Kick-off meeting for “Active European Citizenship for Democracy and Participation: Bridging EU and Western Balkans”

Members from Association PEL have been in Tirana, Albania from 10th till 13th of September, participating on a kick-off meeting for “Active European Citizenship for Democracy and Participation: Bridging EU and Western Balkans”, a joint activity of NGO’s from Albania, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Serbia and Macedonia.

The whole project is implemented by the NGO “Beyond Barriers” from Albania in the framework of the “Europe for Citizens” programme of the European Commision. The entire action will last for 17 months and features activities in Albania, Germany, Macedonia and Serbia.

The project aims to:

• analyse the perception of the notion of citizenship and European citizenship among citizens of Western Balkan countries
• explore the impact EU policies and prospective EU membership of Western Balkan countries have on democracy and

Seminar in Berlin: “From Borders to European integration – Itineraries from Yesterday to Today” (18-21 October 2012)

This seminar was organized by Europe for Citizens programme founded by European commission. This was initial seminar from 15-months projects that features four seminars in four specific urban settings (Berlin, Skopje, Warsaw and Tirana) , where local and international participants from six different European countries (Albania, Germany, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland and Romania) will engage in a dialogue and