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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Saw this on the future search list and
wondered if anyone might be inspired to write something about Open Space for
this online space? Here's the link: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><A
href="http://www.cafebabel.com/en/">http://www.cafebabel.com/en/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>best of the new year to
everyone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>from sunny (and somewhat chilly)
Seattle,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>P.S. Many thanks to everyone for
your answers to my earlier questions...on academics in OS and on an OS with a
subgroup before the OS. My academic friend was willing to take the leap
when he, in essence, found himself experiencing what I'd been attempting to tell
him. He stayed with a conversation even though he was annoyed and
frustrated by differences in language and was not feeling heard,
because the topic was important to him. :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=bonnie@futuresearch.net href="mailto:bonnie@futuresearch.net">Bonnie
Chandler</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=searchnet@list.nea.org
href="mailto:searchnet@list.nea.org">future search</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 27, 2004 7:04 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [searchnet] Europe/youth - can someone write a short
article?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>Dear FSN members,</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Could someone volunteer a short
article on fs/FSN for this very interesting European youth
venue? Read below - - a hot new website (25,000 visitors each month)
and newsletter (17,000 subscribers) called Cafe Babel is trying to unite
youth to make change in Europe, toward the end of creating a real and
active European activist constituency to match the European
government structure growth that is taking place.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Since fs has done some amazing work
with youth leadership groups, and we have many active members in Europe, a
great article on fs/FSN could be published in this group's materials,
inviting emerging groups to contact us and utilize future search!
<EM>Cafe Babel</EM> translates material into 8
languages and distributes to various European
sectors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><EM> Café babel</EM> says,
<EM>"articles are not simply about imparting information. They aim to
analyse and criticise the status quo and, where possible, suggest
alternatives. Europe’s wonderful paradox is that we have a common
cultural base from which to launch a variety of ideas."</EM> - - so I
think coverage of the fs model & resources would be most
welcome!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> See below for a full article on this
group, and contacts for your article inquiry are at the
bottom.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Whoever is interested in
making this contact and putting together an article, please respond on the
listserve, so we can coordinate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Hope someone will take this up!
Thank you!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>- <STRONG>Bonnie Chandler</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><EM>FSN Communications Coordinator</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=bscopy><STRONG>Young People Are Crucial to the
Development of a European Audience</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=bscopy>While Europe boasts the grandeur of a
Commission, a parliament, and the imminent birth of its own armed
forces, what it lacks is an audience. It's an imbalance which a
Website called Café Babel is trying to redress. </FONT><BR><FONT
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<DIV><FONT class=copy>For the past four years, a polyglot project
with an essentially European vision has been working away from the
historic heart of Paris to tap into what founders believe is an
unexploited audience. </DIV>
<P>"This job is like no other. We work with young people from across
Europe on a project which is based on genuine idealism, a
transnational debate which breaks down the boundaries of national
media, and the ability to get excited about the idea of creating a
European audience," Tobias Troll, head of the German edition of Café
Babel said.</P>
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href="javascript:popop('/dw/image/detail/1,1599,1437769_1,00.html','Bild',244,410)"><IMG
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href="javascript:popop('/dw/image/detail/1,1599,1437769_1,00.html','Bild',244,410)"><IMG
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width=19 border=0></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Project founders
know that they cannot force an awakening of interest in EU subjects,
but they also know that if they are to succeed in their vision, they
have to approach people in their native tongue. To that end, Café
Babel draws from a huge pool of freelance writers and translators
who each week put between 8 and 10 long articles on the site in the
six project languages. The palette of subjects is extensive, with
EU-Russian relations getting just the same column space as Muslim
life on the continent.</P>
<P><STRONG>Staying alive</STRONG></P>
<P>The unique nature of the project fills a gap in the market, even
in Germany where reporting on European issues is less of an industry
than it once was. </P>
<P>"We need more than statements such as 'no more war in Europe' in
order to integrate people and to create a mutual European feeling.
