We would like to know your comments on the Terms of Reference recently announced by the government for the proposed Task Force on Active Citizenship.

The Terms of Reference are:

1. To review the evidence regarding trends in citizen participation across the main areas of civic, community, cultural, occupational and recreational life;
2. To examine those trends in the context of international experience and analysis;
3. To review the experiences of organizations involved in the political, caring, community, professional and occupational, cultural, sporting and religious dimensions of life regarding influences, both positive and negative, on levels of citizen participation and engagement; and
4. To recommend measures which could be taken as part of public policy to facilitate and encourage a greater degree of engagement by citizens in all aspects of life and the growth and development of voluntary organisations as part of a strong civic culture.

We would like to hear your views on the above Terms of Reference.

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