The Community Enterprise of the Municipality of Thessaloniki – KEDITH- invites you to participate in the international conference organized digitally in the framework of the implementation of the project “Be Active – Shape Europe” funded by the European Program Europe for Citizens. The conference will take place on Friday 12, Saturday 13, Sunday 14 and Monday 15 March 2021 with the representation of all partners and participants aged 15-30 years old.
Il progetto Be Active, Shape Europe!, che mira a promuovere la partecipazione dei giovani cittadini per permettere loro di contribuire alla vita politica e sociale, giunge al termine, con un momento di incontro e confronto online tra i partecipanti di tutti i Paesi coinvolti (Grecia, Italia, Regno Unito, Slovenia, Portogallo e Bulgaria).
Un’ottima opportunità per vivere un’esperienza internazionale e di scambio culturale, in un momento in cui la mobilità in Europa e i progetti di gruppo, purtroppo, subiscono limitazioni a causa dell’emergenza sanitaria.
Il workshop internazionale prenderà la forma di SIMULAZIONE DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO, e si svolgerà:
I partecipanti (di età compresa tra i 15 e i 30 anni) saranno divisi in gruppi, ognuno dei quali tratterà uno dei seguenti temi:
Al termine dei dibattiti, i partecipanti voteranno le decisioni finali.
Per iscriversi, è sufficiente inviare una mail a cinisellobalsamo@eurodesk.eu, indicando il proprio nome, cognome e data di nascita ENTRO MERCOLEDì 3 MARZO.
Sarete ricontattati per organizzare un momento di conoscenza tra partecipanti italiani e preparazione al workshop!
Per saperne di più sul progetto consulta il sito: http://beactive-shapeeurope.eu/
Per conoscere le attività già implementate: https://www.comune.cinisello-balsamo.mi.it/spip.php?rubrique3677
Call for Participants
“Be Active – Shape Europe” – Workshops and European Parliament Simulation
The Community Enterprise of the Municipality of Thessaloniki – KEDITH- invites you to participate in the international conference organized digitally in the framework of the implementation of the project “Be Active – Shape Europe” funded by the European Program Europe for Citizens.
The conference will take place on Friday 12, Saturday 13, Sunday 14 and Monday 15 March 2021 with the representation of all partners and participants aged 15-30 years old.
The working language of the conference is English.
The conference is implemented in two distinct events and its topic and subtopics are:
Topic
‘The rise of Euroscepticism in Europe VS European Elections’
Subtopics
– The new European Parliament: priorities and challenges of the new term
– Building the future of Europe focusing on green growth and the new green deal
– The European Citizenship and what EU should do to better reach its citizens
– Challenges of the EU’ s cohesion and solidarity: migration issue and financial crisis
– The Youth’ Voice in Europe, a reality or a utopia?
– Participatory democracy in the European Union
– Any other topic to be proposed by participants
The raise of Euroscepticism in Europe VS the European Elections
Your presence would greatly honor us.
For your registration, fill in the application form HERE ( https://base.life-events.gr/ )
For information contact: 2311 821722 (Ms. Olia Panagiotopoulou)
AGENDA
Schedule of the Activities (time in CET)
Friday 12 March 2021
16:00 – 17:30 Workshop Session 1
17:30 – 18:00 Short Break
18:00 – 20:00 Workshop Session 2
Saturday 13 March 2021
11:00 – 13:00 Simulation Session 1
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Simulation Session 2
Sunday 14 March 2021
11:00 – 13:00 Simulation Session 3
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Simulation Session 4
Monday 15 March 2021
16:00 – 17:30 Workshop Session 3
17:30 – 18:00 Short Break
18:00 – 19:00 Workshop Session 4
19:00 – 20:00 Closing of the Activities and the Project
Funded by the Europe Union through the Europe for Citizens Fund the Young Mayor Team are part of a project called Be Active Shape Europe. It is a partnership led by an organisation called Kedith in Thessalonikki in Greece. The other partners are Santa Maria da Feira in Portugal who we do lots of work with, Association” Varna – European Youth Capital” in Bulgaria, Mladinski Cultural Center, Maribor in Slovenia and Comune di Cinisello Blasamo in Italy.
The project started last year and so far we have take part in the first two activities heree in Lewisham. Which has meant organising a”structured dialogue” meeting and a National workshop, inviting young people to participate, identify issues and how then to share those and negotiate with politicians and policy makers, locally nationally and in Europe. The Young Mayor Team work closely with local politicians so this was an opportunity to see how to widen that influence into Europe. It was also an opportunity to learn more about Europe and specifically think about the UKs position in terms of Brexit and what that might mean. Schools were invited to participate, the events took place on 10th May 2019 and the 3rd February 2020 at the Civic Suite in Catford.
Main Objective: Enhance young citizens’ participation so they can contribute to society and political life, and learn about the experiences of others in different European countries
Activities:
The final two elements of the project have been postponed because of Covid 19 but are an opportunity for older young people (18-30) who have been involved to travel and meet their peers from the other participating countries, share their ideas and experiences, build soildarity and understanding. For more information please get in touch.
For more details contact Katy Brown, Advisor to the Young Mayor, Young Mayor Team, London Borough of Lewisham,1st Floor, Laurence House, Catford, London, UK SE6 4UT
T:02083146313 M:0957198312
www.lewisham.gov.uk
Published also in: https://www.lewishamyoungmayor.com/post/be-active-shape-europe-project
A Structured dialogue between young people and professionals was held in Varna over the past weekend on March 7-8.
Young people from the age of sixteen to thirty from all over Bulgaria attended to the event, including workers, students, and doctoral students.
All of them had the opportunity to exchange the information with the guest speaker, the executive director of Varna-European Youth Capital Sergey Petrov , and the Deputy Minister of Education Mr. P.Nikolov.
In a few words, the moderator of the discussion S.Petrov reminded the participants how important it is to overcome the distance between the young people and the decision-makers.
The participants got acquitted with the diagram of Tony Karrer-Four L Model, as well as the ladder of participation, where everyone determined exactly where is on it.
The Deputy Minister of Education shared more about civic education and answered the questions that interested the young people. The discussion then focused on what youngsters can be more active in.
According to all participants, at the end of the first day, it became clear that much higher activity is needed on their part.
During the second day of the workshop, the young people expressed the pros and cons on various topics related to the youth, authorities, stakeholders, and communities. They finished with reports on coping with the problems.
At the end of the day, they created a “bubble” symbolizing their belonging to the society they have created in recent days.
The meeting finished with thanks to the representatives of the municipality of Varna and The Ministry of Education and Science for the open dialogue.
The Meeting-discussion took place within the international project “Be Active, Shape Europe”, funded by “Europe for Citizens”.
Metting Agenda
The Structured dialogue was realized within the framework of the international project “Be active, Shape Europe” funded by “Europe for Citizens”. Partners are organizations from a total 6 EU countries. The project is intended to provoke interest in issues related to our common European home and involve a total 440 young people in six countries.