Last December Arthur Meenks, Zina
Monteiro and Inge Arends participated in a Youth in Action training course that was held in Palermo around the
upcoming European elections the following year.
Within the training course we were taught about the
rising issues in Europe and the importance of voting. We also received tools to
increase the participation of European youth in the upcoming elections in May
2014.
One of our assignments was disseminating the knowledge
we gained during the Youth in Action Project.
Last semester one of the subjects within the Cultural
Social Work course programme (CMV) was Politics. We decided to take the
opportunity to arrange a debate and share our knowledge with our fellow
students.
First we gave a presentation on the different parties
within the European Parliament. After sharing these basic facts we addressed
current issues in Europe and debated on different views and perspectives. This
made it easier for students to decide which political point of view they
actually have. This was meant to support them to make a decision on how to vote
on the 22nd of May.
The last issue we raised during this debate was the
question ‘Are you going to vote on the 22nd of May?’ and to our surprise and
satisfaction everybody agreed on the importance of voting: mission completed!
The pictures shown here were shot during the training
course in Palermo.
As a more permanent outcome of the training course,
the team prepared a game-book, which is a free and easy to use tool for anyone
wishing to promote European civic responsibility or any other issues regarding
voting, participation or citizenship. Anyone wanting to find inspiration,
ideas, good practices, practical tools, knowledge, information, motivation,
have a look at the final handbook that can be downloaded here.
Feel free to share it as widely as you can, and why
not like the corresponding Facebook page to stay in touch with the team !
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