Activity

Preparatory activities: In both countries youngsters gathered to discuss about the project and their role in democracy, which tools people can use to interact with public administration, what are their rights as citizens. The youngsters met experts in European Union History and Rights, local decision makers.

Referendum: 59 youngsters in Greece and 60 in Italy worked on a referendum about services, facilities, environment, culture and youth in their own Municipalities, trying to find solutions and new proposals on the problems emerged.

Meeting in Castelbuono
Group games: the youngsters, helped by a youth trainer, learned to know each other and became a group, they played games to learn their names, start collaborating and trust each other, having fun and laughing all together.

Theatre: the youngsters listened to a story about different characters with different behavior, then each of them gave an opinion about the characters according to his own point of view. They discussed about the worst and the best character, analyzing the characters’ behavior depending on their way of thinking and cultural background. Finally they performed the story acting like actors in a theatre.

Fish bowl: the youngsters, pretending to be spokesmen at European Union in 1987, tried to explain why European Union should create a fund for the youngsters in Europe, talking about future, new ideas, development, inclusion, trust, citizenship, integration, collaboration, exchange for a better world.
Simulation of Ancient Agorà: the youngsters analyzed the results of the referendum and explained, one group to other, the situation in their own Municipality, trying to exchange best practices, find solutions.

Debate: the youngsters met the Mayor of Castelbuono and presented the referendum, they asked for his opinion about involving of youngsters in local democracy and the possibility to take part in more European projects.
All together in Palermo: all the group went to Palermo to visit monuments, know the history of the city and buy souvenires!!

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