Democratic and civic participation at European Union level

About the organisation:
SPES Zukunftsakademie (SPES future academy) is a non-profit / non-governmental organization and adult education center.
SPES activities are aiming to the benefit of today’s and future generations. Four SPES project teams are working on potential areas of conflict in our society and want to guarantee a good quality of life:
1) Family and generation academy
• Target groups: children, youths, families, migrants, elderly people
2) Rural and municipality development
• Target groups: municipals, regions, citizens, decision makers
3) Sustainable business and management
• Target groups: companies, employees, personnel development
4) Labour foundation
• Target groups: companies, unemployed, jobseekers

More information about the organisation: http://www.spes.co.at

About the project:
“EUROPEAN ACADEMY FOR CIVIL ENCOURAGE” (EnCourAge): awareness raising for and activating of European citizens for democratic and civic participation at European Union level.

The project shall remind the European citizens of their ability and responsibility to seize the opportunities of using their rights within the EU – the right to vote, the right of free speech etc.

The main activities – besides scientific research - will be various events and appearances to raise awareness and activate citizens, but also to create data for exhibitions taking place at the end of the project period.

“EnCourAge’s” output will be the foundation of the “EUROPEAN ACADEMY FOR CIVIL COURAGE”, who has the requirement to study mechanisms of resistiveness and civil courage in Europa.

Role of the partner organization in the project:
Scientific: definition of “civil resistiveness”, study best practices Practice: “Booth of resistance” action and regional events Organizational: building up a network structure.



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INSTITUTION SPES future academy GmbH
TYPE OF INSTITUTION Non-profit association
CONTACT NAME Mr. Bernhard Zehetgruber
CONTACT E-MAIL zehetgruber@spes.co.at
COUNTRY Austria
NAME OF THE PROGRAMME Europe for Citizens / Civil society projects
PROJECT TOPIC Democratic and civic participation at European Union level
WORKING LANGUAGE EN
EXPIRATION DATE 28.02.2017.
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