| The Convention of 2008 |
Since 2001, more than 400 young people from more than 30 different countries have come together at the Convention of Young European Citizens in Cluny which is also labeled as a European Summer University by the French Ministry of Education. This year’s working objective focuses on a dimension which is important for every one of us, as individuals or belonging to a group: our identities. How do we identify with our roots? Is Europe part of our heritage? Does history shape us? How does it go about? Which history? Does identity contribute to mutual understanding with our neighbours or on the contrary, does it separate “us” from “others”? |
The Convention of Young European Citizens has been awarded with the label “European Summer School” every year since 2001 by the Ministry of Youth, National Education and Research. The partners called for the Convention 2008 are:
Many well-known politicians support the Convention of Young European Citizens: Jan Sokol, Ex-minister of Education in the Czech Republic, Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner, Bronislaw Geremek, European Deputy, Michel Rocard, European Deputy, Rolands Lappuke, Ambassodor of Latvia in France, Pavel Fischer, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in France, Viviane Reding, former member of the European Commission, Pascal Lamy, Member of the WTO, Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, Elmar Brok, European Deputy, Pervenche Berès, European Deputy.
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