Od 20. do 22. 9. 2024., Svjetski savez mladih Jugoistočna Europa organizirao je u Zagrebu radionicu pod nazivom „Demokratsko uključivanje kroz kritičko promišljanje o informacijama i obrazovanje” – prvi u nizu događanja u sklopu dvogodišnjeg projekta DECIDE/ODLUČI.
Trodnevna radionica je okupila više od 25 mladih iz Hrvatske te partnerskih zemalja Austrije i Litve. Mladi su imali priliku detaljnije upoznati institucije Europske unije – njihovu ulogu, glavne osobine i način funkcioniranja. Poseban je naglasak bio na institucijama Europske komisije, Europskoga parlamenta, Europskoga vijeća i Vijeća Europske unije te načinu na koji one predlažu, izmjenjuju i donose zakone i kreiraju široke politike EU. Naglašena je važnost uključivanja u izborne procese, informiranost građana i važnost svakog glasa prilikom izbora, kako onih na lokalnoj razini, tako i na razini EU. Stečeno znanje sudionici su primijenili u interaktivnim vježbama simulacije predlaganja amandmana i donošenja pravnoga akta.
Uz ostalo, u medijskom dijelu radionice govorilo se o načinu i metodama prema kojima određene teme postaju dijelom svakodnevice o kojoj pišu mediji, odnosno tko i što neke teme postavlja na dnevni red i zašto, pojmu “framinga”, prepoznavanja lažnih vijesti, ulozi I načinu funkcioniranja javnih medijskih servisa, uz radionice u kojima su mladi sami komentirali medijske objave i pronalazili primjere o kojima su medijski stručnjaci govorili. Radionica je bila odrađena u odličnoj i produktivnoj atmosferi s vršnjacima koji su bili izrazito motivirani za rad i za usvajanje novih znanja. Kako bi razmjenjivali iskustva i međusobno dijelili zanimljivosti i važne informacije, nakon radionice sudionici će se uključiti u Mrežu inicijative mladih birača, u koju se pozivaju i drugi zainteresirani. Mladi se mogu uključiti slanjem svojih prijava na: info@uimeobitelji.net .
Financira Europska unija. Međutim, iznesena stajališta i mišljenja samo su stajališta autora i ne odražavaju nužno stajališta Europske unije ili Europske izvršne agencije za obrazovanje i kulturu (EACEA). Ni Europska unija ni davatelj potpore ne mogu se smatrati odgovornima za njih.
The first workshop was held as part of the DECIDE project
From 20 to 22 September 2024, the World Youth Alliance South East Europe organized a workshop in Zagreb entitled “Democratic Inclusion through Critical Thinking about Information and Education” – the first in a series of events as part of the two-year DECIDE project.
The three-day workshop brought together more than 25 young people from Croatia and partner countries Austria and Lithuania. Young people had the opportunity to get to know the institutions of the European Union in more detail – their role, main features and way of functioning. Special emphasis was placed on the institutions of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council of the European Union and the way they propose, amend and adopt laws and create broad EU policies. The importance of involvement in electoral processes, informing citizens and the importance of every vote in elections, both at the local level and at the EU level, was emphasized. The participants applied the acquired knowledge in interactive exercises of simulation of proposing amendments and adopting legal acts.
Among other things, in the media part of the workshop, they talked about the manner and methods by which certain topics become part of everyday life written about by the media, that is, who and what puts certain topics on the agenda and why, the concept of “framing”, recognizing fake news, the role and functioning of public media services, with workshops in which young people themselves commented on media releases and found examples that media experts talked about. The workshop was held in an excellent and productive atmosphere with peers who were extremely motivated to work and to acquire new knowledge. In order to exchange experiences and share interesting and important information, after the workshop, participants will join the Young Voters’ Initiative Network, to which other interested parties are also invited. Young people can get involved by sending their applications to: info@uimeobitelji.net .
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