EUROPEAN MEETING CENTRE - NOWY STAW FOUNDATION


YEAR 2011 NEWS


14.01.2011-31.07.2011. Lublin Presidency at your fingertips RCIE Lublin

The Project "Presidency at your fingertips" ended.

Within the project we implemented following events:

Special internet site

to promote the project and to enable the participants to take part in the events. It was also the main page of the interactive contest on presidency; we placed the training materials there that helped the participants of simulation of EU Council proceedings the preparation to this event.

Interactive contest about the Presidency (1-19.04.2011)

The competition was aimed for junior high school students and the schools of Lublin Province. They answered questions about the presidency on a special website. The scope of the competition covered the following topics: the presidency, the Council of the European Union, as well as the priorities of the polish presidency.

Simulation of EU Council proceedings

a competition for students of schools form the Lubelskie Region. 6 teams of 3 persons each took part in the competition. The aim was to encourage young people to discuss and to get to know the European Union better.

Conference on Polish Presidency of the EU Council entitled
"Chances and challenges of Polish Presidency in the EU Council"

held on 13 April 2011. It was addressed to the inhabitants of Lublin, students, academics, NGO workers, local and regional media. It was devoted to issues of the Eastern Partnership, legal bases of the Presidency and cultural cooperation in Europe. The conference was held at the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration at the Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II. It was broadcasted through Internet at: www.prezydencja2011.org and www.europeanweb.tv.