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IDEA-C Project – Europe for Citizens

Coordinator: Comune di Geraci Siculo and Eprojectconsult

Website: http://idea-c.weebly.com/

Partners:

· Comune di Geraci Siculo - Italy

· Eprojectconsult - Istituto Europeo di Formazione e ricerca - Italy

· UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS RESEARCH CENTER - Greece

· Zwiazek Stowarzyszen MULTIKULTURA - Poland

· Mediter - Réseau Euro-Méditerranéen pour la Coopération a.i.s. – Belgium

· E-Juniors – France

· M2C Institut fur angewandte Medienforschung GmbH – Germany

· Kistarcsa Város Önkormányzata – Hungary

· Know and Can Association – Bulgaria

· ZNANSTVENORAZISKOVALNI CENTER SLOVENSKE AKADEMIJE ZNANOSTI IN – Slovenia

· FUNDACION UNIVERSITARIA SAN ANTONIO DE CARTAGENA – Spain

· SA Noored Teaduses ja Ettevõtluses – Estonia

· OLDHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL – United Kingdom

Summary:

Considered the alarmingly low turnout rate in EU elections in some countries where voting is not compulsory and the democratic deficit it causes across Europe, the present project aims to restore electoral faith among EU citizens.

It will address the three main causes for low electoral participation found in collaboration with the project partners:

- lack of interest and knowledge of the democratic workings of the EU

- mistrust towards EU institutions

- lack of sense of belonging to Europe.

IDEA-C will consist of 13 local workshops organised by each partner organization + 4 International events.

Outputs:

1. Creation of 1 web platform
2. Attendance to the 4 international meetings
3. Selection of 8 national experts
4. 13 local workshops, 1 per country organization
   Workshop in France
5. 1 documentary, final product of dissemination
   
   

    Link on facebook

   Meetings:

   1st Meeting: Geraci Siculo, Italy

   13-16 November 2014

   Presentation of E-Juniors

   Minutes of the meeting

   2nd Meeting:  Budapest, Hungary

   21-23 May 2015

   Minutes

   Photos

   3rd Meeting: Bremen, Germany

   17 July 2015

   Minutes

   4th Meeting: Krakow, Poland

   12-14 February 2016

   Kick-off meeting in Geraci Siculo, 14-15 November 2014 – Sicily (Italy)

   

   
   
   The project «Inter-cultural Dimension for European Active Citizenship – Idea C»was funded with the support of the European Union under the Programme "Europe for Citizens"

   Applicable to the Strand 2 – Measure 2.2"Networks of Towns"
   4 events have been carried out within this project:
   
   Event 1
   Participation: The eventinvolved103citizens, including 31participants fromthe city ofBrussels (Belgium), GeraciSiculo(Italy), participants fromthe city ofBremen (Germany),participants fromthe city ofKrakow (Poland),participants fromthe city ofMurcia (Spain),participants fromthe city ofKistarcsa (Hungary),participants fromthe city ofTallin (Estonia),participants fromthe city ofParis (France),participants fromthe city ofPiraeus (Greece),participants fromthe city ofOldham (Uk),participants fromthe city ofLjubljana (Slovenia),participants fromthe city ofLisbon (Portugal),participants fromthe city ofSofia (Bulgaria).

   Location/ Dates: The event took place inGeraciSiculo, (Italy), from 13/11/2014 to 16/11/2014

   Short description: The aim of the event was:
   - To make an Introduction to the project;
   - To make a presentation of the partnership: each partner presented its institution;
   - To arrange a press conference with local stakeholders
   - To define the structure of the national workshops
   - To instruct all the partners about how the web platform works
   - To visit the Muserbach and spend some free time with local citizens
   - To share opinion about the concept of democracy in its country
   - Technical session aboutimportance of civic participation at EU level; the motivational issue as to why electors should engage themselves;the concept of democracy;the way how politics affects our everyday life (use of concrete examples);the misconception that it is useless to go to the polls.

   Event 2
   Participation: The event involved 113citizens, including 34participants fromthe city ofBrussels (Belgium), GeraciSiculo(Italy), participants fromthe city ofBremen (Germany), participants fromthe city ofKrakow (Poland), participants fromthe city ofMurcia (Spain), participants fromthe city ofKistarcsa (Hungary), participants fromthe city ofTallin (Estonia), participants fromthe city ofParis (France), participants fromthe city ofPiraeus (Greece), participants fromthe city ofOldham (Uk), participants fromthe city ofLjubljana (Slovenia), participants fromthe city ofLisbon (Portugal), participants fromthe city ofSofia (Bulgaria).

   Location/ Dates: The event took place inBudapest (Hungary), from 21/05/2015 to 23/05/2015

   Short description: The aim of the event was to focus on the democratic workings of the EU. Conferences were held in Hungary, presenting among others the different modes of civic participation (e.g. voting), how the EP works and how its electoral processes influence how the EU is run.
   Type of activity run
   1)press conference
   2)introductive discussion
   3)conferences
   4)round table
   5)session about the dissemination
   6) session about project documentation
   7) evaluation

   Event 3
   Participation: The event involved 87citizens, including 27participants fromthe city ofBrussels (Belgium), GeraciSiculo(Italy), participants fromthe city ofBremen (Germany), participants fromthe city ofKrakow (Poland), participants fromthe city ofMurcia (Spain), participants fromthe city ofKistarcsa (Hungary), participants fromthe city ofTallin (Estonia), participants fromthe city ofParis (France), participants fromthe city ofPiraeus (Greece), participants fromthe city ofOldham (Uk), participants fromthe city ofLjubljana (Slovenia), participants fromthe city ofLisbon (Portugal), participants fromthe city ofSofia (Bulgaria).

   Location/ Dates: The event took place inBremen (Germany), from 18/07/2015 to 18/07/2015

   Short description: The aim of the event wasto reach:
   - Stronger insights into the current EU issues related to everyday life
   - Greater openness towards intercultural dimensions and diversity
   - Knowledge of democratic tools and influence over e.g. the EP
   - Knowledge about European dimensions and policies
   - Greater encouragement of civic participation through creative format of the event
   - Greater dissemination of the results through artistic expression

   Event 4
   Participation: The event involved 155citizens, including 51 participants fromthe city ofBrussels (Belgium), GeraciSiculo(Italy), participants fromthe city ofBremen (Germany), participants fromthe city ofKrakow (Poland), participants fromthe city ofMurcia (Spain), participants fromthe city ofKistarcsa (Hungary), participants fromthe city ofTallin (Estonia), participants fromthe city ofParis (France), participants fromthe city ofPiraeus (Greece), participants fromthe city ofOldham (Uk), participants fromthe city ofLjubljana (Slovenia), participants fromthe city ofLisbon (Portugal), participants fromthe city ofSofia (Bulgaria).

   Location/ Dates: The event took place inCracow (Poland), from 12/02/2016 to 14/02/2016

   Short description: The aim of the event was to end with a mediating event during which participants discussed about a first draft of a documentary about the project which was then used as dissemination tool. An informative session about the web platform featuring e.g. educational games promoting civic and democratic participation was held. Interactive game involved a great audience of citizens. Finally a round table for the partners focused on project results and follow up measures to tackle.