19.10.2012
ACTA – Active citizens take action
The project brings together citizens active in youth and Internet non – governmental organizations from different European countries to discuss authorship rights, piracy and privacy on Internet, efectivness and ethics of the movement Anonymous; to analyse the involvement of civil society in the decision making processes about ACTA at national and European level, to research and learn how to influence national and European parliament on the policies and legislation. We want to foster action, debate and reflection on European citizenship and democracy through analyzing ACTA and related issues. Encouragement of interaction between citizens and civil society organisations from all participating countries and discussions, exchanging views and presenting citizens opinion and project results with relevant decision makers at local, national and EU level, will be the key principles of the project. The project is ambitious and it wants to empower citizens to play a full role in the democratic life of EU. To achieve the above listed goals we will organise two international events (each with more