{"id":914,"date":"2014-10-04T20:14:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/?p=914"},"modified":"2016-11-22T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:46:57","slug":"european-citizens-initiative-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/en\/2014\/10\/04\/european-citizens-initiative-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"A European Citizens\u2019 Initiative for the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ECI_Next-generation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-915 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ECI_Next-generation-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ECI_Next generation!\" width=\"539\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<strong>End Ecocide<\/strong> and <strong>The ECI Campaign<\/strong>\u00a0organise in a half-day workshop in Brussels on Tuesday, 14 October 2014. We will explore what can be done to ensure that the European Citizens\u2019 Initiative (ECI) works for the next generation and for future organizers using the world\u2019s first tool of participatory, transnational and digital democracy.\u00a0Some of the questions to be discussed include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">How to encourage more young people to vote for ECIs or even join ECI organiser teams? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What are the particular challenges for youth- and volunteer-led ECIs? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">How could social media and online campaigning be used for successful ECIs? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And last but not least, how could the ECI legislation be improved?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The workshop will<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> be held in the afternoon from 14.00-18.00 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mundo-b.org\/en\/Contact.html\">Mundo -B<\/a> (Rue d\u2019Edimbourg 26, 1050, Brussels).<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 646px; background-color: #daf2ed;\" width=\"800\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">AGENDA<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">14.00 \u2013 14.15<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Opening and Welcome<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">by Prisca Merz, End Ecocide and Carsten Berg, The ECI Campaign<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">14.15 \u2013 15.00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Introductions<\/strong> ECI organisers&#8217; presentations on successful ECI management and involvement of young people in their ECI<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">15.00 \u2013 16.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Group Discussions<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Topics include: Involvement of young people in ECI organisation, getting youth to vote for ECIs, improvement of the ECI legislation with a view to the upcoming reform, particular challenges faced by volunteers-led ECIs, social media and online campaigning. If you are interested in discussing a particular topic additional to these suggestions, please get in touch.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">16.30 &#8211; 17.00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Presentation of group discussion outcomes<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">17.00 \u2013 18.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Closing Panel Discussion<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"484\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Confirmed participants:<strong> Charlotte Rive<\/strong> (European Commission), <strong>Tina Nilsson<\/strong> (leading the ECI investigation by the European\u00a0Ombudswoman), <strong>Anne-Marie Sigmund<\/strong> (president of the ECI ad hoc group in the EESC), <strong>Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann<\/strong> (MEP,\u00a0Member of the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee) <strong>and Michael Efler<\/strong> (Mehr Demokratie, ECI STOP\u00a0TTIP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This event is organized by End Ecocide and The ECI Campaign, grateful for support from the EU&#8217;s Youth in Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Programme and the Citizens for Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cfe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cfe.png\" alt=\"cfe\" width=\"111\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YiA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-929\" src=\"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YiA.png\" alt=\"YiA\" width=\"172\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0End Ecocide and The ECI Campaign\u00a0organise in a half-day workshop in Brussels on Tuesday, 14 October 2014. 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