Young journalists from all over Europe are invited to participate in a pan-European competition on EU-enlargement issues. The European Commission's Directorate-General for Enlargement launched this competition together with European Youth Press to encourage young journalists to reflect and express their views on the European Union's enlargement policy and to exchange their views. Participants are asked to submit a recently published article on EU enlargement via the competition website www.EUjournalist-award.eu until March 15, 2008.
The theme of this year's last Politeia Newsletter, which will be published in December, is: WOMEN IN EUROPEAN SOCIETY. Contributions are welcome (e.g. on female participation in politics/society/business life in a European country, national or European policy on the participation of women). Deadline is 10 December and the article should contain 300-800 words. For more information or questions, please contact: s.jansen@politeia.net.
10 April 2007
The quarterly theme of the upcoming Politeia Newsletter will be the situation of Roma in Europe. In follow-up of the International Roma Day on 8 April the next issue, which will be published in May 2007, will be dedicated to the problems around one of the largest minority groups in Europe. If you are interested in contributing to this theme, please send an email to Ms. Suzanne Jansen on s.jansen@politeia.net. Deadline for contributions: 1 May 2007.
In addition to the usual quarterly Politeia Newsletter, a special issue will be published in June, in which attention will be paid to events that took place on Europe Day 2007 (9 May). Organisers of events on Europe Day that are interested in writing a small article about their event can contact Ms. Suzanne Jansen on s.jansen@politeia.net. Deadline for contributions: 18 June 2007.
29 March 2007
Bulgaria joined the European Citizens’ Consultations upon accession to the EU on January 1, 2007. That is why there were no Bulgarian participants at the ECC Agenda setting event in October 2006. The National Citizens’ Consultation in Bulgaria took place on February 10-11 2007 in Sofia. The event was organized by the Centre for Liberal Strategies and the Alpha Research Agency. The CLS and Alpha Research organized back in 2003 the first deliberative poll in Central and Eastern Europe on organized crime. At present, they are in the final stage of the second deliberative poll in Bulgaria on the situation of the Roma minority (April 13-15 2007). The deliberative dimension of the ECC initiative was of special interest for the organizers.
65 participants with just six weeks of experience as EU citizens discussed for two days the three topics agreed upon by 200 citizens from the EU 25 back in 2006: Energy & Environment; Family & Social Welfare; EU’s Global Role & Immigration.
27 March 2007
Last weekend (24-15 March) it was exactly 50 years ago that the Treaty of Rome was signed. While national leaders of the European Union members countries celebrated this in Berlin (see: http://europa.eu/50/), many other events were organised at the same time. One of these was the Conference on the Future of Europe, aimed at more involvement of citizens, initiated by different organisations in combination with individual members of national parliaments; another was the first EU Youth Summit, held in Rome.
26 February 2007
Welcome to the new Politeia website! In the last few months we have been working hard to get the new website online, and in the coming few weeks more alterations will follow.
There is a new format, which will make it easier to search for information. Here you can find a short introduction on the new sections.
In this section, NEWS, you can find news about Politeia, but also about other issues with regard to participation, citizenship, and democracy in Europe.
In the section NEWSLETTER all newsletters have been published, with the newest newsletter on top.
Under THEMES you can find articles catagorized under the themes: Citizenship and Participation, Education, Elections, European Union, Media, Politeia Projects, and Links to other interesting websites.
In ABOUT US you can read all about Politeia goals, members, activities and how to contact us.
In the section COUNTRIES you can articles about a different European countries.
In RECENT PUBLICATIONS interesting publications are published.
If you have any news, articles, remarks or suggestions, please let us know on: info@politeia.net.
Enjoy browsing this new website! Suzanne Jansen, Politeia editor and webmaster.
23 February 2007
Click here for Politeia Newsletter 44, the first issue of 2007.
On some cold and rainy December days, representatives of Politeia member organisations from Ireland, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Croatia came together in Amsterdam for the annual Politeia conference. Items on the agenda were the evaluation of the Politeia European exchange project of 2006 (“Exchange of Good Practises in the Field of Participation and Citizenship of Underrepresented Groups”), future fundraising activities for Politeia and the transformation of the Politeia network into an association.
16 December 2005
On 9-10 December 2005 a networking seminar in Amsterdam was organised to revitalize the Politeia Network. Read more about the goals and outcomes on this website.
21 February 2006
On 1st February 2006 the European Commission adopted a White Paper on a European Communication Policy. The White Paper is a call for action on how the gap between the EU and its citizens can be closed. According to the European Commission, communication on Europe is a matter of democracy.
20 June 2006
The new Politeia Newsletter (no. 42) has been published on this website. *Read more* about the new exchange activities of the partners of the POLITEIA network.
24 July 2006
ECAS, the European Citizen Action Service, organises in collaboration with the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions The Partnership Forum - 4Cs for Civil Society. This forum will take place in Brussels(Belgium) on 10 October 2006 in the context of the Open Days - European Week of Cities and Regions.
This Forum is organised by the European Commission. It will bring together a diversity of representatives of municipalities (mayors) and of civil society organisations which are taking part or are interested in the Community Action Programme to promote Active European Citizenship.
September 2006
The weekend of 7-8 October will see Commission Vice President Margot Wallström launch the biggest-ever pan-European debate involving citizens from all 25 EU Member States to find out what they want from Europe and which issues matter to them most.
31 July 2006
Citizenship is still high on the political agenda. This is not amazing if you look at the problems with which governments and citizens are confronted. Governments and the European Commission see citizenship education as a policy tool that has the potential to deal with these problems. Whether this makes sense is an open question and a point of discussion between experts.