About the project
The Young Europeans Active in the Olomouc Region is an interactive project that offers a wide range and comprehensive attitude towards youth education in European affairs. Its main aim is to increase the knowledge of young people in Olomouc Region and let them participate in activities directly connected with the European issues and the affairs of the European Union.
Our project was initiated and co-ordinated by the Olomouc Region Authority in close co-operation with the Europe Direct centre in Olomouc and non-profit organization Eutis in September 2007. One of the reasons to start the project was a need to see young people more closely connected with what is going on in Europe, to give them an idea of what the European identity is about and that belonging to Europe is not only something they often hear about but something they can be part of and be active in as well.
We wanted to find out a way how to combine entertainment and education to present our ideas to young people in the Olomouc Region and what evolved from this process was something we call “an umbrella for young Europeans”. This umbrella is de facto a project covering several initiatives aiming at reaching our above mentioned goal and it covers the following 5 areas of activities: