What is the Network Lab?

The growing number of citizen collectives is accompanied by a greater need for the exchange of knowledge and experiences. Many sectors have network or umbrella organizations that provide this service. The Network Lab brings these network organizations together to focus on cross-sector issues.

Citizen collectives in areas such as healthcare and energy often rely on the knowledge and information resources of their national or regional network or umbrella organizations for their sector-specific questions. Most other sectors also have a similar infrastructure.

The Network Lab brings together network and umbrella organizations that are well-versed in their members' fields of work, including the relevant external parties. This creates new, complementary opportunities to support and advance the movement of citizen collectives.

• The Network Lab facilitates synergy between sectors by facilitating the exchange of knowledge and experiences.
• It offers a platform for jointly developing agendas for advocacy with government, academia, and financial institutions.
• As the linchpins in the sectoral web of citizen collectives, the participating network and umbrella organizations are indispensable intermediaries for CollectieveKracht in communicating with these collectives.