This publication gathers contributions to understand better and further develop the European Citizens’ Initiative. This participatory and agenda-setting tool introduced into the Treaty of Lisbon has not yet reached its full potential of citizen engagement, nor has it driven the significant policy changes initially expected. Bearing this in mind, the project ECI: From A to Z aimed to promote the knowledge and use of the European Citizens’ Initiative within the higher education arena by engaging investigators and students from four different Universities (University of Coimbra; Georg-August University of Göttingen; Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi and the University of Vigo) to work together to share their concerns and common views on the European Union role and policies. This publication describes the methodology followed and results reached under the project, but more than that, it is a practical toolkit for all who wish to know more about the European Citizens’ Initiative and how to put it in motion.
Publication Type: Anthology
Publication Category: Universitätsdrucke
Language: English
Articles
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1. European Citizens’ Initiative: Constitutional Framework (Pages 17-21)
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2. What kind of participatory instrument is the ECI? (Pages 23-30)
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3. Purposes of an ECI (Pages 33-37)
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4. What is an ECI for? Views from Students (Pages 39-42)
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5. Political Participation as Democratic Training: The case of the ECI and the broader ecosystem of European engagement tools (Pages 43-48)
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6. What is an ECI for? (Pages 49-52)
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7. Virtuosities and Shortcomings of the ECI (Pages 53-58)
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8. What is an ECI for? The ECI under the new regulation (Pages 59-63)
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9. Content of an ECI: The Request for Registration Online Form (Pages 67-72)
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10. The ECI and ECAS (Pages 73-80)
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11. Roadmap of the ECI procedure and actors involved (Pages 83-86)
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12. The Interplay between the Commission and the CJEU (Pages 87-95)
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13. How effective is the European Citizens’ Initiative? (Pages 97-110)
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14. How to organize an ECI. Behind the scenes of the ‘End the Cage Age’ European Citizens’ Initiative (Pages 113-119)
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15. How to support an ECI? (Pages 121-124)
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16. Where can I find help? (Pages 125-127)
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17. Views from the Portuguese ECI Contact Point (Pages 130-134)
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18. Purposes of the Erasmus+ Project ECI from A to Z (Pages 137-139)
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19. Online Course on ECI (Pages 141-149)
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20. Introductory Sessions and Intensive Course on ECI (Pages 151-154)
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21. Peer Learning Activities (Pages 155-158)
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22. Online Presence and Gamification Strategies (Pages 159-163)
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23. Models ECI (Pages 165-169)
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24. Students’ Initiatives (Pages 171-186)
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25. Were the project expectations met? (Pages 187-190)