1. EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH Joanna Śmigiel Karolina Gawron Ewelina Kluz Akos Balazs Joanna Kośmider Vít Dostál

2. Turnout 2004 The general turnout of the European parliamentary elections Poland - 21%, Czech Republic - 29%, Slovakia - 17% Hungary - 39% More than 2/3 of the voters between 18 and 24 (67%) did not go to the polls (Eurobarometer) EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH

3. General idea, scope and aim of the project To promote the European parliamentary election among young people in V4 countries and to improve the election turnout; To encourage young Europeans to vote and raise their European awareness EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH

4. About our project: Timeframes: October 2008 - June 2009 (actions: May 2009) Beneficiaries: 7 mln of young people between 18 and 28 years old (final beneficiaries: European citizens) Project team: 4 NGOs – one from each Visegrad Country – independent think/action tanks dealing with European issues EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH

5. Activities Advertisements in TV, internet & radio Posters Press conference on the day of the launch of the campaign Website EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH

6. Call for expressions of interest 2006 - 2009 for the Communication Activities of DG Information EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH Funding & Budget

7. Promotion Place the logo on various websites Produce propagation materials with the logo of the project The project promotes itself EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH

8. Results & Indicators The number of website visitors The number of people who has watched the ads and has listened to the radio spots Successful if the turnout increases by 5 % among youth Evaluation of the impact by public opinion polls EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH

9. Slogan we are going to use in our campaign EMPOWERING THE EUROPEAN YOUTH Europe is in your hands – VOTE ! Europa jest w Twoich rękach – ZAGŁOSUJ ! Evropa je v Tvých rukou – HLASUJ! Európa je v Tvojich rukách – HLASUJ! Európa a Te kezedben van - SZAVAZZ !