Event report

This workshop "Europe and Peace: make your voices heard!" follows the Normandy World Peace Forum held in Caen, Normandy, on September 30 and October 1, 2021 on the theme "Governing Peace”. The 3 Centres Europe Direct Normans (Vire — Caen — Evreux), as members of the Collective Normands and Europeans, present at the Forum, organised a workshop in each department of Normandy to gather ideas on this topic and thus contribute to the Conference on the Future of Europe. This workshop took place on 15 December 2021 afternoon in Alençon (Department: Orne). The audience was composed of 27 young people. 15 from the EPIDE Centre in Alençon. This centre is a Institution for Insertion in Employment. It is a public establishment, present throughout France. It accommodates young people between the ages of 17 and 25 who are unemployed and with few graduates (maximum BEP or CAP). The other 10 young people came from the Local Mission in Alençon. It is aimed at young people between the ages of 16 and 25. It supports them professionally and socially by helping them manage all the issues they face, mainly in the areas of training and employment. Two young European volunteers (German and Spanish) via the European Solidarity Corps on mission at the Social Centre of the Croix-Mercier in Alençon joined the other young people. Their trainers also participated in the workshop. The animation team was composed of the team of the Centre Europe Direct Normandie Vire accompanied for the occasion of the Europe referent of the Caisse d’allocations familial de l’Orne, a reference of the device “Les Promeneurs du Net” (educational presence on the Internet) and a representative of Amnesty International. The workshop was organised as follows: — welcome, presentation of each, participants and animation teams, and the context of the workshop: extension of the Normandy World Peace Forum to contribute to the Conference on the Future of Europe — 1st animation around the 11 threats to peace targeted by the Normandy Index by drawing on photos illustrating them. Everyone was invited to position themselves on the photo that called him the most and then to explain why this choice. The aim was to introduce the topic of reflection and start involving participants. The 11 threats illustrated are: terrorism-cybersecurity-crime — violent conflicts — weapons of mass destruction — energy insecurity — climate change — fragile states — Democratic processes — Disinformation — Economic crises. — 2nd animation zooms on fundamental social rights and the EU via a discovery game of the European Commission’s exhibition on the European Pillar of Social Rights. The aim was to discover how the European Union works to respect the rights of each of its citizens so that each participant awakens his critical sense — a break to start exchanging quietly — 3 rd animation world café “Ideas for the EU to mitigate threats to peace in its territory and in the world”, The animation team facilitated exchanges based on selected photos illustrating the threats to peace of the Normandy Index (developed by the European Parliament) — Closing of the workshop: selection of strong ideas by the participants and realisation of photos with the participants, each with an idea. This event will be repeated in the other 4 workshops in each of the other departments of Normandy. The photos taken in each workshop will then be compiled and published by the 3 Centres Europe Direct Normand (Vire — Caen — Evreux) as part of the Collective Normands and Europeans. Ideas from the workshop on 15 December 2021 in Alençon (Department: Orne) are the following depending on the threats chosen: Equal opportunities (main idea 1) — Climate crisis — Privilege local products with the shortest route — Make more taxes for foreign products — Reimburse part of taxes to local producers and increase taxes for companies if they produce abroad (main idea 2) Security — More direct democracy, referendums (main idea 3) Economic crisis — Harmonising decisions between countries — Appointing an executive board — Strengthening the power of the EU — Considering Europe as a country — Expanding in Europe devices like heart restos Digital insecurity and fake news — Filtering the parents’ messages Respecting the fake freedom Share the rights of people — Enlarge in Europe Digital Insecurity and fake news — Filter Parental messages — Respect the fake freedom