How to best link up with young municipal councilors at the European level?
This was selected as Best Answer Depending upon your purpose for meeting, and the potential people connections in place before and after, this might be an idea worth bringing to the attention of a foundation program officer, especially a US foundation doing international work in Europe on government and civil society. I’ve attended similar gatherings in the past, where young and new government leaders discussed challenges and policy issues over the course of day or two, building a general model framework/agenda to take back to their localities and staying in touch electronic, with occasional in-person follow-up meetings. Foundations helped identify the leaders, shape the agenda, provide logistical support, and build networking events into the program. Their incentive for doing so is to have an extensive set of contacts with whom they can work on issues that affect their programs and grant recipients, and discuss ideas on an ongoing basis. If the idea works, they would want to document
