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European ObservatoryEOLCRA Project

Jean Monnet Programme

Lifelong Learning

01/09/2012- 31/08/2013

Silvia Polidori-GNSS Agency-

and the Coordinator Students of the project

Brussels, 05/05/2013

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What is it about?

The European Observatory project is the

establishment of a European multinational

young generations' network working on

building a privileged knowledge positiontowards the European history, policies and

reality for the benefit of a valuable European

integration.

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What is the aim?

Linking together students from differentEuropean countries and universities

Enhancing the European young generationsintegration

Boosting sensibilisation to European affairsand policies

Increasing the knowledge in the EU history,

policies and young generations perspectives

Fostering the civil society participation inEuropean affairs

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How to reach this objective?

Direct meeting and opening discussion at thelaunching conference in Rome on 26 Oct 2012

Visiting the European institutions in Brussels

in spring 2013European guided trip to the Houses Museums

of the Founder Fathers of Europe

Final seminar on the outcome of the projectimplementation

.and a

European on-line Forum

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Some history of the project

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The European Observatory Forum will be:

the first ever existed ,

built BY students and FOR students!

Students will integrate among themselvessharing knowledge, ideas and different

cultural views on common European items.They will share a work together, and benefitfrom its concrete results.

The network created through the forum willserve to increase the interest on Europeandevelopments, policies and new visions,together with an effective integration,implemented IN PRACTICE.

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The Project Actors

1 Coordinator professor per founder university per country.The aim: to ensure high commitment of students and quality of theperformances, providing inputs to discussion and feedbacks on theresults.

1 Coordinator student per founder university per country.The aim: to support the organization of activities for his/her fellowshipuniversity colleagues

The Facilitators: officials and agents of different European institutions andbodies.The aim: facilitate the forum discussion, providing input upon requestalso during the other project activities. They act individually, not

expressing opinions of the institutions they work for.

Experts from the European institutions and representatives of the civilsociety.The aim: contribution to the project creating a link between theuniversities, the European and national institutions and the civil society.

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The Website on-line!

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The Forum

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How does it work?

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The Poll

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The Press page

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Publications

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The Events

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The Innovative character of the

European Observatory project

Content: Bring European matters to the centre of studies and discussion,

integrating young generations in the performance of a common work. The innovative value of the project and the public target to whom the

project is addressed, represent a new way to foster the education inEurope and about Europe.

Mean: The informatic mean will be the key to reach the European citizens on

large scale; The two pillars of our innovative project will be the promotion of both

on-line and sur place experiences!

Actors: Students and professors together will be the ambassadors of thisinnovative initiative. It will be a team achievement involving alsoexperiences, inputs and feedbacks by actors of the institutionalenvironment and from the civil society in general.

The European Observatory will build upon the basis of a network ofinternational universities, multinational students and high levelEuropean experts.

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Kick-Off

The success of the project lies in its good

implementation

you are welcome to contribute and be part of

it!

Join the On-line Forum and get all other

information at

www.european-observatory.net

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