To Keynote Speech: '

' "Grandparents of all countries unite !"'

After the accidental death of our younger son Gerhard in 1985, I have in the group "Mourning parents learn how useful it is, with people willing to share a similar fate. I tried but I am vain to effectively support the city administration to build a focal point for self-help groups in Wien-Favoriten.

In 2005, the platform "MACH MIT! in Triesterviertel "was founded to provide" self "but also the development of neighborhood-help and citizen initiatives. Since 2007 is the platform through the "Dorfwiki" webforum www.triesterviertel.at presents .. In spite of some activities and the support of media still lacks a broader support of those people living here who are not in political parties and churches are engaged. These institutions tend in my experience, unfortunately, to foreclosure and "friend-enemy" thinking and are open and transparent civil society initiatives towards more wary to hostile.

At the moment I return to my more positive experiences in the group back because the fact is that although I do worry about the future of our two Enkerln! But at least our grandparents should have been its own sake Enkerln also the willingness to engage in a spirit of sustainable development of our planet exist. A global "grand-group" is asked, or something "historic": "grandparents of all countries unite ... .. and non-grandparents are very welcome!"

(For corrections to the Google-translation errors, I am grateful)