European Citizens' Initiative More Than Education - Shaping Active and Responsible Citizens – Social Media Toolkit
TABLE OF CONTENT 1. What is European Citizens’ Initiative and text of our Initiative 2. What can you do 3. Social Media • •
Twitter Posts Facebook posts
4. Newsletters Post 5. Contact us
IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION The European Citizens' Initiative allows one million EU Citizens to participate directly in the development of EU policies, by calling on the European Commission to make a legislative proposal.
What are we asking European Commission for?
A set of incentive measures, including support and monitoring, to develop citizenship education in curricula on all levels of formal education throughout Europe, aimed at shaping democratic citizens. A democratic society relies on the citizens' participation, shared values and capability of critical thinking. The Commission should support member states in their responsibility to enable young people from all backgrounds to develop competencies for participating responsibly in society. To promote cohesion, action should be coordinated throughout the Union, by setting a long-term agenda, creating benchmarks, providing support to states, doing periodic evaluations and sharing best practice.
What can you do? • Sign at www.morethaneducation.eu • Donate www.betterplace.org • Become Ambassador and collect signatures • Support the Campaign as Organisation or Institution • Write article for our blog about European Citizens’ Initiative or Citizenship Education
• Promote our Campaign in your Communication Channels – see next pages to find out how
Social Media
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Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/morethaneducationeci/ Use hashtags: #MoreThanEducation #ECI We have prepared some ready-made posts for you to publish on your online channels. Feel free to use these or adapt them to suit your own audience. While drafting the text we recommend using context of recent political news or the topics on which your organisation is working on. Education is a broad topic and many issues can be addressed in this context.
Publish on Twitter Tomorrow depends on today’s education. Citizenship education! Support tomorrow by signing today: www.morethaneducation.eu You can download #MoreThanEducation #ECI all the social media images here. Fake news? We need media literacy, we need citizenship education. Agree? Sign: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI Real solution for populism? Citizenship Education. If you agree sign: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI Citizenship education should start in elementary school – Agree? Sign: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI Do schools encourage critical thought or is it all about employment nowadays? Sign: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI We need More Than Education, we need Citizenship Education. Support ECI: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI
Publish on Facebook 1/2 I sign/We support this European Citizens’ Initiative because I/we believe that Education plays an important role in developing the individuals’ understanding of how the world works and the ability to critically evaluate that. Coordination of education is essential for the cohesion and stability of our society and democracy. Therefore, teaching the civic competences should be strengthened and coordinated throughout Europe. Do you agree? Sign: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI
Publish on Facebook 2/2 Tomorrow depends on today’s education. Society depends on citizenship education. Support tomorrow by signing today: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI FB cover photo You can download all of the social media materials here.
In Today’s Europe we need More Than Education, we need to shape active and responsible citizens, we need Citizenship Education. Support European Citizens’ Initiative: www.morethaneducation.eu #MoreThanEducation #ECI
Newsletter text We want more than education! The European Citizens initiative that brings Citizenship Education on the European political agenda for a more democratic and educated Europe. We disagree with looking at education only via employment perspective. Europe need educated citizens that understand society and take active role in it. We know that we are not the only ones who recognize this need, we are glad to see many networks, initiatives and projects are arising. By organizing this ECI we are asking Commission to take an active role in coordinating those efforts and putting more resources into this aspect of education. We want more than education! Do you? Sign: www.morethaneducation.eu
CONTACT US:
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