Active Young Citizens of Europe
The aim of the partnership is to encourage students to get a deeper insight into the culture and democratic system of their home country as well as other European countries. Researching the system of national and European government as well as the function of voluntary associations enables students to understand how they can play an active part as a European citizen and influence their own future at school, at work, in social and political life.
First Year of Partnership
In the first year of the partnership students will explore the different opportunities young people have to express their interests:
• The political structure of their home country and of the European Union
• Different associations of young people
• Voluntary Organizations e.g. Greenpeace
• In order to understand the attitudes of the other European people it is important to analyse the national identity of the participating countries.
Second Year of Partnership
In the second year students will visit the European Parliament and finally participate in a European Youth Parliament. They will discuss various possible issues and will choose a topic of concern to them which will be the subject of investigation in each country. They will draw up the agenda and finally some elected students will represent the views of the group in a plenary session of the European Youth Parliament. Their resolutions will be presented to Members of the European Parliament.
The problem addressed by this partnership is that a lot of young people do not know enough about the way the European Union works. Only some young people vote for the national or European Parliament.
In order to make young people participate effectively in the democratic process it is important that they play an active role in the partnership. They will explore how they can play a part as active citizens now and in later life through meetings with local, national and European elected representatives of different organizations. All partners will research the ways young people have to influence matters in their country, on the internet as well as with students visiting their national institutions. Representatives from each partner will visit other national institutions during the project meetings as well as the European Parliament and the partnership will culminate in a European Youth Parliament in April 2010.
The project activities include photos, presentations, reports and videos.
Photos
• Great Britain
• Czech Republic
• France
• Germany
Presentations
• Turkey
• Turkey and its political system
• The UK and its political system
• The German political system
• The German identity
• The Czech Republic and its political structure
• Sweden and its political system
• France and its political system
• History of the EU
• Benefits of the European Union
• How to play an active role in Europe
• Proposals for plenary session
Reports
2006/2007
• Great Britain
• Sweden
2009/2011
• Great Britain
• Czech Republic
• France
• Germany
Videos
| Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 |
| • Video 1 - 1 • Video 1 - 2 • Video 1 - 4 • Video 1 - 5 • Video 1 - 6 • Video 1 - 7 • Video 1 - 9 |
• Video 2 - 1 • Video 2 - 2 • Video 2 - 3 • Video 2 - 4 • Video 2 - 5 • Video 2 - 6 • Video 2 - 7 • Video 2 - 8 • Video 2 - 9 |
• Video 3 - 1 • Video 3 - 2 • Video 3 - 3 • Video 3 - 4 • Video 3 - 5 • Video 3 - 6 • Video 3 - 7 • Video 3 - 8 • Video 3 - 11 • Video 3 - 12 • Video 3 - 13 • Video 3 - 14 |
Handout of the resolutions to the member of the European Parliamant Birgit Sippel:
In this section you find reports on the project activities in various meetings at school, reports from the student magazine on the partnership and the project meetings and reports from the local press and radio and TV (e.g. Neue Westfälische, Herforder Kreisblatt, Radio Herford, WDR).
Newspaper article Great Britain
Student magazine Germany
Newspaper article Germany