We All are Europe - AESAEC

Exercise / Reflection / Research / Discuss
Try to identify projects, activities, events etc. initiated by the European Commission under this
Action 3 of the ECP. Evaluate them according to the level at which they address your interests, demands
and needs Would you have spent money on them too Why Why not
Unit 5
Unit in a nutshell
Achievements
Action 4 of the ECP and its relevance for AEC and Senior Citizens
In-depth view of Action 4 (Active European Remembrance) and its relevance
for senior citizens
After this unit you will be able to:
evaluate Action 4 of the ECP according to its potential for being applied
to for projects addressing topics relevant to senior citizens.
“To them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons
or daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.” (Isaiah 56;5)
Warming up:
According to your opinion what does active remembrance mean
Have you organised or attended an Active European Remembrance
event If so, what was it about
3.5.1. Action 4 – Active European Remembrance
Listen / Read
The European Union is built on fundamental values such as freedom, democracy and respect for
human rights. In order to fully appreciate their meaning it is necessary to remember the breaches
of those principles caused by Nazism and Stalinism in Europe. It is particularly important to do so
now, as the witnesses are gradually disappearing. An awareness of the full dimensions and tragic
consequences of the Second World War will thereby be maintained, particularly through the involvement
of younger generations of Europeans.
By their activities citizens will engage in a reflection on the origins of the European Union, on the
history of European integration, which has preserved peace among its members, and finally on today’s
Europe, thereby moving beyond the past and building the future. This action will therefore
play an important role in nourishing the broad reflection on the future of Europe and in promoting
active European citizenship.
The following projects will be funded:
- Projects linked to the preservation of the main sites and memorials
associated with the mass deportations, the former concentration
camps and other large-scale martyrdom and extermination sites of
Nazism, as well as the archives documenting these events, and for
keeping alive the memory of the victims, as well as the memory of
those who, under extreme conditions, rescued people from the
Holocaust.
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