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This article reports on the conference "Engagement und Erwerbsarbeit," which was held in November 2007 in Berlin, Germany. The conference was sponsored by the Landesvertretung Nordrhein-Westfalen and the LandesEhrenamtsagentur Hessen. The conference discusses the opposition of civil engagement and gainful employment, although the relationship is much more complex. The results of a 2002 survey on the future of civil engagement focused on three criteria: volunteerism, unpaid and focused on the common good. Eckart Hildebrandt, Adalbert Evers and Richard Florida presented lectures at the conference.