Interregional commission "Participation of young citizen to local life"
The city of Tours (France) animates this commission and develops different projects with the interested members around this thematic.
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In 2010-2011, the city of Tours proposes to the AVEC member cities to work in common around a project called "Bon appétit".
Objective : Connecting primary school children (between 8 and 10 years old) who will exchange in 2010 and 2011 on the theme of gastronomy.
The exchanges will exclusively be done by e-mail.
The children will learn during the year to discover basic cooking elements from the garden to the plate.
They will exchange recipes; seed parcels to grow a garden; they will talk about the culinary traditions in the participating countries...
How to participate ?
1) Propose the application of one of your municipal primary school before 31 July 2011.
2) Send an application with a concrete program proposal for the coming school year
3) Identify the key person(s) in your city and in the school who will participate to the organization of the project from the September / October 2011.
Men and women at the heart of the project will make its success!
Contact :
Mme Jocelyne MAZET
Direction de l'Education – Jeunesse – Petite Enfance et Solidarités
Pole éducatif
Tel +33 (0)2 47 21 65 01
educationjeunesse(at)ville-tours.fr / j.mazet(at)ville-tours.fr
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European project CREA JARDIN
The EU project CREA JARDIN is now over. 16 young european met in Tours (Fr) around various workshops and animations in the botanic garden.
A year ago, Tours (Fr) was awarded the golden medal of the European Association for Flowers and Landscape. Nothing surprising then that the city of Tours decided to receive in its botanic garden 16 younf citizens from 4 countries of the A.V.E.C. network from August 1st to 20th 2009.
Find out more on : http://jeunesseeteurope-avec.blogspot.com
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June 28 to July 1st 2008 - Forum Educate for tomorrow
The «Forum Educate for tomorrow» gathered between June 28 and July 1st 2008 in Tours (France), 2500 people committed in local projects dealing with 5 types of publics :
• youth
• parents
• teachers
• professional of the animation
• officials
For more information, please visit: http://eduquerpourdemain.pbwiki.com
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July 28 to August 8, 2007 - Young European meeting
The meeting of young Europeans, which was held in Tours between July 28 and August 8, went very well. 50 young citizens aged 15 to 20 came from Cosenza, Pécs, Baeza, Santarém and Tours and exchanged on their own culture, on their vision of Europe around values such as cultural diversity or
Local associations with skills in the socio-cultural and sports field participated in the meeting to enrich the exchanges: STAJ Touraine, the “maison des Jeux” of Touraine, Profession Sports (APSAT), the county comity for handi-sport, Astronef.
And this is how some participants, under the authority of the sculptor Lydie VIOLLEAU, from Tours, realized a sculpture on the theme of diversity, which was inaugurated in November in the media library of Tours.
Other participants created a DVD telling the story of the meeting and the activities developed. It is now a method tool for those who would like to organize a Youth European exchange.
Sports and cultural activities were also offered to the participants like a rally-visit of Tours, a visit of the château de Chenonceau, canoe-kayaking on the Cher river, a visit to the Futuroscope, an initiation to handisport, etc.
A blog has been created to enable the young people to exchange on their experience: http://diversiteetdialogue.blogspot.com
