"#EUInfluencers"

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"This project will give an active role to young people from Sweden, Croatia, Serbia, Italy and Portugal in being the influencers of the European project towards their peers, by increasing their understanding of the EU, development of critical thinking and combating fake news. We believe that young people are the key in reaching their peers, through peer-to-peer communication and non-formal education, supporting them in understanding the European Union project and its influence on their local realities. One of the core areas of the European Youth Strategy 2019-2027 is to “support and develop opportunities for learning to participate, raising interest in participatory actions and helping young people to prepare for participation”. We want young people not just to promote the EU but to be able to see it through a critical lense and to re-think and re-shape and thus contribute to the rebuilding of trust in the EU as a way of COVID relief process in their local communities. Project objectives correspond to the promotion of EU Youth Goals #3 and #4 as we aim to create a European pool of young, engaged influencers (multipliers) who will act as advocates of the European project towards their peers. To achieve this, the young influencers will have to understand better how the EU works, how it influences their local communities, and how they can spread fact-based information. We aim to tackle fake news, supporting a pool of young, well-informed and critical European citizens through a series of international and local trainings, Youth Democracy Academy - online webinars and tools, youth exchange and local projects led by young people for young people. The main outcomes of the project will be presented by young influencers at an online large-scale youth event celebrating the achievements of youth at the local level under the umbrella of a joint European campaign."