Lockdown Dialogues underlined conflicting experiences of the crisis year

Since April 2020, people have met each other in the Lockdown Dialogues organised in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The discussion series coordinated by the dialogue Academy, the Timeout Foundation, the Ministry of Justice, Sitra and the Ministry of Finance consisted of 232 dialogues, nine discussion days in different parts of Finland and the world. More than 1,600 people from different age groups and professions participated in the discussions. The Lockdown Dialogues were organised by nearly 100 actors from all corners of society: NGOs, municipalities, ministries, religious communities, companies and individual citizens.