About us

Summary

Start date: 01-09-2023

End date: 28-02-2025

Eu Grant: 60,000 €

Programme: Erasmus+

Key Action: KA210-YOU Small-Scale

Topics

• Awareness About The European Union

• Environment And Climate Change

• Democracy And Inclusive Democratic Participation

Objectives

Up-Root Eco-Democracy project objectives are to promote sustainable city development, increase capacity to engage in and knowledge of democracy, and increase EU awareness. The project addresses current EU priorities on the environment, democratic participation and EU awareness. We aim to increase youth’s capacity to engage in political debate on climate change and sustainable development. We will promote young people’s voices in regional, national and European politics.

Activities

We plan to implement the following activities:

• Module on democracy and the environment, including 1 LTTA

• Module on sustainable city development, including 1 LTTA

• Youth-led webinars

• Creation of guidebooks and open letters based on the 2 modules

• Online and in-person dissemination

• 3 TPMs

• Follow-up and evaluation

Impact

Up-Root Eco-Democracy project will increase awareness of sustainability and democratic methods. The project will increase youth’s confidence in the EU’s ability to tackle climate change, and increase youth voter turnout in the 2024 EU elections. It will promote sustainable city development and promote green practices on a local and global scale. We will increase youth’s capacity to research and advocate for environmental issues. This will promote young voices in global debate.