ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

Youth as Active Citizens

Young people form 1.8 billion of the global population but are largely excluded from political processes. Oxfam’s 12 ways towards youth-led programming infographic demonstrates how to work with young people on projects led by them.

Let's practice tolerance

practical training activity

A general model of what we should be striving for in terms of diversity.

This activity helps learners to think about what membership of a group means to them and consider what it is like to be part of a minority group.

Personality contest?

practical training activity

Emotional intelligence exercise.

To raise learners' awareness of how our perceptions affect our relationships. It will help them realise that they may be sending invisible messages to people that reveal their own biases.

Europe Under Construction

practical training activity

This simulation game explores the importance of a united Europe and possibilities for a new vision of Europe. It was adapted and used in the youth exchange project "Europe under construction".

Europa in costruzione

attività

Questo gioco di simulazione è stato utilizzato nello scambio giovanile "Europe under construction".

Si basa su un gioco di simulazione politica, ma è stato adattato a un contesto europeo. L'idea era di riaccendere di nuovo la fiamma europea - i partecipanti dovrebbero tornare ad essere entusiasti dell'Europa.

Hart’s Ladder of Participation

reading

Dr. Roger Hart's “ladder” of participation" helps us think about where we are and where we’d like to be in terms of young people's participation. He suggests that we should not aim to be at the top rungs of the ladder but rather to move from the lower rungs of non-participation and think how to genuinely engage young people.

Identity

practical training activity

This is an activity that gets everyone thinking about not just themselves, but about identity more broadly – and about how it affects group dynamics.

Identità

attività

Per consentire agli utenti di identificare e quindi visualizzare i diversi componenti che costituiscono la loro identità personale.

European Young Leaders

The European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme, led by Friends of Europe, is a unique, inventive and multi-stakeholder programme that aims to promote a European identity by engaging the continent’s most promising talents in initiatives that aim to shape Europe’s future.

Peace Education by Tackling Youth Radicalization and Extremism

Toolkit

This toolkit with practical activities, aims to improve soft and social skills, for example team working, intercultural awareness, self-directed learning and facilitation.

It promotes positive attitudes, such as: empathy, open mindedness, overcoming stereotypes and prejudices, overcoming discrimination and hate issues and embracing European core values.

Parents worried about radicalisation

video

The aim of this video is to raise awareness of radicalisation amongst young people, their parents and carers.

European Solidarity Corps

The new European Union initiative which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe.