At the European Parliament elections in 2014, citizens are going to demonstrate by the way they vote and participate, how much trust they (still) have in the future viability of a European democracy. Citizenship education is particularly in demand in this context. In the practice-based workshop new interactive tools of citizenship education will be presented in order to ask: How is citizenship education across Europe accompanying the elections to the European Parliament? What practical approaches for voter empowerment and citizens’ participation does exist in general? What role will tools such as Vote Match Europe as a transnational accompaniment to European election campaigns play? In addition, there will be a discussion on the necessary framework conditions for citizenship education in order to ensure that successful work is done in this area.
Input
Interner Link: Diego Garzia, European University Institute (Italy)
Interner Link: René Cuperus, Wiardi Beckman Stichting (the Netherlands)
Project Presentation
"League of Young Voters in Europe/ MyVote2014"
The League of Young Voters in Europe is a politically neutral initiative designed by young people, for young people that aims to inform young people about the upcoming European elections and what issues are at stake for them, but also aims to push political parties and candidates to tackle youth issues during their election campaign and produce youth friendly information. The League exists at European level as well as having national branches that organise local activities in each EU member state.
Jennifer de Nijs, League of Young Voters in Europe (Belgium)
Introduction & Moderation: Petr Cap, Civic Education Center (Czech Republic)
Rapporteur: Interner Link: Anna Samel, University of Warsaw (Poland)