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Programme: Europe for Citizens
Identifier: 615496-CITIZ-1-2019-2-BG-CITIZ-NT
Title: EUROPEAN ACADEMY NETWORK - ENCOURAGING DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION AT EU LEVEL
Summary
The project “European Academy Network. Encouraging democratic participation at EU level” (EAN) was implemented in the years 2020-2022 thanks to the funding of the EfC Programme. The aim of EAN was to provide European local and regional policy makers, associations and citizens with tools that will support their informed civic and political participation at EU level. The European Academy Network connected 14 towns and organisations across Europe willing to participate in a series of international events where they took part in various policy training modules (such as: simulation games of EU institutions, workshops, facilitated discussions, working groups, multiplier activities) which allowed them to better understand procedures and standards that constitute the European Union and the fundamentals of the EU citizenship. The project allowed different groups in the European community to personally engage in the policy processes which are the core of the Union, as well as — through the simulations — to internalize democratic values and standards that unite the EU. Project activities took place between March 2020 and June 2022, involving 14 partners from 13 countries — Bulgaria, Latvia, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Malta and Portugal, as well as from Montenegro. The 5 international events took place in Bulgaria, Belgium, Portugal and Poland, face-to-face, online and in a hybrid format. The Network exchanged good practices on how local policy makers and citizens can “address the EU“ and participate in its making (transnational activism, intercultural dialogue, support to the European Citizens Initiatives, getting in touch with members of the Committee of the Regions and the EP, etc.). The project participants actively contributed to the programme of the international events, as well as to the external communication about the project and to its dissemination at the local and European levels. Last but not least - they provided the core inputs to the design of the final project publication: "Toolkit - a Set of Practical Tools and Recommendations from a Network of Towns from 13 European Countries", available on the project website (https://europeanacademynet.wixsite.com/home). All these activities focused on raising awareness about democracy in partners’ municipalities and countries, and in the EU as a whole as they involved over 900 participants. In the final evaluation conducted in May and June 2022, over 93% participants said that the project has impacted their understanding of the EU, its diversity and values to a good or a very good extent.
Start Date: 02-03-2020
End Date: 01-06-2022
Duration in months: 28
Total Budget: 148680
Details
Year (Call): 2019
Country: 20000841 20000832 20000883 20000986 20000911 20000922 20000960 20000990 20000913 20001058 20001004 20000946
Activity: Strand2: Democratic engagement and civic participation
Sub-Activity: Networks of towns
Coordinator
Organisation: OBSHTINA VELIKO TARNOVO
Address: MAIKA BULGARIA SQUARE 2
Postal Code: 5000
City: VELIKO TURNOVO
Country:
Region: Bulgaria Extra-Regio NUTS 3
Organisation type: Local Public body
PIC: 898818879
INSTITUT DER REGIONEN EUROPAS (IRE)
Address: NONNTALER HAUPTSTRASSE 58, 1ST FLOOR
Postal Code: 5020
Region: Salzburg
City: SALZBURG
PIC: 949678307
SOCIALAS INOVACIJAS CENTRS
Address: UPESLEJAS DAUGMALE
Postal Code: 2124
Region: Pierīga
City: DAUGMALES PAGASTS KEKAVAS NOVADS
PIC: 943231881
AYUNTAMIENTO DE LA PALMA DEL CONDADO
Address: PLAZA DE ESPANA 14
Postal Code: 21700
Region: Andalucía
City: LA PALMA DEL CONDADO
PIC: 938532522
SZODLIGET NAGYKOZSEG ONKORMANYZATA
Address: SZT ISTVAN UTCA 34 36
Postal Code: 2133
Region: Hungary Extra-Regio NUTS 3
City: SZODLIGET
PIC: 938502452
MUNICIPIO DE TORRES NOVAS
Address: RUA GENERAL ANTONIO CESAR
Postal Code: 2350-421
Region: Portugal Extra-Regio NUTS 2
City: TORRES NOVAS
PIC: 945141520
AGENCIJA ZA RURALNI RAZVOJ ZADARSKEZUPANIJE AGGRA
Address: ULICA IVANA MAZURANICA 28A
Postal Code: 23000
Region: Croatia Extra-Regio
City: ZADAR
PIC: 939978695
LUQA LOCAL COUNCIL
Address: CIVIC CENTRE, 174, NEW STREET
Postal Code: LQA 1558
Region: Malta
City: LUQA
PIC: 917821858
COMUNE DI SOVERIA MANNELLI
Address: VIA DOTT. CIMINO, SNC
Postal Code: 88049
Region: Calabria
City: SOVERIA MANNELLI
PIC: 917962896
BULGARIAN CENTRE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
Address: ST.TZAR SAMUIL 37, ENT 1
Postal Code: 1000
Region: София (столица) (Sofia (stolitsa))
City: SOFIA
PIC: 948483946
MUNCIPALITY OF KOLASIN
Address: BUDA TOMOVIĆA B.B. 81210, KOLAŠIN81210
Postal Code: 81210
Region: Montenegro Extra-Regio
City: KOLASIN
PIC: 919510143
LOKALNA GRUPA DZIALANIA DOLINA RZEKI GRABI
Address: UL. 11 LISTOPADA, NR 1, LOK.
Postal Code: 98-100
Region: Poland Extra-Regio NUTS 2
City: LASK
PIC: 902060425
OBCINA BENEDIKT
Address: COLNIKOV TRG, 5
Postal Code: 2234
Region: Slovenia Extra-Regio NUTS 3
City: BENEDIKT
PIC: 950786144
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