EuroPeers European Network Meeting 2021

The Annual Meeting will be also the opportunity to evaluate the long-term EuroPeers project and plan necessary improvements. In this edition, they can also reflect and discuss on how re-shaping usual activities and explore new forms of participation and action, as consequence of Covid 19 pandemic challenges and effects.

EuroPeers are young people who have participated in the Erasmus+/ Youth In Action European Solidarity Corps Programme and want to share their European experiences with their peers. They inform young people in schools, fairs, youth clubs, cultural centers or on the street and talk about their experiences. They inform about the Erasmus+/European Solidarity Corps Programmes and their opportunities, as well as other mobility Programmes. By organising or participating in all kinds of activities, like workshops or lessons, support NA events, and organising exhibitions, they motivate young people to become active and explore Europe.

AIMS and OBJECTIVES:

•            Broadening national approaches and extending existing network

•            Sharing good practices and challenges of different national networks of EuroPeers

•            Learning about the latest updates from the EU-Youth Programmes and how they can support the development of the Network

•            Exploring competences that can support a EuroPeer

•            Planning of (international) EuroPeers Actions

•            Networking between EuroPeers, National Agencies and other players

This Network is currently mainly active in Austria, Belgium DE, Belgium FL, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania and UK. There are also other Countries where the network has been previously established and who have been part of the Network.

This Meeting shall provide an opportunity for networking between EuroPeers, National Agencies and other players (e. g. European Commission and Eurodesk staff), to share best practices, to inspire each other with ideas and to make concrete decisions about how the Network will function and develop.

Participants will have as well opportunity to know new methods and tools helpful in their EuroPeers activities.

Due to Pandemic restrictions and unpredictable developments, the Meeting will be organized in a hybrid format: activities will be organized both in physical and online mode. Participants who can will have the chance to attend the event in Rome, with activities and sessions in presence; simultaneously, an online programme will be organized for those who cannot be present.

Concerning logistics aspects, the Organisers commit to follow rules and regulations as requested by national authorities to ensure a safe and smooth event; accommodation will be in single rooms, meeting rooms and work spaces will be suitable for non formal training events with a large group of participants.

The Organisers kindly advice participants to consider taking out an insurance, in order to cover any unpredictable costs linked to Covid19, and contact their NAs or sending organisations for more clarifications about that.

This Meeting is hosted by the Italian NA and co-organised by NA's in the Strategic Partnership of EuroPeers+.

It will last 2,5 days, with arrivals on the 23rd of September by afternoon and departures on the 26th of September after lunch. Specific circumstances will be taken into account.