Euroscepticism, understanding of Europe

About the project:
As part of the 60th anniversary of the signature and entry into force of the Rome Treaty, and the 20th anniversary of the Amsterdam Treaty, this project has as a goal the understanding of the reasons behind the euroscepticism and its impact in the construction of the European integration project and its future.
On the other hand, it also has as a goal to contribute to improve the understanding of the European Union, its history, promotion of the European Citizenship and identity as well as tolerance and understanding of the different European countries.

The Project aims to tackle these issues from a European perspective as well as from the national perspectives of the partners involved in the project. We aim to involucrate as well people from different nationalities who reside in the towns/cities of the project partners as European Volunteers, youth associations, local associations, etc.

Project structure:
Four transnational events between 2017 and 2019: One in each town/city involved in the project. Each one would be focused on different topics related to the main goal of the project. These transnational events would be preceded by several national preparatory activities/events (seminars/webinars, moocs, citizen participation online with participa.gijon.es, citizen dialogues, round tables, etc).

Potential partners:
We are looking for partners (Municipalities, local associations, ONGs, civil society organizations, Educational Centers, Universities, etc) who could involve and engage different kinds of citizens actively: citizens who take part in associations, who are part from different collectives, people who may be against the European Union or may have a low level of knowledge of it, people from under-represented groups and those with fewer opportunities.



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INSTITUTION Gijón City Council
TYPE OF INSTITUTION Other
CONTACT NAME Enrique Rodríguez Martín
CONTACT E-MAIL eirodriguez@gijon.es
COUNTRY Spain
NAME OF THE PROGRAMME Europe for Citizens / Networks of towns
PROJECT TOPIC Euroscepticism, understanding of Europe
WORKING LANGUAGE EN
EXPIRATION DATE 01.03.2017.
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