ABSTRACT
Network meetings are often organized without much thought to what would be the wisest way of organizing them. Sometimes network meetings are identified with networking: cooperation calls for assembling a number of people in the same room. Network meetings are a special case of networking. Network meetings may wind up in frustrating shilly-shallying, instead of being the ground for new ideas and solutions. There is seldom an item "mutual relations" on the agenda of a network meeting. Identifying with the clients and being entangled in the interaction is essential for understanding. A responsible practitioner commits her/himself to providing high-quality services, and regulating one's tasks and stress load is an essential part of responsibility. When multi-stakeholder situations are discussed, the issue is also a binding force for each party with regard to the matter. If cooperation is planned, each party has to weigh up its own commitments.
