by Eleonora Anello
It will conclude tomorrow, June 23, 2011, at the Casa del Quartiere of San Salvario, in Turin (North Italy), the Youth European Eco-parliament work. The sessions that followed each other regularly saw young players from, 18 to 30 years old, that debated on environmental issues and studied the dynamics of decision rules governing the European Parliament.
The initiative is part of the European Eco-citizens project, which belongs to the ban "Torino incontra l’Europa” (“Turin meets Europe"), inserted in the European program “Torino, capitale europea dei giovani 2010” ("Turin, European Youth Capital 2010") and is sponsored by the Istituto per l’Ambiente and the Educazione Scholé Futuro Onlus, with Acmos, .eco, NEC (Notranjski Ekoloski Center) and DVŽU (Društvo vseživljenjsko učenje) and is funded by the National Agency for Youth (Ang) and the Municipality of Turin.
The Eco-parliament is undoubtedly an opportunity to meet and dialogue «to discuss critically, but also creatively environmental issues. Recreating a real institutional structure, the participants can better enter into the dynamics of political decision-making and become active participants able to analyze and intervene in the European political decision-making» as the organizers said.
The topic that sparked the last meetings was the water, a theme dear especially to Italian participants who were preparing to go to express their opinion about the future of this precious good that the current government wanted to privatize.
At the last meeting, by free entrance, Serbs and Italians will face in order to find common points between the environmental policies of two different countries and combine their experiences in an intercultural exchange of best practices for development of community education for sustainability. The goal? Looking for innovative and creative solutions to real problems involving the environment.
An important learning experience that focuses on youth and that demonstrates how future citizens of tomorrow have understood that the current changes taking place in our society require the opening of a profound and systematic dialogue. The Eco-parliament is an opportunity that allows their idea of the environment, the participation and the exchange to meet and get rich with the complexity of European experience, knowing they can affect change and participate actively in local and European politics.
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