My Elections - My EU!
▶Summary
Objectives The main goal is to empower active European citizenship and civic engagement by promoting the participation in the 2024 elections to the EP and promote critical debate on hot topics of the EU elections. Through artistic methods young people will increase their creative and journalistic skills, raise their self-esteem and be empowered to voice and express their political demands and views on the hot topics climate crisis and migration to their new representatives in Brussels. Activities My Elections - My EU! implements creative Youth Workshops on local, national and EU level (EU level workshops on hot topics migration & climate crisis at hot spots Lampedusa-Italy and Zicksee-Austria) critically reflecting on European election programmes and developing own youth demands through creative expression. These will be presented in a political art performance and a youth roundtable in the newly elected European Parliament. A digital toolkit will make project methods widely available. Impact Young participants will have gained knowledge, creative and active citizenship experience and self-esteem and engage actively in the European elections and convince their peers. The young voters have expressed their views to their newly elected MEPs+EC. Youth workers and artists will be equipped with easily applicable methods on active citizenship and creative means of expression around the European elections, EU values and youth participation through the digital toolkit and multiplier events. Link to project card: Show project card The content of this page is published for information purposes only. The project was funded by the European Union. However, the communication about the project that is published through this page expresses the views of the project beneficiaries only and it does not represent the views of the European Union or the European Commission. It shall not be deemed to constitute legal or official notice on behalf of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for this content nor the use thereof made by any third parties. Page 2 of 2