On Friday 22nd February the Polish Radio dla Ciebie, that broadcasts all over Masovian voivodship in
Poland, invited I AM EUROPE to talk about its' project.
“In the eyes of many, Europe is considered to be a big bag of money to which only a few have access to” – this
is how Robert Łuchniak, the host of the show, began the broadcast in the “Wieczór RDC” program. With this
statement he referred to the belief that many Poles have, considering the European Union
as one big fund.
Joanna
Krawczyk (program manager of the Warsaw office of the Evens Foundation, photo) and I (project facilitator)
have explained I AM EUROPE's primary
assumptions – Europe's heart beats with its citizens every day and active citizens can be motor of change in the European community.
What do we
know about the citizens involved in this project? The first experiences from
the local meetings in Brussels and Sofia have proven how engagement of
individuals at the grass roots can mobilise entire communities – as it is
the case in the Polish migrants community in Brussels or cooperation of Balkan
Assist with local municipalities in Sofia.
How to
bring those good solutions and practices to the European level in order to
encourage the European citizens get more involved in EU policy-making? This
still remains a question which we hope to be answered in the next months.
Much time
was devoted to a discussion about the experiment in which the citizens will
test how their problems and important issues can be addressed from the European
perspective. Such an experiment may encourage the citizens to take actions and
to look for support to their local problems by drawing from European
experiences and resources.
Radio dla
Ciebie promised to invite I AM EUROPE for another broadcast in autumn to talks
about the project results. We are looking forward to it!
Marta Gawinek - Dagargulia
Project facilitator
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