A.L.T.I.U.S.

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TITLE: ALTIUS Network, Act Locally, Think Internationally. Union (S)Elections

FOUNDING PROGRAM: Europe for Citizen 2014-2020

PERIOD: 1st of April 2015 to the 31st of December 2016

PARTNERS:

OBJECTIVES:

  • To foster capacity-building for youth organisations and structures in order to contribute to civil society development.
  • To promote cooperation and the exchange of experience and good practice in the field of youth and non-formal education.
  • To contribute to the development of youth policies, youth work and the voluntary sector.
  • To develop sustainable partnerships and networks between youth organizations.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

  • To improve the quality of non-formal education practices/activities in all partner organisations.
  • To share non-formal learning methodology tools and experiences.
  • To review, evaluate and exchange good practices between the partner organisations.
  • To examine the significance of youth work and volunteerism in each country and how it can directly benefit local communities.
  • To assess the role of Civil Society Organisations, especially in the field of Youth, in community development and in the personal development of the young people, as well as in the inclusion of young people of fewer opportunities.
  • To directly build the capacity of the staff of the partner organizations, through a training course and job-shadowing activities.
  • To foster good collaboration between partner organizations and create a network between these organizations and other organization in the participating countries and not only.

SUMMARY:

More than half century ago, six countries initiated a perpetual process of unification of – a destroyed by the two World Wars – Europe. What started as the European Coal and Steel Community is now the EU of 28 countries.

Despite the impressive expansion, the EU seems to need a lot of effort to achieve the active participation of its citizens in the policy-making process. Indicative of this, is the 42.54% of participation in the recent elections for the EU Parliament. The reality is that EU citizens seem to consider EU as an external factor in their daily life, which in cases of – the so called – euroscepticism is an external factor that suppresses national identity. Consequently, millions of people cannot see themselves as part of the EU, and therefore, they do not feel the need to participate in its decision making processes.

This project focuses on EU citizens, regardless of nationality, race, gender, age, sexual and other orientation, religion or any other possible discriminatory identity. Its main aim is to raise awareness in local communities and provide citizens with space, time and tools for expressing their views on the EU, and help them understand their role and place in the EU. Thus, we will attempt to demonstrate that acting locally and for the common good of their local communities, they can actually be thinking about the good of the wider European community, without needing to reconsider their local traditions. The idea of the project is to motivate EU citizens to think internationally while acting locally, to eventually (s)elect the EU they dream for them and for the future generations.

The project will last 18 months and includes partners from Greece, France, Bulgaria, Latvia, Croatia, and Italy covering a wide European region, both in sense of geography as well as experience within the EU. The methods used will cover a wide range of local and international activities, focusing on research, debates and informational events.

A.L.T.I.U.S.

Od 30. lipnja do 1. srpnja u zagrebačkim prostorijama europskih institucija održan je seminar za predstavnike lokalnih medija u organizaciji Predstavništva Europske komisije u Hrvatskoj i hrvatskih centara Europe Direct. Sukladno tome, na seminaru su sudjelovali i predstavnici našeg centra Europe Direct Slavonski Brod, koji posluje kao informativni centar Europske komisije pri Europskom domu Slavonski Brod.

Seminar je posvećen obilježavanju velikih 12 godina članstva Hrvatske u Europskoj uniji. Poslušali smo nekoliko panela, sudjelovali u simulaciji rada europskih institucija u centru Doživi Europu te posjetili Dansko veleposlanstvo povodom predsjedanja Kraljevine Danske Vijećem Europe unije.

Tijekom prvog dana,fokus je stavljen na niz panela u kojima se razgovaralo o prednostima članstva Hrvatske u Europskoj uniji. U uvodnom panelu su o 12 godina članstva Hrvatske u EU, izazovima i prilika s kojima se Hrvatska susreće u kontekstu Europske unije, govorili hrvatski zastupnici Europskog parlamenta Tonino Picula i Karlo Ressler. Tijekom narednih panela raspravljalo se o sadašnjost i budućnosti novinarstva, izazovima s kojima se suočava te o njegovoj ulozi u Hrvatskoj i Europi. Također, razgovarali smo i o ostalim važnim i aktualnim pitanjima vezanima za Europsku uniju, s naglaskom na Hrvatsku u EU.
Više ekonomske savjetnice Predstavništva Europske komisije u Hrvatskoj, Hana Huzjak i Judita Cuculić Župa, predstavile su Europski semestar 2025. – ključni instrument koordinacije gospodarskih politika unutar Europske unije, s naglaskom na preporuke i prioritete vezane za Hrvatsku.

Eliana Čandrlić Glibota, glavna urednica programa Hrvatskog radija, navela je izazove s kojima se u današnje vrijeme susreću tradicionalni mediji – kako zadržati i povećati povjerenje slušatelja, borba protiv dezinformacija s obzirom na količinu radijskih postaja u Hrvatskoj te financiranje tradicionalnih medija.

Jasna Vaniček-Fila iz Vijeća za elektroničke medije i Ivan Buča, glavni urednik 24sata, objasnili su prisutnima što su SLAPP tužbi i osvijestili publiku o rastu broja takvih tužbi u Hrvatskoj. Istaknuli su potrebu za snažnom zaštitom novinara kroz zakonodavni okvir, javnu podršku i edukaciju.

Ozren Kronja, izvršni direktor Hrvatske udruge digitalnih izdavača i Goran Penić, predsjednik Društvo za zaštitu novinarskih autorskih prava, otvorili su temu budućnosti medija u Hrvatskoj s fokusom na utjecaj umjetne inteligencije i velikih tehnoloških platformi.

Hrvoje Zovko, predsjednik Hrvatskog novinarskog društva i Maja Sever, predsjednica European Federation of Journalists – EFJ i Sindikata novinara Hrvatske (SNH), naglasili su važnost slobode medija, zaštite novinara i neovisnog izvještavanja kao temelja demokracije.

Tijekom drugog dana seminara, na konferenciji za medije u organizaciji Danskog veleposlanstva, Nj. E. Ole Frijs-Madsen, veleposlanik Kraljevine Danske u Republici Hrvatskoj, predstavio je prioritete presjedanja Kraljevine Danske Vijećem EU-a.

Naposljetku seminara organizirana je simulacija rada europskih institucija za predstavnike medija i hrvatskih centara Europe Direct mreže.

Posebno zahvaljujemo na doprinosu i sudjelovanju našim dugogodišnjim suradnicama, novinarkama Danieli Kuzmić (Radio Slavonija) i Željki Gavranović (PlusPortal).