EU and ME
2020
EU and ME
If you are a citizen of an EU country then you are also a European citizen. But what does this mean in practice? What has the European Union done for you? Well, for a start, we all live in peaceful times, which in itself is a huge achievement, but it is not the only thing that Europe has done for us.
The Youth Information Centre of Agros was invited to a summer youth camp with more than 450 young participants, to organise workshops promoting European awareness and active participation in social life. During the workshop we had the opportunity to inform the youngsters about how the European Union was built, what values we share, who does what in the EU and how all of this is relevant to our daily life. We also presented many challenges that the EU deals with today, challenges that will also shape youth future.
The workshop was organised during a period of 5 weeks in groups of 30 participants. The structure of the workshop was based on the European Commission Publication ‘EU & ME’ (ISBN 978-92-79-64042-1), where through interactive methods we taught many interesting things about the rich history of Europe and the European Family.
During the workshop, the Youth Worker who facilitated the discussion shared many opportunities that the EU offers to young Europeans, like the Erasmus+ programme, the European Solidarity Corps, the European Youth Card, Euroscola, the European Youth Event, the Youth Employment initiative, Discover EU and others. At the same time, we focused on the challenges that the EU faces today, such as road safety. For that reason, a simulation game on road safety took place by using the Drunk Goggles tool. A second simulation game was also organised promoting mobility, where the youngsters had to match the country with the flag.
Our workshop had 6 parts:
What is the European Union?
How does the EU work?
How is the EU relevant to our daily life?
Opportunities for Youth in the EU
EU Countries, how many can you name (simulation game)
Road Safety prevention (simulation game)
All the youngsters and the leaders of the camp were fully satisfied with the workshop and they expressed the opinion that all of these information and non-formal activities must be learned and used during school time.
