Different History - Common Future

The EU project Different History - Common Future now enters into its second year with new opportunities and new possibilities. During 2008 the project together with the Commission on Youth Issues will organize its second tolerance trip which will take place in Latvia in September. The overall objective of the tolerance trip is to encourage young people to reflect upon European topics including European citizenship and to involve them in the discussion on the construction, intercultural tolerance and the history and future development of the European Union. The tolerance trip will be open to young people, youth workers, leaders and civil servants from UBC cities. In connection with the tolerance trip we will also develop guidelines to use as a support for carry out your local tolerance trip.

In 2008 Different History - Common Future will also organize its second NGOs meeting. The meeting will take place in Kolding, Denmark and it will be open for all UBC cities. The NGOs meeting will consist of different workshops that will focus on how to increase the engagement and encouragement for young people to become an active part in ideally working organizations and to take part in the social-political life exercise active citizenship.

To support all the NGOs and organizations around the Baltic Sea we will also develop the guidelines on how to encourage youth engagement, how to get organized and how to cooperate with other youth organizations.

If you want to get more information on what will happen on your local level connected to the project, contact local project manager.