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 CATANIA!

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Welcome on board, Generation Z! Are you ready for take off? We will bring you on a travel across borders, communities, and cultures that you will remember for your entire life!

FORMAT

HACKATHON

Tackle the challenges to youth participation at the European Elections, such as disengagement, lack of information, participation barriers, etc.

 

And draft a proposal on how to better engage young people within the European civic context. 

TOPICS

  • Discover more about Design Thinking and learn some useful tips.

  • Create content such as presentations and short videos to promote your ideas and proposals on social media. 

  • Have the opportunity to meet people coming from any corner of Europe and exchange ideas, visions, cultures and languages.

  • Have an impact on youth engagement: your proposal will make young Europeans more interested in the democratic interplay.

YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

REGISTER & JOIN THE RIDE! 

This trip will bring you to Catania, Sicily, in the South of Italy. You and 60 fellow young students coming from 15 European countries will take part in a three-day event from 27 to 29 April 2023.

Application process

If you are ready to take off, here what you should do now:

  1. Send us your application by completing this Google form. All applications are open EXCEPT for the following countries: France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Ireland, Sweden and Austria.

  2. Once your selection is confirmed by EucA, you need to book and pay autonomously for your means of transport to Catania. We will reimburse you up to 200 EUR after your successful participation in the event.

  3. Prepare your luggage and… take off!

Here is the captain speaking: our scheduled time of arrival is 27 April!

AGENDA & VENUE

VENUE FOR ALL DAYS :
COMING SOON

DAY 1

27 April – Team Building

 

09:30 - 12:00: Arrival at the hostel 

12:00 - 12:30: Welcome and Registration

12:30 - 13:00: Presentation of the agenda 

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch

14:00 - 14:45: Icebreakers 

14:45 - 16:00: PechaKucha presentations from national groups

16:00 - 16:30: Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30: Introduction to Design Thinking

17:30 - 18:30: Launch of the challenges to tackle and group formation

DAY 2

28 April – Hackathon and Video Making

09:00 - 09:30: Welcome and Registration

09:30 - 10:30: Introduction to video making

10:30 - 11:30: Group work - Selection of the challenges and definition of observed needs

11:30 - 12:00: Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:30: Group work - Ideation of the proposal and content creation

13:30 - 14:30: Lunch 

14:00 - 15:00: Plenary sessions with testimonials from nano and micro-influencers

14.30 - 18:30: Group work - Video making

18:30 - 19:00: Wrap-up

DAY 3

29 April – Proposal Presentation

 

09:00 - 09:30: Welcome and Registration

09:30 - 11:30: Proposal presentations and awards ceremony

11:30 - 12:00: Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:00: Group and self-reflection activity on learnings & next steps

13:00: Wrap-up

 

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LOGISTICS

  1. The event will be held in English in person. No remote participation is possible.

  2. Once your selection is confirmed by EucA, you need to book and pay autonomously for your means of transport to Catania. We will reimburse you up to 200 EUR after your successful participation in the event.

  3. For the two nights of the conference, you will stay in shared rooms in a hostel provided and paid for by the organisers. Extra nights in Coimbra must be booked and paid for by you, independently of the organisers.

  4. The organisers will provide most of the conference meals, the highlight being a dinner all together.

For more information regarding our cancellation & reimbursement policy, check our Call for Applications: 


For other information or if you want to say hi, please contact us at info@euca.eu

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