What are the opportunities that EU offers to the youth? What do youngster aspect from their Regions and from the European Community? During the European camping that took place in the place between Verteneglio and Kanegra from 2 to 7 September, 30 youngsters from the Regions of Istria, Sisak-Moslovina and Osijek-Baranja tried to find the answers of these questions and many others according to their future in EU. The Camping is the second activity predicted from the project “Youngsters for Europe”, which is coordinated from the Local Democracy Agency of Verteneglio and funded from the EU in the framework of the IPA Info 2011 program.

The Camping. In order to make the youngsters know which are the opportunities that Europe has to offer them, mornings were full of seminars and labs with international experts. The presentation of Ms.Anna Ditta from the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, on Tuesday September 3, officially opened the EU camping. During the seminar, both concepts of Youth in Action and the Lifelong Learning program were presented with details to the selected group. Then, to introduce the theme of the week, the participants were asked to think over their own expectations and worries towards the EU, write them on post-its and stick them to the wall. At this intervention, Wednesday 4th, the day continued with the laboratory guided from Lino Chiusa, from Giosef Association, who presented the programs dedicated to the positive mobility of youngsters and motivated the participants to express their creativity diving them into groups to create individual projects. On Thursday September 5, Giorgio Tessarolo, expert of European planning, gave a lecture on the process of EU enlargement and its structural funds. In the afternoon the participants created various materials including a brochure of the project of the youngsters, a radio and a TV commercial (which will broadcast in local radio and TV stations of the three Regions included in the project) and a questionnaire concerning the dreams, expectations and doubts of youngsters towards EU. Once the camping has finished, these questionnaires will be distributed to the youngsters and the answers will be put in a single document, “The Voice of Youth”, which will be handed over to the representatives of the regional authorities during the final event taking place in Osijek next January.

The project “Youth for EU” launched officially on January 2, 2013. The first activity of the project consists of three seminars on EU, on the Unions enlargement and on our future opportunities after the official entrance in the European family. The seminars, in which participated more than 250 youngsters, took place in the SMSIs of Pula, Buje and Rovinj, in various high schools of Osijek, Sisak and Topusko and in the offices of various youth associations as well. Then, the participants filled in a questionnaire through which the 30 more motivated youngsters were elected, 10 from every Region, to participate in the European camping. The partners. In the project “Youth for EU” coordinated from the LDA of Verteneglio, participate also the LDAs of Osijek and Sisak, the Foundation of the promotion of partnership and the development of civil society of Pula, the youth association KRID from Petrinja, Press centar za okoliš Hrvatske, Direct Europe of the Municipality of Trieste, the Giosef Italy Association and the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies.

What are the opportunities that EU offers to the youth? What do youngster aspect from their Regions and from the European Community? During the European camping that took place in the place between Verteneglio and Kanegra from 2 to 7 September, 30 youngsters from the Regions of Istria, Sisak-Moslovina and Osijek-Baranja tried to find the answers of these questions and many others according to their future in EU. The Camping is the second activity predicted from the project “Youngsters for Europe”, which is coordinated from the Local Democracy Agency of Verteneglio and funded from the EU in the framework of the IPA Info 2011 program.

The Camping. In order to make the youngsters know which are the opportunities that Europe has to offer them, mornings were full of seminars and labs with international experts. The presentation of Ms.Anna Ditta from the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, on Tuesday September 3, officially opened the EU camping. During the seminar, both concepts of Youth in Action and the Lifelong Learning program were presented with details to the selected group. Then, to introduce the theme of the week, the participants were asked to think over their own expectations and worries towards the EU, write them on post-its and stick them to the wall. At this intervention, Wednesday 4th, the day continued with the laboratory guided from Lino Chiusa, from Giosef Association, who presented the programs dedicated to the positive mobility of youngsters and motivated the participants to express their creativity diving them into groups to create individual projects. On Thursday September 5, Giorgio Tessarolo, expert of European planning, gave a lecture on the process of EU enlargement and its structural funds. In the afternoon the participants created various materials including a brochure of the project of the youngsters, a radio and a TV commercial (which will broadcast in local radio and TV stations of the three Regions included in the project) and a questionnaire concerning the dreams, expectations and doubts of youngsters towards EU. Once the camping has finished, these questionnaires will be distributed to the youngsters and the answers will be put in a single document, “The Voice of Youth”, which will be handed over to the representatives of the regional authorities during the final event taking place in Osijek next January.

The project “Youth for EU” launched officially on January 2, 2013. The first activity of the project consists of three seminars on EU, on the Unions enlargement and on our future opportunities after the official entrance in the European family. The seminars, in which participated more than 250 youngsters, took place in the SMSIs of Pula, Buje and Rovinj, in various high schools of Osijek, Sisak and Topusko and in the offices of various youth associations as well. Then, the participants filled in a questionnaire through which the 30 more motivated youngsters were elected, 10 from every Region, to participate in the European camping. The partners. In the project “Youth for EU” coordinated from the LDA of Verteneglio, participate also the LDAs of Osijek and Sisak, the Foundation of the promotion of partnership and the development of civil society of Pula, the youth association KRID from Petrinja, Press centar za okoliš Hrvatske, Direct Europe of the Municipality of Trieste, the Giosef Italy Association and the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies.