Tag: active citizenship

6: Through the computer screen

‘I was born in a small town in Lithuania. During my childhood I knew that only 5 telephones existed in my town. In need to reach any neighbour it was much easier visiting than calling,’ recalls Regina Dovidaviciute. Since then a lot has changed and ICTs took over the world. Learn how seniors like Regina can take advantage of it! This is a story in…

Moving towards participatory democracy: European Citizens’ Initiative

e-UROPA project promotes the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), an EU agenda setting tool that allows European citizens to participate in the development of EU policies. On June 16 high-level policy makers and field experts were invited to discuss the history, challenges and potentials of the ECI and to debate about participatory democracy. What holds ECI back? ECI in its first…