Peer Civic
Strengthening civic engagement through community initiatives led by young people.
Territory
Provinces of Agrigento and Trapani.
Implementation period
December 2023 – November 2025
Project objective
Our objective is to encourage and strengthen civic engagement and increase the number of young people interested in politics through community initiatives led by peers.
Target audience
The project targets young people aged 18 to 25 from different cultural and social backgrounds; and also 30 youth workers who will be involved in activities and projects to develop civic and social skills among the young people they work with.
Activities
The project promotes the following main actions to encourage young people's civic and political engagement:
A community of young people in each local dimension will be developed with the task of stimulating the active participation of young people to represent their interests to EU candidates and elected MEPs in their local communities.
Public debates among young people dedicated to prioritising their needs and demands through a dedicated platform and their transmission to future candidates in the European elections.
A transnational training course for youth workers, aimed at acquiring professional skills for leading youth communities
A study visit of the 11 "elected" participants among the 300 young people to Brussels at the EU Parliament, to meet elected MEPs who have an agenda related to youth sector development among European communities
Impact
300 young people with civic skills developed within the project through the creation and development of a peer-led initiative community.
Consolidation of transnational cooperation of 6 European partners with 30 youth workers to facilitate the analysis and monitoring of the intervention directions of the European Youth Strategy, over a period of 24 months.
Contacts
For more information on the project or to participate you can contact Giuseppe La Rocca
ContactsPartner
Asociatia Nationala de Dezvoltare Continua a Tineretului din Romania (lead), Fondazione Comunitaria di Agrigento e Trapani, Synergasia Energon Politon, Asociacion Cultural y Medioambiental Permacult, Manorhamilton Innovation & Development Clg, Sdruzhenie Walk Together.
Programme
The PEER CIVIC project was selected and co-funded by the "Erasmus+ Youth Together" programme under key action 3 (Support for policy development and cooperation) of the European Commission
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