{"id":42011,"date":"2019-05-23T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T10:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=42011"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:53:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T10:53:31","slug":"promoting-active-citizenship-with-trains-europe-on-track-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2019\/05\/23\/promoting-active-citizenship-with-trains-europe-on-track-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Active Citizenship with Trains: Europe on Track 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Europe on Track<\/em><\/a> is a project by <\/em>AEGEE<\/em><\/a>-Europe, run by young volunteers who aim to raise awareness, to create a space for discussion and to capture the opinions of youth in Europe on\u00a0important social issues. Now this is, in a nutshell, what every edition of Europe on Track aims to achieve. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each year, the topic of Europe on Track is different, and this time the theme was \u201cEurope on Track 6: Which Track? Looking for the Future of Europe through Youth Participation\u201d. Throughout the whole duration of the project the Project Team and the Ambassadors worked hard in order to both identify and discuss critical issues in Europe and empower young Europeans to be the actors of today\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sixth edition of Europe on Track began already one year ago, when the new project team was selected. After thorough work dividing the portfolios, selecting the hosting cities, setting up the routes, choosing the Ambassadors and much more, EoT was officially launched on the 11th<\/sup> of March in Istanbul, Turkey. There, a training of 10 days took place, the longest one in the history of the project, which translated into the most prepared Ambassadors in the history of the whole project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end of the training marked the beginning of the routes, and Team Blue headed to Bergamo whereas Team Red travelled to Ankara. It would be after an intense one-month-long voyage that all the Ambassadors met again, this time in Brussels, for the closing event. However, they would not be the same people as when they took that first train in the colossal metropolis of Istanbul. What they learnt, and attempted to share with the rest of the world, was more than words can describe: the colourful canvas of perspectives on current issues in Europe; the diversity of problems faced in each country; the dreams and concerns of youth in different corners of the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Words cannot describe what Europe on Track 6 meant, but numbers may provide a more accurate description. What made Europe on Track 6 so special?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything started with<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u25aa1 project team consisting of
\u25aa10 young volunteers working for
\u25aa1 full year with the support of
\u25aa200+ local volunteers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything was made possible thanks to <\/em>

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\u25aa6 Ambassadors selected out of
\u25aa413 applicants from over
\u25aa83 countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The teams visited<\/em>
<\/em>\u25aa20 cities all over Europe in
\u25aa10 different countries for the period of
\u25aa1 month while travelling with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25aa40+ trains
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Ambassadors reached a total of<\/em>
\u25aa1011 participants  
\u25aa80+ hours of workshops in multiple events and conferences

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Finally, we cannot finish this article without thanking Interrail <\/a>and the  Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union<\/a> for supporting us, and of course, all the AEGEE locals and local volunteers that made this edition a huge success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many ways to make a change and make the voice of youth heard in society. And Europe on Track is certainly my favourite one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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