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DESIRE – DEclaration of Schuman: Initiative for Revitalizing Europe

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DESIRE – DEclaration of Schuman: Initiative for Revitalizing Europe

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Partners:
COMUNE DI LAVARONE, Italy
FONDAZIONE BELVEDERE-GSCHWENT, Italy
UNION OF BULGARIAN BLACK SEA LOCAL AUTHORITIES, Bulgaria
MUNICIPIO DE VALONGO, Portugal
DANUBE 1245 RSB
ZDRUZENIE INSTITUT ZA RAZVOJ NA ZAEDNICATA, North Macedonia
Administration Communale de Grez-Doiceau, Belgium
Fundació de la Comunitat Valenciana de Patrimoni Industrial, Spain
KULTURNI CENTAR OSIJEK, Croatia
ASSOCIATION DES AGENCES DE LA DEMOCRATIE LOCALE, France
Duration: 18 months (01.12.2020 – 30.06.2022)
Funded by: Europe for Citizens, Strand1 – European Remembrance
Budget: 98.280 €

WHAT IS THIS PROJECT ABOUT?

The project aims to raise people and especially youth’s awareness on the historical importance and the meaning of the Declaration of Schuman for the EU. The objective is to actively involve citizens in approaching history in a proactive way. By using a peer to peer approach, citizens will be involved in illustrating and sharing with other youth what the Declaration is and what has been its role in the constitution of the Community. Through the co-creation of artistic tools, as videos, theatre, games, audio narratives, partners will accompany groups of young citizens in re-discovering history and in debating on EU values as intercultural dialogue, peace and solidarity.

During the local paths partners will sensitise local communities about the history of the EU, analysing its steps, countries’ contribution, and the current challenges EU is facing.
LOCAL PHASE 1 – Deepening Historical knowledge

  • 1st set of local activities (round tables, seminars, world cafes) focused on retracing EU history, its institutions and policies. The activities will be focused in involving youths and citizens though participatory and non-formal approaches.
  • The focus will be on treaties, enlargements and declarations, considering also the enlargements that allowed project’s partners to be EU members.
  • Participants will debate on European values as, intercultural dialogue, peace, tolerance, solidarity, using innovative and modern tools of visual art, as videos, small theatre performances and audio narratives.

LOCAL PHASE 2 – Performing EU

  • Partners with youth and citizens will be involved in a 10 months path of co creation of an visual/artistic output (audio narrative, performance, video).
  • Driven by partners and experts they will decide the more efficient tool to celebrate the Declaration and to promote the EU values.
  • Furthermore, through their performances, they are expected to bring citizens closer to history and to the origin of the EU, raise awareness of remembrance, and promote peace and solidarity.

LOCAL PHASE 3 –EU multipliers

  • Partners and the groups involved in the 2nd path, will carry their performance around in schools, theatres or public events with the goals of contributing to their peers and citizens’ understanding of the Union, its history and values and to debate on future challenges.
  • They will organize root local events to broadcast Schuman’s Declaration and EU history and values around their communities.
  • The goal is to raise youth, families and citizens’ awareness on the importance of the
  • European history in order to build a stronger and more cohesive EU.
  • Debates will tackle EU challenges (Brexit, intolerance, extremism and scepticism and democracy)

Methodologies

  • Introducing creative sessions based on retracing European history and discovering the Schuman Declaration
  • Using innovative and modern tools of visual art, as videos, small theatre performances and/or audio narratives etc.
  • Schools and communities engagement
  • Community workshops based on non-formal education for better inclusion of citizens from diverse social backgrounds
  • Citizens engagement and increase of sense of belonging to the European Union and to strengthen the historical knowledge of its creation

“Europe will not be made all at

once, or according to a single

plan. It will be built through

concrete achievements which

first create a de facto solidarity”

Robert Schuman