UPDATE NOVEMBER: Bye, bye Young Europe – Commission sacks an independent EU youth programme
Post update in italics: As this blog post produces high traffic on my blog (original post still below available) and was read in the last months very often I would like to update the topic. I had the chance to talk to an high profile MEP responsible for education in the European Parliament. I tackled her … Read more
Civic participation in Europe – the elite misses the forest for the trees, unfortunately!
One of Germany’s seroius newspapers, the FAZ, has once a week the rubric “liberal arts / humane science”. On June 29th the FAZ reported from a panel discussion realised by the “Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence“. The main topic was how civic participation could be realised within the framework of the Treaty of Lisbon. The … Read more
Doubtful future for an independent EU youth programme – we need YOUTH IN ACTION
The crucial question to get right to the point is the question whether we will have an independent youth programme in the European Union after 2013. The current programme YOUTH IN ACTION will expire by the end of 2013. From 2014 onwards we’ll have the next generation of European programmes and the new financial framework … Read more
“Checkpoint Youth” – discussing the future of the EU Youth programme, today / Berlin
2014 is not just next door but everybody connected is already discussing the future of the EU youth programme YOUTH IN ACTION. Today and tomorrow the German NA has set up a huge forum to discuss all relevant matters to make sure that we’ll have still an independent Youth programme in Europe. Various NGOs will … Read more
“European education” – a subject for schools
European education needed on a more sustainable and long-acting level. We need a European-wide subject “European education” at school. Like every year around this time I’ll receive the first participant forms to our annual European youth gathering for prize-winners who won the national prize at the European competition “Europe at School” (more information at European … Read more
