Conclusions of workshop 3 “new europe new twinnings european forum”

• CONCLUSIONS OF WORKSHOP 3

• “NEW EUROPE NEW TWINNINGS EUROPEAN FORUM”

• Moderator: Ana Belén Arzo

• Diputación de Castellón

• WORKSHOP 3

• COOPERATION EU15 & NEM:

• Ways of cooperation: getting in touch with entities from third countries, municipalities with historical ties, etc.

• Twinnings by means of another nets: Partenalia Network, ACTE and Arco Latino.

• European projects: they can come up after the twinnings.

• TOWN TWINNING EXPERIENCES:

• Differences between EU twinnings and traditional ones:

• Traditional twinnings can become twinnings that promote active European citizenship.

• Involvement of politicians and citizens:

• Discrepancy about the role of the elect representatives in the twinnings.

• Language barriers?:

• They do exist and make difficult the communication in the preparatory stage and the stage of execution.

• Evident effects after twinning:

• Continuity of the relations between the towns, experiences exchange, future cooperation, etc.

• TOWN TWINNING PROGRAM EVALUATION:

• CRITICAL REFLECTIONS:

• “To approach the Europe of the citizens to the citizenship”

• “There’s only one Europe”

• “Town twinning is not only business exchange”

• “We must achieve that the feeling of membership to Europe become common among the European citizens”

• “Town twinning make easier this first contact towards cooperation”

• “We mustn’t be rash in choosing a town to twin with”