Category Archives: General
Final U-Impact International Conference “Effective Citizen Impact on EU Policy”
On May 18, 2016, U-Impact partner European Citizen Action Service ECAS carried out an international conference on European Citizenship summing up the results of citizen engagement throughout the U-Impact project and beyond and addressing the major challenges EU citizenship is facing in the current crisis in Europe.
Read the Policy Paper 24 Years of EU Citizenship – Removing the Obstacles to Full Potential
Watch the Conference here ReLive
European Aid and the Refugee Crisis
On Saturday 12th of March 2016 U-Impact partner IREX Europe is organizing a debate on the role of European Aid n the current refugee crisis. See the event agenda; and watch the event relive here (in French).
Debate on Citizen Voices in the Refugee Crisis
On February 10 U-Impact partner in Estonia, the Avatud Eesti Fond / Open Estonia Foundation organized a debate on citizens involvement and representation with the EU refugee crisis. Watch it relive here:
See the agenda here: U-Impact Estonia – The voice of the citizens in the European refugee crisis
Warming Up for the Debate on Citizen Voices in the Refugee Crisis
On February 10 U-Impact partner in Estonia, the Avatud Eesti Fond / Open Estonia Foundation is organizing a debate on citizens involvement and representation with the EU refugee crisis.
See the Debate Agenda; save the time for the live broadcast event here.
Cross-border initiative on EU Citizenship: Education for Participation
On January 22 U-Impact partner Fundación Ciudadanía, Spain organized a cross-border debate on the importance and approaches to education for citizen participation in the EU.
Watch the Debate RElive here:
See the full Spanish Debate Agenda
Policy documents coming up soon!
Civil Society and its involvement with the EU: Debate in Cyprus
Warming Up for the Debate in Cyprus
To follow, go to U-Impact
The Refugee Crisis and The Schengen Dilemma
U-Impact Launches Active Citizens for Common European Solutions (ACCES) Initiative
In the heat of the refugee crisis U-Impact launched the Active Citizens for Common European Solutions (ACCES) initiative aimed at increased citizen involvement in the decision-making about refugees and freedom of movement in the EU. The initiative was launched at a citizen cross-border debate organized by the U-Impact partner in Romania NACAB on September 18. ACCES will work with civil society organizations and the Relevant European institutions to have citizens from the EU, the candidate countries and the European Neighborhood actively involved in the current debate about freedom of movement and solidarity in Europe.
Watch the Bucharest Debate Re-Live here.
See the profiles of the Speakers at the Bucharest Debate here.
See the NACAB policy paper on Free Movement, Schengen and the Refugee Crisis.
Active Citizens for Common European Solutions (ACCES) Initiative Launched
In the heat of the refugee crisis U-Impact launches a citizen initiative on the freedom of movement and refugee dilemma facing European citizens and EU leaders. The focus is on active civil society involvement in the political debates about the refugees, about European solidarity and about the basic freedom of movement. The U-Impact initiative aims at getting citizens from the EU, the candidate countries and the European Neighborhood actively involved in the current debate about freedom of movement and solidarity in Europe. The ACCES initiative was announced at the Bucharest debate on Schengen and the refugee crisis on September 18,2015
Find out more and support ACCES here.
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