
As a member of the UNeECC student board, I participated to the last UNeECC
general assembly in Vilnius (Lithuania). During the student workshop, we had to
do a brainstorming about Innovation, Creativity and Culture in order to
conceive a project which can include all these elements. With Karl Fromberger,
from the University of Essen in Germany, we developed a new concept of student
exchange programme : the UNeECC week.
In few decades, European Union managed to build a political union between so
different countries and people. However, when it comes to culture, citizenship,
and identity, Europe seems to be still on progress, mainly for a majority of
young people who are still looking for answering the question : what does
it mean to be (a young) European?
Nowadays, student mobility tremendously contributes to intercultural
understanding. While a lot of European programs like Erasmus or Leonardo
succeeded in making progress the feeling of belonging to Europe, and promote
the purpose of the European building, for many reasons, they unfortunately
concern only a little part of students or youngsters in the EU.