Work in committees and drafting resolutions during European Parliament simulation
The second session of the 5th day had also to do with the European Parliament simulation. After working on our own in the first session, we were separated in four groups and had two different topics to elaborate on. One of the topics was ‘A new financial package’ and the other was ‘Quotas system for accepting refugees in EU countries’. After discussing in groups we … Continue reading Work in committees and drafting resolutions during European Parliament simulation
European Parliament simulation: introduction and research
The first session of 28th November was about the most important EU institutions: European Council, European Commission, Council of Ministers and European Parliament. So we watched a short video about the function of different EU institutions and how they are connected with each other. The focus of this session was the European Parliament since we had to understand how it works in order to make … Continue reading European Parliament simulation: introduction and research
Second intercultural evening
It started at about 21:20 at the hotel’s lobby everyone was after a nice, but short nap and with willing to have fun. The preparations of the five countries were almost finished and the tasty plates were waiting. First Italy nailed us with the traditional pasta that deserves to be in the world’s most famous plates cover with Bolognese and Pesto sauce, breadstick with mortadella, nutella and … Continue reading Second intercultural evening
Talking about our personal and European identity and values
So which is our identity and which are the values that lead us in every step of our lives? To be honest I never had the chance to sit down and write them in a piece of paper, give them existence. Yesterday’s session gave me the chance to do that. Every individual wrote on a piece of paper five things that define their personality and … Continue reading Talking about our personal and European identity and values
Exploring the dimensions of citizenship
The 3rd session of 2nd day was tackling the matter of citizenship focusing on its dimensions. After a brief introduction covering the explanation of three essential dimensions – legal, political and identity, we rolled our sleeves for work. We got divided into few groups, and as a team we had to face a challenge of explaining and expending on a particular category of citizenship dimension. It … Continue reading Exploring the dimensions of citizenship
Learning about historical development of citizens’ rights through theatre
The second session of today was called “History of citizenship and citizens’ rights”. Participants were divided into 4 groups and were given particular events, starting from ancient times, finishing at presence, and they had to present them. It was done by a theater play, where every group was to find a way to present their events without saying a word during the whole play. Other participants … Continue reading Learning about historical development of citizens’ rights through theatre
Concepts and perceptions of citizenship, active citizenship and European citizenship
We started the third day with disscussion about the concepts of citizenship, active citizenship and European citizenship. Then we have been divided in 4 groups and each group receive one concept that they need to disccuss about, make a mind map and definition that will explain the concept to the others. My group had to present the European citizenship and was a really usefull work because we used … Continue reading Concepts and perceptions of citizenship, active citizenship and European citizenship
First intercultural evening
Intercultural evening was remarkable experience. 5 of the 10 participating countries had the chance to present their countries and cultures. The Czech team introduce us with the best beer of their countries, the Turkey team offered us with sweet delights while the Greeks presented their famous vanilla mastixa and traditional lukumades. The girls from Poland organised an exciting game with questions bout their country and finally, … Continue reading First intercultural evening
“Fashionable” presentations of partner organisations
The last session of the day was dedicated to presenting our sending organisations. We performed a fashion parade to advertise the NGOs in which made it possible for us to take part in the training. It was a cheerful and spectacular event. Each if us presented the fields in which we want to make changes in our societies. We learned about each others’ interests and passions. … Continue reading “Fashionable” presentations of partner organisations
Team building with a “mission impossible”
In the afternoon,of the first day, we did a Team-building activity called “Mission Impossible”. The trainer give us the instructions and we had 14 points to do all together, in one hour. Some points that we had to do, for example, was to collect one typical object for each country, another one was to take a selfie and post it on Facebook or Instagram, also … Continue reading Team building with a “mission impossible”
Youth Citizenship Activators 