Council of Europe Awards GONG
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Sandra Pernar, Deputy President of GONG association received the Council of Europe Award for its “First Time Voter” Project, yesterday in Strassbourg. “First Time Voter” is a project implemented by GONG for six years in a row, at Croatian secondary schools. Over 100,000 high-school students have participated in the projects.
It is a national project of education and motivation of the youth to take active participation in the political affairs and democratic processes. It is implemented through a workshop, commonly implemented within the classes in Politics and Economy. The award comes in recognition of the past work and activities of GONG and will stimulate the organization to continue with the “First Time Voter” project, which would be very much need in the majority of European Countries. Following in the footsteps of previous GONG programmes (“Open Parliament”, “Internship Programme” and “Civil Classes”) which were adopted for the other countries in SEE, “First Time Voter” will soon be transplanted and implemented in Georgia, by ISFED NGO. GONG was one of the five winners of the je jedan CoE’s “Young Active Citizens” award, together with associations from Germany, Russia, Hungary and the Northern Ireland. The winning projects, emphasizes CoE, create the sense of inclusion and dedication to democratic society, through education of youth and promotion of active citizenship. The association received diplomas and monetary award of 1,000 EUR each. |
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