(Erasmus+) Youth in Action
“Youth want to know about the EU!”
01/05/2013 – 20/10/2013
“Youth want to know about the EU!” was an 8 days long training course, that was held in Selce, Croatia from 20th till 28th June 2013 and had gathered 24 participants from 8 partners from 8 countries: Croatia, United Kingdom, Estonia, Turkey, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia and FYR Macedonia.
24 participants were sharing, exploring, discussing and learning about following topics: EU and our communities, History of the EU, EU institutions, Basics of the EU politics and legal system, EU member and (potential) candidate status, Qualities of our youth work on local level and on European level, Europe for Citizens programme, new perspective and methods in the Youth programme of the EU from 2014 and also had a chance to develop their own project ideas and new partnerships.
This were objectives of the project:
- To share experience – realities and activities – regarding the public awareness of the EU in their communities and about the level of the EU values and policies influence their communities
- To discuss the history of the European Union and the need for its existence
- To get overview of basics of EU politics and its legal system: EU law and treaties, principles of subsidiarity and open method of coordination, constitutional nature of the EU, Fundamental rights and values of the EU, monetary union (Eurozone)
- To explore and raise awareness of the EU institutions: the European Commission, the Council of the EU, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the EU, and the European Central Bank
- To discuss the how being a member of the EU or being a (potential) candidate influences their countries and communities that they came from
- To discuss qualities of our youth work on local level and on European level, especially in relation to the connection to the EU
- To understand how and what makes quality education for EU citizenship in our youth work
- To introduce the Europe for Citizens programme and “Erasmus+” and the new perspective and methods in the Youth programme of the EU from 2014 and to encourage the development of new projects and future European level cooperation among participating organizations
The training course followed the non-formal education approach, principles and methods and was based on participants’ experience and exchange and a combination of different creative, participatory and interactive methods were used within it.
The amount of the grant for this project was: 17 324,38 euros.