CATCH

Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European Youth: Policies, Practices, Challenges and Solutions.

The CATCH-EyoU project aims to identify ways and means to help cultivate a new generation of young European citizens in a complex historical period.

The proposal will examine young people’s views on the EU and their role in building the EU through their participatory practices at European, national, regional and local levels. This work is interdisciplinary in order to understand the mechanisms within society and to be able to reapply knowledge.

A wide range of research methods will be used, including literature and media analysis, interviews and focus groups, a longitudinal transnational study, ethnographic case studies on participatory practices and a socially innovative intervention.

The project concludes with the need for education for young people in the EU. An education that makes it possible to raise awareness and connect people around an issue.

Need of media communication to act with the young citizens.

Proposal of an innovative method in schools that involves students and teachers. Provides an understanding of how young people engage in social issues of local and European interest, combining a participatory approach, community analysis and structured dialogue with public authorities, and will be evaluated before, after and during its implementation.

Drafting ideas, recommendations and instruments to strengthen young people’s engagement and promote their active citizenship in the EU.