen Forum is 
http://www.kansalaisareena.fi. The site is still just mostly in 
Finnish but will become more international also with it's languages.
In this stage of new development we'll need your help. Please let me 
know the addresses of similar projects you know. Tell me, if you are 
interested to work in different kinds of projects with us. From where 
do I find the most modern examples of spontaneous, human community 
networks?
I have noticed, for example, that Communet list is not very active 
any more. Where do the community people have their discussions today?
Respectfully yours
Heikki Korpinen
The Citizen Forum
Freenet Finland
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