Reference Program: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Network of Towns
Thematic Networking of Twinned Towns – EUROPEAN CONFERENCES
Summary
The project “Youth Over Pandemic: A New Idea of Civic Participation for the
Future” is promoted by Union of Municipalities Valli del Patrì (Italy) with the aim to
create a thematic Network of Towns for raising awareness about priority matters
linked to the impact of COVID-19 on the future of EU by encouraging citizens, and
particularly young people, to participate actively by helping them, to find their place
in society and to contribute to build the new European Deal.
The project wants to strengthen a strong fruitful cooperation between partner from
Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia,
Malta, Sweden, Czech Republic, Spain, Latvia and Bulgaria, with a huge European
representativeness and a big geographical dimension.
The project will involve more than 635 direct and 600 indirect participants, allowing
them to meaningfully relate European policies to their social life and reality. Young
people are important catalysts for the future of our continent and are a vulnerable part
of societies in times of crisis.
The main objective of the project was to involve Municipalities, local realities and
CSOs, in a permanent consultation, which using effective, innovative and appropriate
tools and approaches. Each participant during the conferences scheduled in 6
different Events around EU, discussed together the priorities of the new CERV
Program, the main points of the European political agenda, animating the European
debate in relation to the Digital Era, Green Deal, Europe more powerful in the world.
The meetings were scheduled with the organization of public Agora, diffusion and
exchange of best practices, comparison, round table, case studies, permanent working
group and interactive workshops.
During the last meeting scheduled in Prague it was presented the results of the
permanent working group of the project summarized in a Final Dossier, in which
there are the ideas and suggestion collected.
The YoungEU project saw the creation of 6 itinerant conference sessions, during
which all the specific aspects of the topics covered were explored, developed and
discussed.
The first of the planned events took place in Malta from 15 to 18 March 2023,
followed by an event in Posesti/Bucharest (Romania) from 15 to 18 June 2023.
The third event was held in Italy from 20 to 23 September 2023, in the territory of the
Union of Patrì. In November from 22 to 25 in 2023, the fourth event was held in
Budapest and Holloko (Hungary). From 15 to 18 January 2024, the city of Zagreb in
Croatia was the venue for the realization of the 5th event.
From 21 to 24 April 2024 the YoungEU project was held in Prague (Czech Republic)
where the thematic conference sessions concluded.
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