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Only united we can defend our values, we can protect the interests of our citizens. Hello there and welcome to Citizen Central, the podcast series about the first transnational democracy instrument in the world, the European Citizens Initiative.

Yeah. the European Citizens Initiative. Practically every initiative leader we speak to

tells us how complex it is to make the ECI clear

to those who they approach to sign their initiative.

Some Europeans are hardcore fans of the ECI and many others. approach to sign their initiative.

Some Europeans are hardcore fans of the ECI, and many others, sadly have never heard

of it.

Raising awareness of the ECI is something we take very seriously at the ECI team, and that is

why recently the very first EU democracy in action have your say with the European Citizens

Initiative. Toolkit was piloted in secondary schools, a toolkit that soon will be available

for all European educators, but also a great opportunity to speak about the many efforts to make

the ECI common knowledge of Europeans

and a well-known tool of participatory democracy in the EU.

We will start with the voices and opinions of several young Europeans on the ECI. Then we will

meet an MEP that took part in an ECI campaign

back in the day. We will see how the ECI team works hard to make the tool known by as many

Europeans as possible. And we will also have a word with the English teacher that has piloted

the toolkit in Poland. If you're into participatory democracy, stay tuned,

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