More than education - European Citizens' Initiative

More than education - European Citizens' Initiative European Citizens' Initiative - we want YOU to make history! European Citizen’s Initiative - we want YOU to make history! Thank you all for your support!

Some motivated young Europeans have worked hard to register the European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) called “More Than Education - Shaping Active and Responsible Citizens”. Civic education means learning critical thought, political participation and open-mindedness. Teaching this at school is crucial for a healthy society but in many European countries civic education is insufficient. Indeed, many young Europeans are complaining about the little civic education they get at school, while learning to be an active and responsible citizen is as important as the rest! With our ECI, we want to improve this situation! ECI is an instrument of participatory democracy for the European Union. It works similar to a petition and when you have collected one million signatures within a year, the European Commission has to check your issue and might propose a legislative act.

“One million? That’s a lot!” - Yes, and this is why we need you! We can only improve civic education in Europe with the help of many active people! You'll get soon more information about the collecting of signatures. In the meanwhile, if you want to be a good example of an active and responsible citizen, do not hesitate and become an ambassador of our ECI! Ambassadors promote the ECI and collect signatures in their cities.This is the ideal opportunity for you and your friends to gain experience in campaigning and organizing events while having fun and making history! You don’t need any experience, just the motivation to contribute to something big! If you want to become an ambassador or national coordinator of ambassadors, please send your motivation to [email protected]. Or you can also bring a contribution to our great project through this link: https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/41511?utm_campaign=ShortURLs&utm_medium=project_41511&utm_source=PlainShortURL .

03/07/2018

The EU Parliament needs to have a stronger role in the follow-up to successful European Citizens' Initiatives! http://thndr.me/1ngE23

03/07/2018

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08/06/2018

On 20 June, the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) of the European Parliament will cast a...

The 10th of April, took place, an important meeting place and platform where ECI organisers and stakeholders can excha...
12/04/2018

The 10th of April, took place, an important meeting place and platform where ECI organisers and stakeholders can exchange information and experiences. Of course we were present!
First Vice-President Frans Timmermans joins the event to launch a communication campaign on the tool and present the new collaborative platform aimed at offering support and advice on preparing initiatives.

02/01/2018
28/11/2017

Focus on: Citizenship Education in the age of likes, hashtags and memes

Eurydice is happy to present a new Focus On article by Lydia Stoddart and David Crosier on the role of education in today's digital age. What role should education play in developing active, informed and responsible citizens? And in an age where new digital technologies are present in all aspects of our lives, what should we be doing to target digital citizenship? Have a read of this article http://europa.eu/!td68Qd and find out more about the effect of digitalisation on our lives.

07/11/2017

While the revision on the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) initiated by the European Commission is ongoing, at Autumn Agora Catania our Policy Paper on the ECI got approved.

AEGEE / European Students' Forum advocates for making this direct democracy tool more accessible and usable for young Europeans, check it here: http://www.aegee.org/policy-paper-on-european-citizens-initiative/

The ECI is still the only transnational tool existing to allow citizens to participate in EU democracy. It is an immense...
02/11/2017

The ECI is still the only transnational tool existing to allow citizens to participate in EU democracy. It is an immense opportunity to truly participate and act like critical citizens. However there also exist other ways of approaching or influencing the EU. Read more about it here:

Petitions to the European Parliament can be submitted by citizens of the Union as well by natural or legal persons residing or having their registered office in an EU member state, either individually or in association with other citizens or persons and must concern matters which come within the Uni...

Our ECI "More than Education - Shaping Active and Responsible Citizens" has ended on the 6th of October 2017, one year a...
30/10/2017

Our ECI "More than Education - Shaping Active and Responsible Citizens" has ended on the 6th of October 2017, one year after its registration.

We didn't reach the threshold of 1 million signatures, but we approached the initiative as a learning process. We set up a lot of small initiatives into the bigger frame of this ECI, making the whole AEGEE-network familiar with the ECI tool and raising awareness about the importance of civic education. We documented this process and the obstacles we faced and gave our input in the European Commission's public consultation on the ECI revision. We will continue to give our input to the improvement of the ECI as a tool.

The conference "More than an Initiative - The Future of the ECI" was a success. We had interesting and fruitful debates ...
28/10/2017

The conference "More than an Initiative - The Future of the ECI" was a success. We had interesting and fruitful debates regarding the questions 'how to make the ECI more appealing, accessible and impactful', with the European Commission's proposal on the ECI revision as a starting point.

The conference marked the closing of our ECI.

28/10/2017
Our "Travelling Tablets"-competition ended on September 27 during AEGEE's general assembly (Agora) in Catania. All local...
10/10/2017

Our "Travelling Tablets"-competition ended on September 27 during AEGEE's general assembly (Agora) in Catania. All locals which collected signatures for our ECI with the tablets had the chance to win our prize: a VIP-package including morning massage, food and some presents. The lucky winner was AEGEE-León, congratulations!
Many thanks also to all the others who contributed!

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