Civil Society 2.0 aims to use social networks and online collaboration to transform hierarchical political structures into a model that empowers citizens. It proposes building a "Virtual House" citizen engagement platform that acts as a one stop shop for citizens to get answers to key questions and help mobilize around European issues. The platform would be open, collaborative, flexible and simple to use. It advocates starting small by focusing on answering questions and mobilization, with the goal of being transparent and putting citizens in the driver's seat of political change.