60 years after the Treaty of Rome, we live in a tolerant and pluralistic society. This varies from one Member State to another. Populism, xenophobia, prejudice and sometimes open racism are unfortunately omnipresent. The global perspective also shows that the world is by no means tolerant. The free and democratic basic order is one of the values achieved in Europe. It is questioned and undermined by instigating fears, fundamentalism and populist movements.

Together with citizens from Kifisia (Greece), Lüneburg (Germany), Pleven (Bulgaria) and Timisoara (Romania), we will discuss the challenges of democracy in the current situation. Various events and international conferences will take place in this cooperation framework.

At the international conferences, citizens will be able to express their opinions, share their visions and hopes and develop their European identity in this way.

The project aims to promote democratic values (against populism and fundamentalism) and at the same time promote democracy education in Europe.

EDUCOMMART, with the support of the municipality of Kifisia, will inform and discuss the current challenges of democracy with citizens of Kifisia through actions.

Programme: Europe for Citizens
Action: Town-twinning
Title: Democracy in Crisis – Populism and Radicalism as Challenges for Democracy
Acronym: Demo
Project No.: 595242-CITIZ-1-2017-2-DE-CITIZ-NT
Duration: 20,5 months
Start-End: 15/01/2018 – 30/09/2019
Coordinator of the project: Miteinander in Europa e.V., DE
Homepage: www.democrisis.eu

• EDUCOMMART, EL
• UCHEBNA RABOTILNITSA EVROPA SDRUZHENIE, Lernwerkstatt Europa, BG
• FUNDATIA ROMANO-GERMANA TIMISOARA, Deutsch-Romänische Stiftung Timisoara, RO

50 years after the protest and civil rights movements in Europe (1968) and the anti-Semitic smear campaign in Poles thought many by the title of the Nobel Peace Prize for the EU (2012), that totalitarianism and nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism are history. Europe stands with new challenges. Citizens want in the shaping of their community and in the design of the of their country and Europe.

Nationalist parties on the one hand side dictatorial approaches and speak on the to other side citizens who don't seem to see any possibility, to make themselves heard with their criticism and opinion. And there are also many open questions in the structures of the EU: Parliament is not in itself an equal parliament and cannot make decisions in many areas - foreign, security or trade policy. Also with regard to democratic legitimacy of the Council. The voting rights are not based on population size weighted etc.

Such ambiguities and the "apparatus" of the EU, which is incomprehensible to citizens, have increased scepticism about the basic idea of the EU. In view of the forthcoming elections to the next European Parliament in 2019, VOTE wants to contribute to greater transparency, tolerance and understanding.

Citizens from Kifissia (Greece), Jena (Germany), Pleven (Bulgaria) and Mechelen (Belgium) will be involved in the debates, critical voices heard and opportunities for better citizen participation in the forthcoming European elections presented and discussed.

With its events, VOTE wants to ensure that the democratic citizen participation is discussed; that existing structures are questioned and the participation of citizens also at EU level. Decision processes within of the EU should be presented transparently and comprehensibly to be.

At international conferences, citizens will have the opportunity to express their opinions through street activities and public transport surveys, and they will motivate people to take their responsibilities seriously through citizen participation and participation in elections.

EDUCOMMART, with the support of the municipality of Kifissia, will inform and discuss with its citizens through actions to improve voter turnout, creating greater transparency and political understanding.

Programme: Europe for Citizens
Action: Town-twinning
Titel: Citizen participation for EUROPA –
Actively shaping the European elections and the future of Europe
Acronym: VOTE
Project No.: 601182-CITIZ-1-2018-1-DE-CITIZ-NT
Duration: 15 months
Start-End: 15\07\2018 – 15\10\2019
Coordinator: Recht in Europa e.V., DE
Homepage: www.wewillvote.eu

• EDUCOMMART, EL
• UCHEBNA RABOTILNITSA EVROPA SDRUZHENIE, LERNWERKSTATT EUROPA, BG
• sambucusforum vzw, BE

50 years after the revolution of '68 and 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe faces new challenges before the next elections to the European Parliament: Nationalism, racism, populism and new anti-Semitism.

"DIALOGUE" wants to lead an intercultural dialogue. With contemporary witnesses of the 68-revolution, the Wends '81 and '89, a historical dialogue will be conducted in which biographies of citizens who have experienced milestones in the history of Europe are created. In workshops, young citizens will go into DIALOGUE across generations and hear the story of how challenges have been overcome. This knowledge will encourage us to shape Europe's future.

