On February 16th in Reykjavik, Iceland, the Organisation for Civic Action will host a debate on the state of the nation in the wake of the economic crisis and the collapse of the Icelandic banking system.
Keynote speakers are economist Haraldur L. Haraldsson, psychiatrist Andres Magnusson and Adalheidur Asmundsdottir, law student. The newly installed centre left government has been invited to partake in the subsequent panel discussion. After the keynote talks, questions for the panel will be taken from the audience.
The meeting will focus on the current situation and progress made since October, when what The Economist has described as “the biggest banking failure in history relative to the size of an economy” occurred in Iceland. People are concerned whether the response so far by the government has proven sufficient to meet the scale of the problems facing the country.
The Organisation for Civic Action is a community based voluntary organisation that came into being with the intent of hosting civic meetings where those in power were held accountable for their actions, or lack thereof, and a forum was created wherein citizens could voice their concerns directly to their representatives, among others.
These meetings have been ongoing since October 27th, and include a civic meeting on November 24th which the group hosted in Reykjavík’s largest theater and invited the government which, having declined to attend previous meetings, attended and took questions from an audience of two thousand people. The event was broadcast live on television and can be seen as a watershed moment in terms of civic responses to the present crisis.
The event will take place in Haskolabio (University Theater), Hagatorg, 107 Reykjavík at 20.00. For more information visit the website: http://www.borgarafundur.org/
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Hi,
The article above makes interesting reading – especially from the other side of the planet.
I work for an evening radio programme in New Zealand and on Monday March 2nd we want to devote our show to Iceland.
We are looking for people to talk to about the economic situation in Iceland (in English).
If anyone reading this (maybe one of the journalists on “Icenews” website) can help, please send an email
to nights@radionz.co.nz
Best wishes
Bryan Crump
Radio New Zealand
Tim.
The meeting facilities for 200,000 people? In the summer days – possible. But it is winter here…
Have you heard about TV? It’s kind of a flat box that shows pictures. And any person even as far as 500 km from the meeting can hear and see what’s going on there. Amazing device! :)
What’s wrong with student as a speaker? Or only “respected members of society” have the voice? There are not so many people to ignore the voice of every single one of them.
To put it in another scale. Rough numbers. About 2/3 (200,000) of the entire population of the country live with 50km (32 miles) of the location of the meeting. So roughly 1% of those within easy access of the venue actually showed up. Aphathy is the topic that should be discussed, but most Icelanders apparently cannot be bothered.
I wonder how the 16 feb meeting will go. And a “law student” is one of the speakers? Outstanding. I must be missing something here.
Was it many or was it few – 2,000 audience?
Let’s look. If population of the USA is around 300,000,000 and population of Iceland is around 300,000 – it means that in the USA’s scale it should be a meeting of 2,000,000 people! Two millions. In one place and at one time! More than in Washington DC recently.
PS. Just wanted to stress the scale factor for those who see Iceland through their flat screens only ;)