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Participating towns and associations :

• Association Collectif pour un service civique europeen and the Municipality of Paris, France.
• Association BRAVO BiH and the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia
• Association FITT and the city of Timisoara, Romania
• Association Regional Center of Volunteering and the city of Gdansk, Poland

Brief of the project:

This project of a network of towns between five European hubs (capitals and regional major cities recognized by labels of European capitals): Paris, Sarajevo, Timișoara and Gdansk, that all together want to initiate major events, and cross exchanges of participants, about current various priorities of the Union, such like the environment, next European elections, European values, Human rights and Peace, especially in the context of the war in Ukraine, and civic engagement. The starting point of the cooperation are the Paris Olympic games as they would ensure maximum international, European and local visibility and participation. From then, a dynamic encompassing the other participating cities, all with other major European actuality at the moment, will be developed. Another peculiarity of this initiative is that it will be mostly implemented through youth civic engagement and European mobility All actions will mobilize indeed mixed teams of full time, long term, stipended volunteers (what is called civic service projects), both national and European, mixed together in joint teams. Not only will they be leading the implementation of projects, under the coordination of partners, but also exchange together, as their involvement will be articulated around a two step program, first in their domestic territory, then in one of the other partners in another country

This fits perfectly our general aim to strengthen cultural exchanges, the European spirit of belonging, the knowledge of oneself and others, the adaptation to a new culture, through active European civic engagement, a strong congruence with the three milestones of our cooperation : local environmental and Human rights volunteerings, preparations of EU elections 2024, and Olympic spirit of cooperation and peace through efforts.
The relevance of the project is based on important cultural rapprochements between Paris, Sarajevo, Timișoara, and Gdansk concerning the enrichment of European youth, volunteering, culture, sport, and environmental matters that allow to develop a positive cooperation between the citizens