Young European citizens will be invited to creatively bring their visions of Europe on canvas. These visions will be shown in national and international exhibitions with paintings of "Degenerate Art". As part of the exhibition, a panel discussion will take place on the ‘Day of EUROPA’, 19/05/19 on the occasion of the European elections between representatives of politics and citizens of all generations.

DIALOGUE aims to compile biographies of contemporary witnesses in all partner countries, to conduct a 'History Dialogue' based on personal experience and the search for ways to combat racism, anti-Semitism and populism for future generations. The art exhibition of works by young citizens on EUROPA will complement DIALOGUE.

Programme: Europe for Citizens-Programme
Titel: Shaping Europe through DIALOGUE –
Dialogue against populism, racism and anti-Semitism
Acronym: DIALOGUE
Project No.: 601676-CITIZ-1-2018-1-BG-CITIZ-REMEM
Duration: 15 months
Start-End: 01\09\2018 – 30\11\2019
Coordinator: UCHEBNA RABOTILNITSA EVROPA SDRUZHENIE, Lernwerkstatt Europa, BG
Homepage: makedialog.eu

• EDUCOMMART, EL
• Miteinander in Europa e.V., DE
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinderphilosophie, AT

Every year over 3.7 million children are born in Europe, growing into a densely populated media world. The demand for media literacy education, but also in particular for help with media education, is growing across borders. Today, children and young people are not only at home earlier and earlier in the digital media and find ever more complex online worlds and opportunities. Unlike in the real world, consumption is also largely beyond parental control.

Although this growing need for parent education exists, the form of support that parents need seems to be changing. Parents' evenings at schools are declining and online seminar rooms are in demand, as there is no need to travel here and additional childcare does not have to be financed or organised. The anonymity is given, which can be helpful particularly with sensitive topics. With digital media, learning can be made even more active and individual.

EDUCOMMART is also responsible for the production and direction of the educational films of this two-year Erasmus+ project.

The Erasmus+ project "You, Media and Me" ("YouMMe") responds to this demand. In a consortium of Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Slovenia and Germany and involving politicians, municipalities and parents themselves, a multilingual digital parent consultation is being developed in the form of a web-based APP.

This will provide instructional videos in 5 languages, dealing with one's own critically reflected handling of media and concrete, current topics of media education. On the website you will find working materials, a question memory as well as a monthly expert table. The partner countries will also organise multiplier events and a final symposium in Graz.

Programme: Erasmus+
Action: Strategic Partnerships for adult education
Titel: YOU, MEDIA & ME | education@home – multilingual digital parenting guide on media education issues in the form of a web-based APP
Acronym: YouMMe
Project No.: 2018-1-DE02-KA204-005033
Duration: 24 μήνες
Start-End: 01\10\2018 – 30\09\2020
Coordinator: Recht in Europa e.V., DE
Homepage: www.youmme.eu

• EDUCOMMART, EL
• UCHEBNA RABOTILNITSA EVROPA SDRUZHENIE, BG
• Stiftung Medien- und Onlinesucht, DE
• PCO-Poklicni center Obala, SI
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinderphilosophie, AT

"Witnesses" wants to commemorate 50 years of the civil rights movement, 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Europe and 40 years of civic participation in European elections. This memory must be well prepared and made useful for future generations. This includes these "milestones" of Europe - these history(s) of the European Union will be given faces by WITNESSES. Faces and stories that emotionally tell of hopes, disappointments, of people and their life plans, of restrictions and dictatorships, of freedom and peace.

With "Witnesses", citizens are actively involved in shaping Europe. The aim is to bring citizens from all partner countries together so that they can become active citizens through their experiences - milestones in Europe. These will be very personal and emotional reports, peppered with personal photos and newspaper articles. These citizens come together and report on the 68 revolution, anti-Semitism, citizen participation for 40 years through European elections and over 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall, on the enlargement to the East, the Nobel Peace Prize and of course on past and current challenges.

At the international meeting and multiplier events, the project "Witnesses" will address the questions that are to be discussed today for the future of Europe. Young citizens in particular will gain the courage and commitment to take an active part in Europe as citizens.

The history of "exclusion and loss of citizenship" will also be remembered. The fact that citizens from Greece and Bulgaria are interviewed makes dictatorship and thus violence against people a topic of discussion.

