{"id":24137,"date":"2023-02-10T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliamep.lncdoo.com\/projects\/epace-eu-enhancing-public-awareness-and-civic-engagement-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T00:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:49:01","slug":"epace-eu-enhancing-public-awareness-and-civic-engagement-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/projects\/epace-eu-enhancing-public-awareness-and-civic-engagement-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"EPACE-EU | Enhancing Public Awareness and Civic Engagement in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>The<strong> EPACE-EU (Enhancing Public Awareness and Civic Engagement in the EU)<\/strong>\u00a0aimed to increase citizens\u2019 awareness and participation in deliberative democratic processes. The project seeked to increase the understanding by the citizens, especially young people, of the EU policy-making dynamics in an engaging and pedagogically appropriate way. In addition, EPACE-EU actively engaged citizens, from different age groups, education levels and backgrounds, in an open and participatory dialogue, to raise awareness and build knowledge on EU Institutions &amp; policy making and at the same time to tackle disinformation and fake news in the media on European Union\u2019s matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u03a4he project\u2019s activities, throughout its period, included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 Emerging Leadership Academies (ELA), in which more than 70 people from more than 10 countries participated,<\/li>\n<li>6 simulation exercises (European Council and EU Council), in which more than 200 (postgraduate) students took part,<\/li>\n<li>3 Public Agoras, with an average participation of 35 people per year,<\/li>\n<li>More than 20 tailor-made Seminars for professionals, journalists, teachers and citizens,<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/game.eliamep.gr\/en\/\">electronic game<\/a> (\u201cTicket to an EU Ride\u201d on the EU, which can also be used as an education tool for teachers,<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eudays.eu\/\">website \u2013 electronic calendar<\/a> (\u201cEU Days\u201d), containing all the important information about the EU history and evolution.<\/li>\n<li>an annual\u00a0digital compilation (e-book)\u00a0of ELIAMEP\u2019s major contributions to the European public dialogue:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/%CE%95%CE%9B%CE%99%CE%91%CE%9C%CE%95%CE%A0-Booklet-2023_12_16.pdf\">2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Final_BOOKLET-EPACE-EU_2024-1-1.pdf\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u0395\u039b\u0399\u0391\u039c\u0395\u03a0-Booklet-2025_compressed.pdf\">2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Type of action: CERV Operating Grants Framework Partnerships<\/p>\n<p>Granting authority: European Education and Culture Executive Agency<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCo-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union European Education and Culture Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To play the game, click on the image below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/game.eliamep.gr\/en\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-51121 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Game-250x141.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":24138,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[17],"projects-cat":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/24137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/24137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53944,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/24137\/revisions\/53944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=24137"},{"taxonomy":"projects-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects-cat?post=24137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}