The Travelling Assembly
Towards a permanent Peoples' Assembly for Europe
4. “Educate to Anticipate” - STEPS?
[Please note this latest version was made public on 25 May 2025, after the final meeting (External link) of the 2024/25 pilot Assembly]
Steps? (Vienna spirit)
In order to prepare the population for future crises we want to introduce education reform that includes international united guidelines. These include teaching democracy, policy and rights, debating and discussion training, active listening for understanding issues from different perspectives. This should be implemented by/ through national governments, the EU level, People’s Assemblies at the EU level, Neighborhood Assemblies, Civil Society Organizations and learning from current innovators.
To engage in the wider public we want to create spaces for discussion that include face to face workshops, community events and online platforms (including AI). Our spaces are open to all. We want to provide events that are age-inclusive and reach out to people in rural areas, include marginalized people and are multi-lingual.
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Integrate civic education into the Curriculum, teach students about their social rights and duties, inform them about how elections work, ballots, voter registration requirements e.t.c., foster community engagement and encourage student participation in democratic processes (community meetings, contacting elected officials, ), stress the importance of volunteer work, increase awareness of active campaigning, provide access to resources.
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