The side issue is that they also provide a platform for debate.
"This report aims to improve that understanding and provide a platform for debate in the coming years.
Whilst we share insights that would be of interest to the academic community, our goal is to provide a platform for debate and discussion for academic and industry practitioners, particularly those within the engineering urban rail transit community.
The focus group was conducted first to provide a platform for debate and discussion on the outcome of the team project; the facilitator (S.T).
A strategy to advocate and disseminate appropriate knowledge - throughout the life of the process - would serve several objectives such as sharing of information, encouraging accountability, supporting a system for tracking, providing a platform for debate and attracting the research community.
The aim of this paper is, therefore, to provide a platform for debate that should lead to a more comprehensive understanding of what a Citizens' Observatory is, and how it can support environmental research and governance.
It will provide a platform for debate with MEPs, the leaders of the 'Right2Water' initiative and representatives of the European Commission.
Friday saw the end of the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm which, as always, provided a platform for exchanging ideas, debating new concepts and providing the opportunity for like-minded organisations to creatively collaborate.
Rather, this issue provided a platform for one of the key debates in migration studies but also in the public and political sphere more generally.
Additionally, it provided a platform for what might be termed a spirited, enduring, and enlightening albeit occasionally frustrating rounds of debate on a broad range of questions.
In these examples the CAB provided a platform for the research team to bring ethical concerns emerging in the field to the CAB for comment and debate.
