This publication gathers contributions to understand better and further develop the European Citizens’ Initiative. This participatory and agenda-setting tool introduced into the Treaty of Lisbon has not yet reached its full potential of citizen engagement, nor has it driven the significant policy changes initially expected. Bearing this in mind, the project ECI: From A to Z aimed to promote the knowledge and use of the European Citizens’ Initiative within the higher education arena by engaging investigators and students from four different Universities (University of Coimbra; Georg-August University of Göttingen; Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi and the University of Vigo) to work together to share their concerns and common views on the European Union role and policies. This publication describes the methodology followed and results reached under the project, but more than that, it is a practical toolkit for all who wish to know more about the European Citizens’ Initiative and how to put it in motion.
Publikationstyp: Sammelband
Sparte: Universitätsdrucke
Sprache: Englisch
Beiträge
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1. European Citizens’ Initiative: Constitutional Framework (Seiten 17-21)
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2. What kind of participatory instrument is the ECI? (Seiten 23-30)
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3. Purposes of an ECI (Seiten 33-37)
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4. What is an ECI for? Views from Students (Seiten 39-42)
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5. Political Participation as Democratic Training: The case of the ECI and the broader ecosystem of European engagement tools (Seiten 43-48)
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6. What is an ECI for? (Seiten 49-52)
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7. Virtuosities and Shortcomings of the ECI (Seiten 53-58)
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8. What is an ECI for? The ECI under the new regulation (Seiten 59-63)
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9. Content of an ECI: The Request for Registration Online Form (Seiten 67-72)
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10. The ECI and ECAS (Seiten 73-80)
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11. Roadmap of the ECI procedure and actors involved (Seiten 83-86)
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12. The Interplay between the Commission and the CJEU (Seiten 87-95)
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13. How effective is the European Citizens’ Initiative? (Seiten 97-110)
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14. How to organize an ECI. Behind the scenes of the ‘End the Cage Age’ European Citizens’ Initiative (Seiten 113-119)
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15. How to support an ECI? (Seiten 121-124)
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16. Where can I find help? (Seiten 125-127)
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17. Views from the Portuguese ECI Contact Point (Seiten 130-134)
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18. Purposes of the Erasmus+ Project ECI from A to Z (Seiten 137-139)
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19. Online Course on ECI (Seiten 141-149)
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20. Introductory Sessions and Intensive Course on ECI (Seiten 151-154)
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21. Peer Learning Activities (Seiten 155-158)
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22. Online Presence and Gamification Strategies (Seiten 159-163)
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23. Models ECI (Seiten 165-169)
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24. Students’ Initiatives (Seiten 171-186)
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25. Were the project expectations met? (Seiten 187-190)