Our Events & Outputs

We organized 3 international events and many more local workshops, debating on the topics of active participation and the importance of European elections. Here, you can also find some useful maps and reports on the EP elections 2019

Transnational Events

Nov 24, 2018 | Sofia, Bulgaria

Youth space: why voting is important?

In order to address the declining young people’s political participation, we organized an event to debate why is crucial to be democratically engaged and how to increase youth interest and engage young people in democratic elections, using different tools such as mock elections, informational campaigns, ways of contacting youth, lowering the voting age, adapting the electoral system, etc.

Mar 28, 2019 | Lisbon, Portugal

Democracy Toursits

To increase people’s interest in civil participation we used creative ways to show democracy in action. Every project partner presented democratic practices through videos, interviews, photographs, storytelling, etc. Showing the national aspects in the field we shared good/bad democratic practices and discussed concrete ways to create a more democratic Union.

Jul 04, 2019 | Bremen, Germany

Democracy Day! A Walking Workshop in Bremen

The event presented the state of democracy in the EU, democracy’s forgotten turning points and provoked debate on the rise of Euroscepticism and future of the EU. We aimed to foster a constructive dialogue on the EP turnout rates and to use the understanding of weakness and strengths of the EU project as a useful, constructive and positive driver for European integration.

Local Workshops

Many local workshops across the partnering countries of Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Albania and Greece.

Europe for Citizens Programme Info


The project «Vote 4 Your Europe» was funded with the support of the European Union under the Programme “Europe for Citizens”

Strand 2 – Measure 2.3 “Civil Society Projects“
3 events have been carried out within this project: Event 1 “Youth space: why voting is important” Participation: The event involved 54 citizens, including 3 participants from the city of Lisbon (Portugal), 3 participants from the city of Tirana (Albania), 3 participants from the city of Athens (Greece), 3 participants from the city of Bremen (Germany), 3 participants from the city of A Coruna (Spain), 3 participants from the city of Vilnius (Lithuania), 2 participants from the city of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Italy), 3 participants from the city of Krakow (Poland), 1 participant from the city of Tartu (Estonia), 30 participants from the city of Sofia (Bulgaria). Location / Dates: The event took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 23/11/2018 to 25/11/2018. Short description: The aim of the event was to address the declining political participation of young people, and to debate why is crucial to be democratically engaged and how to increase youth interest and engage young people in democratic elections, using different tools such as mock elections, informational campaigns, ways of contacting youth, lowering the voting age, adapting the electoral system, etc. Event 2 “Democracy tourists” Participation: The event involved 54 citizens, including 2 participants from the city of Tirana (Albania), 2 participants from the city of Krakow (Poland), 4 participants from the city of A Coruna (Spain), 2 participants from the city of Tartu (Estonia), 3 participants from the city of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Italy), 3 participants from the city of Athens (Greece), 3 participants from the city of Vilnius (Lithuania), 3 participants from the city of Bremen (Germany), 4 participants from the city of Sofia (Bulgaria), 28 participants from the city of Lisbon (Portugal). Location / Dates: The event took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 27/03/2019 to 29/03/2019 Short description: The aim of the event was to increase people’s interest in civic participation usin creative ways to show democracy in action. Every project partner presented democratic practices through videos, interviews, photographs, storytelling, etc. Showing the national aspects in the field, good/bad democratic practices were shared. Specific ways to create a more democratic Union were discussed. Event 3 “A democracy day” Participation: The event involved 75 citizens, including 2 participants from the city of Athens (Greece), 5 participants from the city of Sofia (Bulgaria), 3 participants from the city of A Coruna (Spain), 3 participants from the city of Vilnius (Lithuania), 1 participant from the city of Tartu (Estonia), 4 participants from the city of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Italy), 3 participants from the city of Krakow (Poland), 3 participants from the city of Lisbon (Portugal), 2 participants from the city of Tirana (Albania) and 49 participants from the city of Bremen (Germany). Location / Dates: The event took place in Bremen, Germany, from 03/07/2019 to 05/07/2019 Short description: The aim of the event was to present the state of democracy in the EU, democracy’s forgotten turning points and provoke debate on the rise of Euroscepticism and future of the EU after the elections. We fostered a constructive dialogue on the EP turnout rates and understanding the weakness and strengths of the EU project as a useful, constructive and positive driver for European integration.

Political Map

On the interactive map below, you can see the significance of the political parties across the partnering countries of Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Albania and Greece. Just click on a highlighted country or hover your mouse on it.

Policy Report

Do you understand European politics? In the report below we give an overview of the participants’ perceptions on the different political agendas on local level and how they fit into the European political bodies, in terms of political spectrum.

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