Call for a capacity building programme - Become a change-maker for the European election!
ALDA - European Association for Local Democracy together with Foster Europe and a consortium of partners would like to invite you to participate in the capacity building programme organised in the framework of the TALE project, co-funded by the European Parliament. The project aims to engage a greater number of voters, reduce the gap of voter turnout among various EU member states and, activate and empower them to play an active role in the next European parliamentary elections in 2024.
Goals of the TALE project:
The principal objective of the TALE project is to encourage and facilitate the active engagement of European young citizens with the construction of a vibrant European democracy.
ALDA, together with the project partners, will include a series of bottom-up, participatory workshops, events and training, aimed at raising awareness of the importance of the upcoming elections and increasing voter turnout.
The objective of the online Capacity Building Training:
is to make future change-makers more aware and gain capacity building tools about political activism, the creation of communication campaigns, the importance of news and active democratic citizenship.
When selected you will also get the chance to participate in online campaigns as well as help with organisation of local events.
Change-maker programme:
the training will offer an intensive and strategic learning environment through three thematic modules:
Political Activism with a particular focus on concepts and techniques related to political activism, including campaigning around the European elections of 2024.
Campaigning and Citizens Empowerment with a special focus centered around citizens’ empowerment in terms of social media literacy and civic rights as well as dealing with fake news, mis-, mal- and disinformation.
Digital Campaigning: using as reference the change-makers’ concrete concepts for reaching out to their target groups, campaign narratives, activity/event locations, and promotion strategies.
Scope of the call:
The capacity building programme exist out of 3 ONLINE WEBINARS. These webinars will be interactive and teach you concepts and techniques related to political activism, including campaigning methods for European elections 2024, ways to empower participants to reach out to their target groups, increase their followership and raise awarness for the most pressing issues of today.
It will not be necessary for changemakers to travel.
ARE YOU THE ONE WE ARE LOOKING FOR?
Are you a citizen of voting age?
Are you coming from Bulgaria, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia or France?
Do you want to gain new skills and knowledge in order to increase your political activism and engage people for the European Parliament Election in 2024?
Do you want to make a difference and change the future of Europe?
If you answered yes to the above questions, apply here by filling out this form.
We look forward to having you on board as a change-maker in this Capacity Building Training.
