Democracy - what is it?

This is a project that Dubrovnik High School implemented as part of a trilateral project in which, along with young people from France and Germany, high school students from our school participated under the auspices of the Franco-German Friendship Association (Arbeit und Leben Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, AJPN- Association des Jeunes du Paveneuf Noisy le Grand). The project was designed as a series of interdisciplinary workshops that were realized during three mutual meetings in France, Germany and Croatia. The project activities are intended for young students from the three mentioned countries with the aim of developing interculturality among the countries of European integration.

The project was led by history professor Đuro Capor. During two five-day meetings, interested students were educated about models of European democratic systems. The students acquired knowledge about the tools of active civic participation. During the visit to Paris, they visited representative bodies, youth associations, volunteer and humanitarian organizations and museums.

They visited the surroundings of Dubrovnik, its monumental and cultural heritage, met with representatives of local authorities and civil society organizations, during which they organized exchanges of experiences and examples of good practice of active civic participation tools in the project participating countries.