E-Panels: Fostering citizens’ participation and volunteering in wider Europe
E-Panels:
Fostering citizens’ participation and volunteering in wider Europe 3-4 March, 2010
Hotel Karpos, Skopje
The Centre for Regional Policy Research and Cooperation “Studiorum” together with the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) organized the International launching Conference of “E-panels project: Fostering citizens’ participation and volunteering in a wider Europe”. The conference marked the beginning of a year-long initiative, to be realized in cooperation with the House of Europe, France, FIB from Spain, Association for European Partnership from Bulgaria, Local Democracy Agencies Osijek and Sisak, Croatia, NGO Horizont from Albania and CRPRC Studiorum as a partner organization from the Republic of Macedonia.
The international launching conference took place on March 3-4, 2010 in Hotel Karpos, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. It featured number of speakers from various organizations and institutions:
- Neda Milevska-Kostova, Executive Director, CRPRC Studiorum, Republic of Macedonia
- Dobrica Milovanovic, Vice-President of ALDA, Deputy-Mayor of Kraguevac, Serbia
- Bardhyl Jasari, Executive Director, Metamorphosis, Republic of Macedonia
- Milena Garthley, Program Officer, NALAS
- Aline Schwoob, Project Corrdinator, ALDA
- Pernille Schou, City of Vejle, Denmark
- Darko Buldioski, New Media Center Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
- Emilia Geroska, Director, Center for Development of Pelagonija Region, Republic of Macedonia
- Miguel Angel Ayllon, FIB, Spain
- Stevica Levajkovski, Association Creactive, Republic of Macedonia
- Zoran Ilieski, Director of Coalition of youth organizations from Macedonia “SEGA”
- Gentian Ruspi, NGO Horizont, Albania
- Malika Dif, House of Europe, France
The E-panels project aims to develop a sense of European identity, based on common values, history and culture; to give the citizens the opportunity to interact and participate in a broaden Europe through debates about how to improve citizens’ participation, with a focus on tools such as ICT tools and the processes such as volunteering. Furthermore, its goal is to foster a greater understanding of the European Union and its processes among its citizens, and to enhance tolerance and mutual understanding, respect and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, while contributing to intercultural dialogue.
More about the project
The Agenda of the event
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