The EU Future through the Eyes of its Citizens – Farná 2022

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Project “The EU Future through the Eyes of its Citizens – Farná 2022” is based on the cooperation between municipalities in order to build a long tradition in jointly addressing topical issues of the EU. This year it will be focused on fostering a sense of belonging to Europe by promoting the debate on the future of Europe. Citizens will have an opportunity to debate about actual problems and issues affecting their everyday life, express their views, to exchange their experiences, to discover the cultural diversity of the EU, to reinforce mutual understanding and friendship, to encourage cooperation between municipalities and the exchange of best practices. Project activities are designed to encourage participants become involved in looking for concrete ways to create a more democratic Union, to enable citizens to re-engage with the EU and to develop a stronger sense of ownership of the European project. All activities will led to promote a culture of democratic exchange (in which all participants’ views are equally valued regardless of their gender, age or ethnic background), strengthening the principles of democracy, openness and active cooperation with the local authorities, to promote solidarity, cohesiveness, respect based on different cultural principles. Our aim is to develop a stronger sense of ownership of the European project, to build a momentum for active democratic participation, to raising interest for how the Union develops, how citizens´ visions of the EU future could come true, to raising acknowledge of active participation tools at EU level to encourage EU citizens to become active creators of the future EU, feel and influence on its future and feel to be a co-responsible members. The event will be attended by 288 foreign participants from Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Hungary. In the project will be directly involved 591 European citizens. The project will indirectly affect up to 40 000 people.