The Nantes Creative Generations Forum is inviting participants from Nantes and Europe to present their innovative and inspirational projects linked to citizenship and the notion of “living together”. Participants will have the opportunity to attend plenary sessions to present projects to other people and workshops, to discuss specific themes in small groups. Who can apply Associations, organisations and youth […]
Involving citizens to ensure better results in Cohesion Policy
The Commission decided to launch two new pilot actions to involve citizens more when rolling out cohesion projects on the ground. Aim The aim is to support active involvement of citizens and civil society organisations in the way the EU funds are planned, invested and monitored, to ultimately ensure better results. Under these pilot actions, […]
Eurobarometer: Europeans optimistic about EU situation
A new Eurobarometer survey released recently shows a strong increase in citizens’ positive perception of the European Union across the board – from the economy to the state of democracy. These are the best results since the June 2014 Eurobarometer survey conducted before the Juncker Commission took office. This latest Standard Eurobarometer survey was conducted […]
How can schools support the development of our democracies?
The last article issued by Eurydice tells us about the importance of democratic, respectful and committed dialogue, which, although not usual, is a key element in education for citizenship, speciallly if it is supported by schools. In many countries, political debate is becoming ever more polarised. Fuelled by amoral media seeking out scandal and dispute, […]