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Be positive – the future of Europe is in your hands

Project Be positive – the future of Europe is in your hands is a new twinning program of the city of Klanjec, within which a four-day meeting of citizens from 13 European countries, including 11 EU countries, took place. members and two that are still in the process of accession. The city of Klanjec, as the organizer and host of the meeting, gathered representatives of 16 partner organizations from Croatia, Poland, Spain, Malta, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Austria, Romania, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The project is a continuation of the successful cooperation of local public authorities and civil society organizations that participated in the previous six twinning programs of the City of Klanjec. The new citizens’ meeting directly follows on from the signed Joint Declaration on promoting tolerance, solidarity and EU values ​​between the previous partners, which agreed on joint cooperation on the development of participatory democracy and the promotion of the EU.

The focus of the project is on young people and their more active involvement in electoral decision-making processes at the local and EU level, spreading useful information about the possibilities of participation in the creation and decision-making at the local and EU level. , and the exchange of good practices that individual partners in the project have in ensuring rights and non-discrimination, protecting democracy, building a European identity and strengthening civic participation in order to promote common European values ​​that can only be preserved and improved together.

During the meeting, pluralism of opinion and balanced and diverse participation of citizens of different genders, ages, national and religious affiliations were encouraged. Citizens will be encouraged to share their opinions, experiences and participate in debates, discussions, workshops and other project activities.

Dunav 1245 participated with its 6 representatives: Jelena Petrović, Andrea Ratković Novković, Slavica Varga, Josip Varga, Mirjana Marinković and Rajko Marinković.