1. Empowering Young People – Connecting Europe
Re-shaping Life in our Region
Empowering Young People – Connecting Europe

2. Project Aims Motto: “Re-shaping Life in our Region”
Development of innovative school-based projects promoting:
Active citizenship
Participation in civil society at national and regional level
Intercultural awareness through cross-cultural interaction
Sustainable development and entrepreneurship
Together with external partners: NGOs, cultural institutions, artists, enterprises ...

3. Target Group
16 schools from ten countries

4. Cluster A - Active Citizenship
“Supporting Vulnerable Groups in Society – Promoting Voluntarism among Students”:
Developing knowledge, skills and attitudes of students to participate as volunteers
in their local communities
and raising their awareness
for the situation of vulnerable
groups

5. Cluster B - Cultural Dialogue
“Stories of Everyday Life of Students in Four Countries – an Intercultural Comparison”
Erasing frontiers
by knowing our
similarities and differences.

6. Cluster C -Sustainable Development
“Kids Recycle - Awareness Raising Campaigns in Kindergartens
for Recycling”
Students raise awareness
of children for
sustainable development.

7. Cluster D - Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship
“Together for a Job - Youth Campaign against Youth Unemployment in the Danube Region”:
A project to change the
mind-sets of young people
And to raise public awareness
for youth unemployment.

8. Envisaged outcomes by the end of 2013
Four regional school clusters have been established
32 teachers have gained experience in regional project development
80 teachers have gained experience in regional project implementation
400 students have actively participated in four projects in fields relevant for the Danube Region
Project results were presented to stakeholders in ten countries
The “Danube Region Project Portfolio” – an innovative teachers guide is available to teachers/schools in the Danube Region

9. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!