How European is your city?
Starting on Europe Day, 9 May 2011, local authorities will have the opportunity to raise awareness about European citizenship, to promote their municipality's own European identity, and to cooperate with other local governments and civil society organisations all across Europe.
Indeed, the initiative dubbed 'My European City" will highlight the European influences that can be found in municipalities, such as the name of a street, an architectural style or a statue of a famous European, thanks to a number of guided tours, documents, brochures and discovery trails.
A dedicated website will also allow users to take virtual tours of the cities involved and to consult documents on the European heritage.
The organisations involved in the launch of this initiative, which is supported by the European Commission 'Europe for Citizens" programme, are Graine d'Europe (Nantes, France), Mioritics (Sibiu, Romania), Xena (Padua, Italy), and Polites (Szczecin, Poland).
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is very active in the field of citizenship and town twinning and thus encourages local and regional authorities to join the 'My European City" network.
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Climate, Sustainable Finance Officer
