Call for participants- project in Turkey
May is going to be a very busy month for Citizens of Europe! Parallel to the Landau Convention (5th- 8th of May) another project in Alentejo (Portugal) will take place on the 3rd-…
Posts by Julia Mattstedt
“Wir für uns in Europa” or a wonder of Citizenship!
The transnational Youth Initiative “Wir für uns in Europa” has been successfully completed by 16 participants from Germany and Bulgaria, with and without disabilities. They shaped voluntary this EU project…
Budapest OpenForum 11 Feedback
What an exiting Open Forum last February! Citizens of Europe was charmed by Budapest and surrounded by a really dynamic group. Indeed, we were close to 40 people from all…
Remembrance in Germany
Workshop round I: Fascism & The German Example We started by outlining our expectations for the project. Each participant was given a coloured piece of paper and wrote their expectations,…
Volunteering: An indicator for a healthy or a badly organised society?
The final workshop of the conference focused on the traditions, experience and problems of volunteering in our host country Hungary. Our guest speaker was Rita Galambos, director of the Hungarian…
The Future of EU Foreign Policy
Conference at the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy Will Europe finally speak with one voice? How should Europe respond to the rise of new powers such as India, China or Brazil?…
How to actively motivate volunteers
How can people be encouraged to get involved in voluntary activities and to take responsibility in issues that are not their direct personal interest? And how is it possible to…
The dark side of volunteering
Is voluntary action positive in any case? The topic of this panel discussion was to identify controversial kinds of volunteering and how they emerge. Agnes Uhereczky mentioned social activism and…
Convention announced in Landau
On May 5-8 our first “Citizens Convention” will take place in the Southwest German university town of Landau. Members of Citizens of Europe and of partner organisations will gather for…
Marianne’s present
When a friend leaves for a trip, we do generally expect to receive news, postcards, phone calls or any other kind of ways that could give us an insight into…