EUROPE FOR EVERYONE:EUROPE FOR EVERYONE:Take the opportunity and get involved!Take the opportunity and get involved!

EUROPE FOR EVERYONE:EUROPE FOR EVERYONE:Take the opportunity and get involved!Take the opportunity and get involved!

Europe and EngagementEurope and Engagement16th of August 2012, Uzerche16th of August 2012, Uzerche

MORNING:MORNING:

1)1) Investigations’ comparisonInvestigations’ comparison

2)2) Individual experiencesIndividual experiences

3)3) The Ladder of Youth VoiceThe Ladder of Youth Voice

4)4) The River GameThe River Game

AFTERNOON:AFTERNOON:

5) EU History5) EU History, by Polish team, by Polish team

6) Game, 6) Game, by German teamby German team

1) Investigations’ comparison1) Investigations’ comparison

What does it mean to be involved?What does it mean to be involved?What does it bring?What does it bring?How can the youth get involved in the How can the youth get involved in the society?society?……

Democracy & ParticipationDemocracy & Participation

“Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.”

(The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art.21)art.21)

PARTICIPATIONPARTICIPATION

conventional non-conventional

Non organised initiative, individual or collective

Participative democracy (youth councils, neighborhood concils…)

Civil society participation(NGOs, political parties…)

Representative democracy(elections)

Legal protest actions (demonstration, strike, boycott, petition…)

Illegal protest actions (civil disobedience, violence, sit-in, GMO clearing…)

2) Individual experiences2) Individual experiences

3)3)

3) The River Game3) The River Game