I Am Europe

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:45:00 +0200

The European Year of Citizens offered the Evens Foundation and her partners an opportunity to imagine a concrete response to the call addressed to Europeans for greater participation in the development of the EU. In partnership with 12 European grassroots and civil society organizations from 8 countries, and with the support of the EC’s Europe for Citizens program, we developed the I AM EUROPE project, an investigative quest to explore how to enhance citizens’ involvement in shaping the future of Europe. In line with the philosophy of the foundation the project is built on the knowledge and experience of citizens and organizations engaged in local civic initiatives. Together with these active citizens (250 in total from very diverse origins) we want to explore how they can relate to the European policy level en what inspiration can be found from the local experiences, all to enhance the political participation of the EU citizens.   We will also exchange, evaluate and (re)invent participation tools to enlarge citizen influence on EU policymaking.

After a series of working sessions, we will organize a closing event in Brussels that will bring together the citizen participants, invited policymakers, experts and guests to develop concrete ideas for empowering European democracy. The idea of encounters and joint deliberations between different stakeholders is central to the project. The conference will take place in The Egg in Brussels on 22nd June 2013, from 9am to 5.30pm. The conference aims to facilitate a direct and constructive dialogue between citizens, experts and political leaders. Everybody welcome. Registering is only possibly by sending a mail to antwerp@evensfoundation.be.

More information: www.iameurope.eu

PROGRAM

13:30   Welcome and reception
14:00   Presentation of citizens’ proposals & discussion with 1st panel
15:00   Coffee break
15:30   Presentation of citizens’ proposals & discussion with 2nd panel
16:30   Concluding remarks
16:45   I AM EUROPE – The Way Ahead
17:15   Closing reception & farewell

Organisation: I AM EUROPE (iEU) is initiated by the Evens Foundation in a partnership with 9 grassroots organizations from eight EU countries: Animafac (FR), Balkan Assist (BG), Buurtschatten (BE), CONFAVC (ES), CeRe (RO), Cesam (SE), Ę (PL), MitOst (DE), Pour La Solidarité (BE).
Our supporting partners are: Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors (FR), Schuman Foundation Poland (PL), Fondation Hippocrène (FR), deBuren (BE).

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Guided cycle tour along art projects from Stroom in The Hague

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:22:00 +0100

Together with Stroom Den Haag, deBuren is organising a guided cycle tour through the capital this summer where we'll be visiting a number of exceptional art projects initiated by Stroom. We'll be setting off from the Central Station to the Koekamp opposite to view a work from Honing Bank and then cycle further through the old and new city centre along passing the P. Struycken art gallery to the Zuiderpark where we'll be visiting the Eetbaar Park. As the icing on the cake we'll be pausing at the James Turrell's 'Hemels Gewelf' (Celestial Vault) in the Hague dunes. Michelle Schulkens (Stroom Den Haag) will be our guide.

Organization: deBuren in collaboration with Stroom Den Haag

Guided cycle tour along art projects from Stroom in The Hague in: Guided tours

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I Am Europe

Guided cycle tour along art projects from Stroom in The Hague