Active EUcitizens: Think Global, Act local is a pilot project that brings together towns and municipalities from 5 EU countries (Romania, Spain, Italy, Greece and Poland), that share the same goal to better involve their citizens in the life of the community while creating a sustainable strategy for cooperation and exchange of good practices at EU level. The project aims to enhance direct contact between citizens and authorities from the consortium countries, perform exchange of good practices, trans-national brainstorming and consultation process, in order to reinforce the feeling of belonging and awareness to the European family.
The project will be implemented over an 18-months period and consists of 3 strategic steps:
- Small-scale citizens consultations and data gathering
- Common long-term strategy for citizens’ involvement in communities’ directions and EU cooperation.
- Pilot transnational activity: Active EUcitizens: Think Global, Act local
Our project is fully aligned with the general objectives of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), Network of Towns window, since our planned activities under the Working Packages strongly support the international cooperation between citizens of the consortium partners, will create a framework opened to debates and ideas, and will ultimately put together a clear strategy for citizens’ involvement in communities’ directions and EU cooperation.
PROJECT BRIEF:
Project area: Increasing and better involvement of citizens in the life of local self-government communities
Project scope: European or transnational
Duration: 18 months
The role of STG ERB: partner with own budget
Project budget: EUR 168,000.00
STG ERB budget: EUR 52,855.00
Co-financing rate: 100%
Project consortium: 5 partners from PL, RU, IT, ES, GR
Involved actors: Town and Commune of Tolkmicko
The SB YCGN project addresses the low participation of local actors in the South Baltic Region and their need for capacity building. By bringing together newly arrived local authorities, in cooperation with universities, NGOs and youth, the project aims to show the benefits of soft cross-border cooperation in solving common problems in the field of low cooperation. The umbrella organization, which is the Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic, which is part of the Euroregion Bałltic, will facilitate and will be an impulse for networking in the field of youth and involving new actors in internationalization. A YCG network will be established in 4 South Baltic countries. The main goal of the project is to increase cross-border cooperation that results in building the potential of local actors working with citizens.
The aim of the project is:
- strengthening cross-border cooperation, capacities and competences of local authorities and their representatives,
- engaging in civic dialogue with young people, thereby increasing citizen participation,
- exchange of experience and knowledge between partners,
- disseminating innovative project proposals and experiences,
- analysis, reflection on the future of youth participation in the Baltic Sea Region.
YCGN aims to broaden the knowledge of all stakeholders - partner cities together with the university network will conduct a joint survey among local actors in order to identify their needs and problems, providing comparable data. It is a form of sharing good practices (development and implementation of a survey in CaSYPoT). In addition, it will lead to the creation of joint knowledge-based youth modelling processes, enabling local authorities to involve young people in decision-making. YCGN will result in a new quality of the network that will promote the exchange of information on local, national and international levels, contribute to building leadership, fostering civic engagement and create opportunities to see and understand youth issues in a wider context. Finally, it activates the mutual learning process and establishes a common understanding of the entire participatory process at the international level through a practical campaign in 4 countries.
PROJECT BRIEF:
Project closed: in 2021
Project area: Youth, civic participation; innovative local government
The role of STG ERB: project leader
Co-financing rate: 85%
Project budget: 563.526,37 EUR
Budget of STG ERB: 129.000,00 EUR
Project consortium: It consists of 9 partners and 6 associate partners from PL, LT, DK, SE