A jour-fixe means a recurring meeting, i.e. a gathering of a group of people set to repeat regularly on a specific date.

The purpose of the jour-fixe gatherings organized within the framework of the Second Opinion Network is to maintain regular contact with and communication among the subscribers who share a common interest or feature.

Our jour-fixe gatherings will usually be related to a particular topic, location or a group of subscribers.

Jour-fixe gatherings are organized on a regular basis and are attended, in principle, by the same group of participants. The purpose is to meet regularly and exchange opinions and ideas. Jour-fixe gatherings organized within the framework of the Second Opinion Network tend to include a small group of people, i.e. the number of participants is usually limited. It is an interactive event, i.e. all participants are allowed to join the discussion.

A meeting is not characterized by regularity. It can be a one-time or a recurring event. The purpose of a meeting is acquisition of new knowledge. The topics change and the number of participants is, in principle, unlimited. The meeting format depends on the number of participants. If the number of participants is large, such meeting is called a lecture. Although interactive participation is possible, it may be limited.

The number of events that you can attend depends on the selected subscription package.

It is possible to arrange participation beyond the package limit.

Translations and interpretations ensure a level playing field for all participants to the OpinioNet, regardless of the knowledge of foreign languages!

In other words, you can pose a question in Croatian and read or listen to the answer provided by foreign professionals in Croatian as well.

Yes. The questions, however, must be posed anonymously to protect your privacy (havatar). The answers to individual questions will be included in the scope of a particular event format (a jour-fixe gathering or a meeting).

The OpinioNet is not a forum and does not envisage the creation of a database with individual questions and answers. The announcements are easy to follow, and you will know when to expect the answer to the question you posed.

The Organizer will not assume the obligation to answer all the questions posed!

The categories and topics are defined within the 10 areas of activity covered by the OpinioNet. All OpinioNet participants are invited to propose topics!

The jour-fixe schedule includes gatherings allowing a limited number of participants and those at which the number of participants is not limited. Possibilities of participation, including the number of participants, will be announced in advance. Different subscription packages come with different event access possibilities.

Yes. For a topic proposal to be accepted and processed, the proponent must provide arguments for the need to cover the relevant topic and state the purpose of the proposal. The Organizer will not assume the obligation to realize all topic proposals.

Your subscription includes certain translation services. It is envisaged, however, that most jour-fixe gatherings be held in one language! If the introductory lecture is in a foreign language, we will try to provide translation in a suitable format.

Our webpages are located on servers in Linz (World4You) and Salzburg (Easyname). Both companies have protection systems, and from 2013, when we started being active online in Austria, until today we have had no incidents whatsoever in the field of data protection. All our webpages integrate licensed software and protection programs which are updated daily.

All users of our webpages are subject to our Data Protection Policy. The subscribers who select the anonymity option may choose that their data be exclusively stored on an external hard disc kept in a safe.

The OpinioNet serves to support families whose members live far away from one another and deals with the impact and consequences of illness and old age within families and the interactions between families and institutions!

Apart from the medical staff (physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, lab workers, caretakers, etc.) and professions closely related to health (pharmacists, psychologists, nutritionists, etc.), real life includes numerous other professionals – translators/interpreters and mediators, tax advisors and accountants, architects/designers and engineers, service providers/handymen of various profiles, lawyers and notaries, social workers and public servants. Cleaning staff and neighbors who are at hand and ready to help are unjustifiably named at the end of the list. They, in fact, have a key role. We will therefore devote particular attention and program sections to them!

It is impossible to list all situations, i.e. all professionals for which the need may arise during one’s lifetime. We have no intention of providing a comprehensive list of professionals, but we will maintain on our website a list of professionals already within our network, and we will update it to include the newly hired ones.

Online and live communication channels allow a simple and quick access to our network and services of various professionals in more than 20 countries!

No. Subscription covers the use of contents in Croatian, German and English. Subscribers to regular programs can use any of the programs in any of the available languages.

Requests for special translations are possible, and will be approved or rejected according to the circumstances of the case.

The Organizer will not assume the obligation to post contents in all languages!

Havatar is a word created as a combination of the words health (a person’s mental or physical condition) and avatar (a graphical representation of a user hiding his true identity applied in the IT world).

In preparing the OpinioNet, we have devoted particular attention to protection of personal information and identity of our subscribers.

Havatar is an e-mail address with the health-benefits domain which is generated once and exclusively for each user. It allows the user to log into all programs anonymously. Subscribers reveal their true identities only if they wish to do so.

The innovative identity protection method (Havatar) allows the subscribers to choose the option to participate in communication completely anonymously.