EUROPE FOR EVERYONE: Take the opportunity and get involved !

1. EUROPE FOR EVERYONE:Take the opportunity and getinvolved! Europe and Engagement 16th of August 2012, Uzerche • MORNING: • Investigations’ comparison • Individualexperiences • The Ladder of Youth Voice • The River Game AFTERNOON: 5) EU History, by Polish team 6) Game, by German team

2. 1) Investigations’ comparison Whatdoesitmean to beinvolved? Whatdoesitbring? How can the youthgetinvolved in the society? …

3. Democracy & Participation “Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.” (The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art.21)

4. PARTICIPATION conventional non-conventional Non organised initiative, individual or collective Participative democracy (youthcouncils, neighborhoodconcils…) Legalprotest actions (demonstration, strike, boycott, petition…) Illegalprotest actions (civil disobedience, violence, sit-in, GMO clearing…) Civil society participation (NGOs, political parties…) Representativedemocracy (elections)

5. 2) Individualexperiences

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7. 3) The River Game