The following project activities are planned in all partner countries:

• Research of contemporary witnesses: faces and stories of Europe
• Creation of a questionnaire for the interview with the contemporary witnesses
• Preparation and organization of image and sound material
• Generation-spanning eyewitness dialog: Discussions and interviews, exchange of photos, newspaper reports and other evidence of the witnesses of the time.
• Editing interviews with contemporary witnesses (translating texts, editing subtitles)
• radio campaign
• International multiplier events "Faces and Stories of Europe - Shaping Europe's Future"
• International panel discussion
• Evaluation of the results
• Constitution of the impulse paper

Programme: Europe for Citizens-Programme
Titel: WITNESSES | Faces and Stories of Europe –
Shaping the Future of Europe with Contemporary Witnesses
Acronym: WITNESSES
Project No.: 601989-CITIZ-1-2018-1-EL-CITIZ-REMEM
Duration: 17 months
Start-End: 01\11\2018 – 30\03\2020
Coordinator: EDUCOMMART – Meeting Point for Creative Education, GR
Homepage: www.facesofhistory.eu

• Miteinander in Europa e.V., DE
• Recht in Europa e.V., DE
• UCHEBNA RABOTILNITSA EVROPA SDRUZHENIE, Lernwerkstatt Europa e.V., BG

Many people today move daily and naturally in digital social rooms. Children and young people in particular cultivate friendships via digital social networks or chats and obtain a large part of their information about the world from the Internet. Social, political and social processes in the real and virtual world interpenetrate and influence each other, whereby the values and norms of the real world are often not applied or not applicable to virtual social systems. Especially for socially and educationally disadvantaged young people, this digital world is a very special challenge. Dealing with one another and with conflicts is an expression of an ethical attitude. In addition, due to its low publication threshold and anonymity, the Internet is an ideal breeding ground for the unregulated spread of gossip and rumours, slander and lies, conspiracy theories and delusions. This makes people feel insecure, especially when young people lack the values they need to communicate at home.

The key competence "digital media ethics" cannot be found either in the curricula or in the training of specialists in child and youth welfare, even if there are isolated learning ideas. "ETHIC" meets this need. The experienced European consortium will create interactive learning opportunities to support its own critically reflected handling of media in the form of a game to internalise ethical guidelines as working material.

It emerges:

• a qualification programme in the form of an e-learning platform with detailed material on the background and possible courses of action
• a corresponding web-based app as well as
• a card game to learn and reflect on digital ethics, available in at least 6 languages

All results are developed in close cooperation with experts on site. The student council is regularly informed via press, social media and e-mail contacts. If you are interested in participating or would like to be involved in the testing of the materials, please register This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

EDUCOMMART is, among other things, responsible for the implementation of a meta-study on the deepening of educational offers for youth workers on the subject of "ethics".

Programme: Erasmus+
Action: Strategic Partnerships for adult education
Titel: ETHICS | Care and education – Professionalisation of social work in the formation of ethical competences in digital usage behavior
Acronym: Ethic
Project No.: 2018-3-DE04-KA205-017208
Duration: 24 months
Start-End: 01\02\2019 – 31\01\2021
Coordinator: Recht in Europa e.V., DE
Homepage: www.digiethik.eu

• EDUCOMMART – Meeting Point for Creative Education, GR
• Academus, izobrazevanje in razvoj d.o.o., SI
• UCHEBNA RABOTILNITSA EVROPA SDRUZHENIE, Lernwerkstatt Europa e.V., BG
• Stiftung Medien-und Onlinesucht, DE
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinderphilosophie, AT

The main activity of the project "Tools and Skills for Emotional Management" is a training course , targeted to adult education staff. It will be carried out by Permacultura Cantabria, in Cantabria (Spain). It aims to bring, three adult trainers from each organisation (EDRASE, HYP, OIKOPOLIS, EPIONI, EDUCOMMART) interested in widening their EM perspective and different experts in the topic into contact.

We expect that participants will improve their capacity to identify feelings and emotions, and their ability to manage them, and help others to do so, when working with adult learners. That will lead to an easier communication, to a better psychosocial well-being, and will make them multipliers of that knowledge.

Programme: Programme »Erasmus+«
Action: PROJECT10_ACTION
Titel: EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT | Erasmus+ KA1
Project No.: 2018-1-EL01-KA104-047332
Duration: 12 months
Start-End: 01\12\2018 – 30\11\2019
Coordinator: EDRASE

• EDUCOMMART – Meeting Point for Creative Education, GR
• Hellenic Youth Participation, GR
• EPIONI, GR
• Oiko-polis, GR