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Description
Lack of awareness of the importance of active citizenship and democratic culture effect young people; young people in Croatia have no access to activities that would enable them to proactively advocate for their views and develop democratic competencies while gaining practical experience in advocacy activities. Goal: to develop democratic competencies and civic awareness among young people as vulnerable group and to include them in participatory decision-making models.
Specific goals:
1: Empower young people (age 15-22) to actively participate in society, emphasizing they are a vulnerable group (R 3.2, 3.3)
2: Expand the reach of debate clubs as a model of civic education (CE), develop civic awareness and democratic competences among young people (R 3.1)
3: Develop a deliberation model for application in Croatian local government units (LGU) and schools and adapt a method of participatory inclusion of vulnerable groups. (R 3.2, 2.2.)
Project activities: training of educators and young volunteers (to conduct debate and deliberation); support the work of debate clubs (on-site and online mentoring, development of online tools for organizing education); training of young deliberation ambassadors and implementation of deliberation activities strengthening the capacity of NGOs, LGUs and educators to implement the CE debate model; development of advocacy materials and program accreditation; translating and adapting materials for debate and deliberation to suit the needs of young people; dissemination conference.
The added value of the Citizens Foundation Iceland is practice and knowledge in using innovations technology for restoring faith in democratic debate and institutions (open state-of-the-art engagement platforms and consultations on how to best plan & execute successful citizen engagement projects). Local partners contribute in development of methodology and communication with local authorities and in facilitation of communication with schools.