The second year of the CINEFOGO Network of Excellence started September 2006. Since then the frequency of activities in terms of accomplished conferences, workshops and seminars has increased. The issues addressed by those events represent a broad spectrum of topics within CINEFOGO’s field of interest, and several events have been planned in cooperation with representatives
from non-CINEFOGO institutions and networks, a feature that supports the Network’s Spread of Excellence efforts.

Events in the Autumn 2006 have highlighted the following issues: “European Identities” (WP8), “Social Capital in EU and the US” (WP18), “The Non-profit Sector in Europe” (WP16), “The Public Sphere” (WP7), and “Differences in Social Participation and Civic Cultures across Europe” (WP11).

Further, in the three first months of 2007, the following topics were in focus at CINEFOGO events: “Partnership – Keystone
of Governance” (WP17), “Citizen Participation in Policy Making” (WP14), “Social Policies and Social Citizenship Rights” (WP13), “Work-Family Balance” (WP32), and “Between States and Citizen” (WP15).

Further details concerning these activities and their outcomes can be found at CINEFOGO’s website www.cinefogo.org. (Search under the actual WP i.e. work package).

When looking back on the first 18 months of its lifetime, it seems safe to conclude, that the Network of Excellence has been fairly efficient and fruitful. In that period, in total 23 work packages containing a number of milestones and deliverables have been successfully implemented.

Taking the size of the Network and the large number of work packages into account, schedule adjustments are inevitable. Changes are usually necessitated by unforeseen and uncontrollable circumstances, or are made with a view to improving the quality and effectiveness of the organization of Network activities.

A comprehensive evaluation of the activities of the CINEFOGO Network will be presented at the Network Council meeting 31st of May - 1st of June The report will address scientific perspective, research integration perspective (interconnection of themes, gender
aspects, etc), and structural perspective (including Spread of Excellence dimension). It will also touch upon implications
for innovation and European added value, implied by the Network activities up till now.