„my COUNTRY, my EUROPE”, Câmpina 2008
The youth exchange “my COUNTRY, my EUROPE” was focused on youngsters, with or without experience, passionate by media (video, photo, journalism and internet) as a tool and as a culture for itself. It gathered 25 young people from 4 UE and SEE countries (Albania, Lithuania, Macedonia and Romania). During seven days the participants not only explored media, but they also worked on their personal relation to this specific field and with other young people as well; their own place in the society and the level of their social activism.
The multilateral youth exchange mainly aimed to bring an idea about how the youngsters see Europe, their country and national identity, how
they feel about the others and their wishes in the frame of a big Europe. It did encourage establishment of contacts and relationships between young media and the other young people; it contributed to the popularization and social acceptance of all differences and similarities of different countries by getting involve and motivating them to be active in society at all levels. It also made a significant local impact, influencing the attitudes of local community and local authorities towards media, supporting in this way the young media from Campina and not only.
The project was financially supported by EC through the programme “Youth in Action”, action 3.1. youth exchanges.