Active European citizenship: the EU Commission awards the 2007 "Golden Stars" to our member Europahuset Gävleborg

10 projects have been selected to each receive a Golden Star, a recognition of the active participation and the citizen-centred efforts, demonstrated in such diverse projects as those seeking to accommodate the intercultural dialogue between different peoples or others that offer learning opportunities and awareness-raising on European integration issues.

Video of the ceremony  

The awards are delivered within the framework of the "Europe for Citizens" programme, a new programme that responds to the need of enhancing citizen participation in the construction of Europe. The awarded projects seek to represent the best efforts in the field while at the same time their visibility will support and strengthen the thematic approach of the new programme.

The Europahuset Gävleborg won the great demanded award with the following project:

BALTIC ADVENTURE-Youth travelling on the roads on enlargement

"The acquaintance with the EU thematic and also with the activities of the each country's respective Europe Houses was the objective of a project involving youth and pupils in Sweden and the 3 Baltic countries. The work consisted of three phases: knowledge-building, followed by a fact finding mission including participants' training as multipliers and an information campaign during which participants put their knowledge into practice and created ties and networks."

EUNET congratulates the Europahuset Gävleborg on this grand success!

The award ceremony took place on 8th November 2007 in Brussels during the course of the annual "Europe for Citizens Forum ", hosted by the European Commission's Directorate-General Education and Culture.