What's the phone number for Europe..?

The UK has the best civil society in the world and is something I think we should be looking to export. But it is messy. And many people would prefer it to be easier to understand, work with and buy in. A colleague of mine summed this up nicely by saying:

"What's the phone number for Europe?
Asking me how something is done in the voluntary and community sector is like asking for the phone number to Europe.."

So I know thing need to simply and merge, but we need to be careful not to lose the diversity, independence and ownership of the third sector that has makes it the best in the world - something that you could never plan or build..