And given that so many people are interested in European culture,
that's where the chances are," Düsseldorf media expert Klaus Kamps
said.</P>
<P>In order for Café Babel to secure as broad a spectrum of opinion
as possible, they have set up editorial departments in most EU
countries. In some countries, as in Germany, they have offices in
more than one city. </P>
<P>It's expanding, but for all that, the project survives on the
goodwill of those who volunteer to contribute to it. One of the site
founders, Adriano Farano is concerned that the project could run
into difficulties if Brussels were to remove its rug of financial
backing.</P>
<P>"It's a danger for all initiatives, but that said, there is a
chance that in the future Café Babel will manage to access its own
source of funding, for example through subscription. At the moment
we are very proud that what we offer is for free," Adriano Farano
said. </P>
<P><STRONG>Europe makes perfect sense</STRONG></P>
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height=14 src="http://www.dw-world.de/dwelle/img/lupe.gif"
width=19 border=0></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>With 25,000 hits on
the site monthly, and 17,000 newsletter subscriptions, Café Babel
has already established a core audience. Nonetheless Farano and his
colleagues have begun to explore other ways of penetrating a larger
potential audience. For the coming year, the site is planning a
continuation of audience debates with EU representatives on the
subject of the European constitution. Tobias Troll hopes that such
initiatives will help to strengthen a generation of Europeans such
as create the fabric of Café Babel.</P>
<P>"We fully believe that the European Union not only makes sense,
but is also necessary in order to sensibly tackle the pressing
problems of our time. National systems can no longer solve problems
of the economy, the environment, unemployment and terrorism alone.
What's needed now are larger, supranational units like the EU,"
Troll said.</P>
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<P>350 young people from across Europe contribute to the
production of <EM>café babel</EM>. Their work is co-ordinated
by a central office in Paris and several national editorial
offices. Whether you are already a contributor or want to get
involved, you will find all the necessary information
below.</P>
<P><BR><STRONG>Contributing to café babel</STRONG></P>
<P>How do you go about writing for us? </P>
<P><EM>café babel</EM> articles are not simply about imparting
information. They aim to analyse and criticise the status quo
and, where possible, suggest alternatives. We can therefore
hope to inspire innovation and creativity by discussing the
European and not just national angle in every article.
Europe’s wonderful paradox is that we have a common cultural
base from which to launch a variety of ideas. </P>
<P>Variety based on union; a wealth of languages in which to
debate; exchanging views through discussion: this is what
Europe can become when ideas can circulate freely beyond our
linguistic boundaries.</P>
<P>The topic for each issue is taken from current affairs and
must always be viewed from the European perspective. When you
write, you must always remember that you are addressing the
European public and not just the Spanish, Italian or British
ones. Numerous national references must be avoided and when
discussing foreign policy issues, you must look for the role
that Europe has or could have in each case.</P>
<P>Articles should never exceed 5000 characters, spaces
included. Each article is written and published in your mother
tongue and will be translated into the other five working
languages. Its content must conform to the topic as set out by
the editorial team and, specifically, by the person in charge
of each issue.</P>
<P>We look forward to hearing from you! </P>
<P>For more information, please write, depending on the
language, to:</P>
<P>Julia Mills for <STRONG><A
href="mailto:editors@cafebabel.com"><FONT
color=#ff6600>English</FONT></A></STRONG><BR>Laia Vallès and
Fernando Navarro for <STRONG><A
href="mailto:redaccion@cafebabel.com"><FONT
color=#ff6600>Spanish</FONT></A></STRONG><BR>Adriano Farano
for <STRONG><A href="mailto:redazione@cafebabel.com"><FONT
color=#ff6600>Italian</FONT></A></STRONG><BR>Simon Loubris for
<STRONG><A href="mailto:redaction@cafebabel.com"><FONT
color=#ff6600>French</FONT></A><BR></STRONG>Tobias Troll for
<STRONG><A href="mailto:redaktion@cafebabel.com"><FONT
color=#ff6600>German</FONT></A></STRONG><BR>Laia Vallès for
<STRONG><A href="mailto:redaccio@cafebabel.com"><FONT
color=#ff6600>Catalan</FONT></A></STRONG>
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