EU24 Engage for the planet project aims to decrease the democratic participation gap of young citizens, citizens of diverse backgrounds, mobile union citizens in a gender balanced way by showing them their voices matter. While the turnout in the last EU election was the largest in 25 years, citizens of diverse backgrounds and mobile union citizens remain underrepresented among active EU voters as well as democratic engagement. As a central topic climate change is the biggest threat to humanity today and it needs transnational and multinational solutions.
DONOR
EACEA
EU COUNTRIES
5
MONTHS
20
TIME FRAME
2022-2024
ALDA
ALDA, the European Association for Local Democracy, is a global alliance of local and regional authorities and civil society actors working together with a participative approach for resilient, inclusive, and sustainable communities. To promote good governance and citizen participation at the local level in the whole of Europe and beyond, ALDA leads a wide range of actions supporting stakeholders in achieving their goals in the fields of European integration, decentralisation, human rights, social inclusion, sustainable development, civic initiatives and much more. It works with a multistakeholder approach looking at a broad spectrum of the potential resources in the local communities. The Association has a network of 350 members, including local and regional authorities and civil society associations from more than 45 different countries.
www.alda-europe.eu
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Comparative Research Network
CRN is actively involved in scientific research, teaching and cultural activities that link the realm of ideas with everyday experience. As our name indicates, we work internationally and cross-culturally. Only through thoughtful comparison can we interpret our local reality, render it more comprehensible and develop strategies to address the issues that affect our everyday lives. CRN performs research both as a partner within international consortia as within the scope of its own projects. CRN publishes a working paper series that communicates the work of its members to a wider audience.
https://crnonline.de/
www.surveymonkey.com
EGEA Alumni
The European GEography Association, abbreviated EGEA, is a European network of geography students and young geographers, with the intention of exchanging geographical knowledge. EGEA Alumni connects former members of EGEA As a network of working professionals EGEA Alumni supports international exchange of knowledge, shares experience and promotes geography. EGEA Alumni realises its goals through our focused task forces, organising meet-ups, webinars and other activities. EGEA Alumni stays in close contact with EGEA and invites all graduates to join the alumni network.
https://egea.eu/egea-alumni
www.surveymonkey.com
Open Plan Foundation
Open Plan Foundation is established in 2014, a non-governmental, educational and research organization whose main goal is to work for civil society and environmental protection. Actively, by using methods of climate, transformative and global education, we create materials (publications for teachers and students, workshops, trainings) and act to put into practice the idea of a just world.
https://otwartyplan.org
www.surveymonkey.com
Almost There
Almost There is a change management agency located in Gothenburg (Sweden). Since 1998 Almost There manages and cooperates in projects promoting societal change and integration, both on national and international levels. It does it on commission or in cooperation with enterprises in the private, public and NGO sector.
The main part of the company´s revenue is reinvested to enable creation of new platforms, business models and long-term sustainability.
Almost There is the founder of an educational programme called Foodmaker, that thought about alternative and more sustainable ways to produce, transform and preserve food.
www.almostthere.se
EU24-Engage for the planet scope
EU 24 – Engage for the planet will implement gender-balanced blended exchange events between domestic and mobile union citizens in the fields of climate justice, climate change and sustainability – in 5 European countries (Poland, Germany, Netherlands, France and Sweden) over a period of 20 months. The project aims to decrease the democratic participation gap of young citizens, citizens of diverse backgrounds, mobile union citizens in a gender balanced way by showing them their voices matter.
While the turnout in the last EU election was the largest in 25 years, citizens of diverse backgrounds and mobile union citizens remain underrepresented among active EU voters as well as democratic engagement. As a central topic climate change is the biggest threat to humanity today and it needs transnational and multinational solutions. We therefore contribute in this field to the creation of a strong European political community which is (inter-)active, diverse and able to form and express opinions in political debate.
