Seminar "Active citizenship and Democracy"

Description of the tool

-To be an active citizen is a must, not just for the individual but for the sake of society as a whole.
-The seminar concentrates on identifying the concept of active citizenship, focusing on democracy. We ask what it means and what its role is in the active citizenship of young people within the context of the Euro-Med Program.
-We start with a song while we present ourselves to the audience.
-Then there is a PowerPoint presentation with an explanation about the Euro-Med Program.
-A role-play about negative citizenship in Arabic. "A young girl enters, singing. Then the bad brother wakes from his sleep to fight with her about her voice. The third brother enters and asks his bad brother if he is going to the elections but the bad one makes fun of him”.
-Interactive discussion with the audience about the role-play.
-Back to the PowerPoint presentation about citizenship.
-A second role play about active citizenship starts with two friends meeting. One asks the other about going to the elections, then a friend comes - a lady - and it seems they haven't seen her for along time. So she tells them she was in Spain, in a Euro-Med Program, and then tells them she is going to vote. One guy is astonished but she explains that she has seen many things of value in the other countries she traveled to with the Euro-Med Program and among these is the active participation of people there. Then they all go together.
-Interactive discussion with the audience about the role-play.
-A third role play about autocracy: one person stands for election but he is taken to prison. The other candidate enters and threatens people who vote for him. The election boxes are not transparent and there are many people who observe them while voting.
-Interactive discussion with the audience about the role-play.
-Return to the PowerPoint presentation about democracy.
-A simulation game about democracy and free elections: There are two candidates "male and female" in a free election, people go to elect in a line and go there in a restricted place with a transparent election box.