Active EU Citizen badge demonstrates an understanding of the main EU institutions and bodies and the capacity to participate in democratic processes and to enhance civic empowerment at EU level.
Learning Targets
Knowing the main EU institutions and bodies
Knowing about democracy models
Understanding the constitution of the home country and the EU, and the scope of their government
Knowing about the tools for democratic participation and citizen empowerment
Being able to identify problems that need to be solved
Being able to participate in democratic processes on local, national, EU, international level
Being able to enable community building and participation in local activities
Being able to use tools for democratic participation and citizen empowerment
Showing a sense of belonging to one’s locality, country, and (one’s part of) the world
Showing civic courage to stand up for EU values and beliefs
Participants have to successfully accomplish the following tasks before the BADU Open Badge will be issued.
Minimum standards:
Having successfully completed an entire learning activity (training course, seminar, online course, workshop etc.), a voluntary programme/internship
Self-evaluation
Assessment session with the trainer/mentor
Case Study
Conducted one workshop on the topic of the activity with youth within 2 months after the activity
Conducted critical incident analysis
Problem Solving and simulation games on the specific topic of the activity
