Dialog with EU - The voices of the European citizens

Romanian Society for Lifelong Learning

Dialog with EU - The voices of the European citizens

Presentation of the project

162826-EFC-1-2009-1-RO-EFC-CP


The project aims

Project start date: 01 /01 /2010 Project end date: 31 /12/2010

This project aims thus at empowering citizens with the necessary knowledge and civic competences to express their opinions on issues like the European integration process or the EU policies and their impact by involving them in a series of activities where they will learn what mechanisms the EU makes available for them to give their opinions (forums, opinion polls, etc.).

This will be achieved by means: 30 national seminars (6 in each of the 5 partner countries) 3 international conferences 2 national conferences


PARTNERS

1. Societatea Romana pentru Educatie Permanenta (Romanian Soiety for Lifelong Learning) - coordinators

2. Ballybeen Women’s Centre

3. Institut Arbeit und Technik, FH Gelsenkirchen

4. Kendro Merimnas Oikoyenias kai Pediou

5. AKLUB Centrum vzdělávání a poradenství


Workpackages

1. Project management

2. Start-up phase

3. Needs analysis at the level of the target groups

4. Preparation of awareness raising activities

5. Implementation of the awareness raising activities (6 in each country)

6. Preparation and implementation national and international conferences

7. Production of project deliverables

8. Dissemination and valorisation of the project


The main results


1. Needs analysis report

It will be developed after collecting the 5 reports developed on the 5 target groups. The report of the analysis will contain similarities and differences in the 5 analyses.


2. 30 Awareness raising activities (1)

6 in each of the 5 partner countries

to make the citizens familiar with the institutions and policies of the EU, but also with the means they have at their disposal to express their opinions and send their points of view to the politicians at European level.

At the same time they will be familiarized with the online interaction tools: forums, websites, platforms, blogs, as well as with useful Internet addresses where they can express their opinions.

Target group: citizens of different ages and professions

Many of these activities will take place in disadvantaged areas it is known that the access to information is restricted for the citizens living there (villages, economically and socially disadvantaged areas, etc.).


30 Awareness raising activities (2)

The main themes covered by these activities will be: European values, European culture and diversity, European policies, the role of active citizenship, the role of informal education for European citizenship, etc.

The themes will be better outlined after the needs analysis when the strategy will be defined according to the needs of each country.


3. National and international conferences

The national and international conferences will include round table debates that represent other mechanisms to allow citizens to express their opinions and presentation of papers on the themes of the conference.

National conferences:Belfast, UK – may 2010Krnov, Czech Republic – september 2010

International conferences:Athens, Greece – february 2010Gelsenkirchen, Germany – june 2010Bucharest, Romania – november 2010


Themes of the conferencesConference 1: European policies European Union: past and perspectives Active citizenship: realities and desiderata The role of informal education in the European society

Conference 2: The European Constitution – A challenge between past and Future European values European diversity: an advantage or a disadvantage? The role of informal education in the European society

Conference 3: Intercultural dialog European projects for disadvantaged citizens Volunteering actions: involvement and results European institutions and citizens


4. Conference CD

5 CDs of the conferences will contain all the materials presented during the conferences and it will represent itself a useful material for those interested in the themes of the conferences.


5. Booklet of the project (EN, DE, GR, RO, CZ)

it will contain the relevant opinions of the participants in the

5 conferences, the good practices that happened during the

project implementation.

Copies of the booklet will be distributed during the

dissemination events, national and international conferences,

but also after the end of the project, as good practices.


6. The website of the project (EN, DE, GR, RO, CZ)

The website of the project has as target group the large

public. It will contain information on: the theme of the

project and the target groups, objectives, products and

results, but also other interesting information for the

target group and large public.


7. CD of the project

• It will comprise the positive experiences and opinions of the participants during the events organized in the project in order to be able to share good practices in relation to the theme and activities of the project.

• The CD will be developed in a friendly and interesting format for professionals but also for the target group.

Dialog with EU - The voices of the European citizens

Documents

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