During this conference, it became clear that socio-economic problems and problems related to the functioning of democracy are inextricably linked and that consideration needs to ge given to interaction between them if we are to develop coherent solutions.
It is in the light of these discussions and of the study of concrete experiments carried out by NGOs, co-operatives and more generally the third sector, that the conference analysed the role of public authorities and civil society and put forward proposals which will be submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.