INVITATION - (and please circulate)


  24th April 2012 -  9.30-13.30, followed by free buffet lunch

A half-day briefing meeting for policymakers, organised by the FP7 PIDOP Consortium

 Representation of the European Commission, Rue Archimède 73, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

 FREE WORKSHOP BUT PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO REGISTER BEFORE FRIDAY 6th APRIL:  To register CONTACT DAVID:  [log in to unmask]



Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation (PIDOP)

A half-day briefing meeting for policymakers, organised by the FP7 PIDOP Consortium

Date: 24th April 2012
Time: 9.30-13.30
Location: Representation of the European Commission, Rue Archimède 73, 1000 Brussels, Belgium


PIDOP is a multinational research project funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, which has been running from 2009-2012. The project has examined the processes which influence political and civic participation in eight European states – Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and the UK.

The project has drawn on the disciplines of Psychology, Politics, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Policy and Education to examine macro-level contextual factors (including historical, political, electoral, economic and policy factors), proximal social factors (including family, educational and media factors) and psychological factors (including motivational, cognitive, attitudinal and identity factors) which facilitate and/or inhibit citizens’ civic and political participation.

Young people, women, minorities and migrants have been examined as four specific groups at risk of political disengagement. The research is exploring the differences as well as the overlap between political and civic participation. Particular attention has been paid to relevant phenomena at regional, national and European levels.

The purpose of this half-day meeting is to brief policymakers on some of the main findings which have emerged from the project, and to describe and discuss the policy implications of these findings.

The meeting will be of particular interest to:
•       Policymakers and politicians at European, national, regional and local community levels, especially those with interests in the impact of policy initiatives on levels of political and civic participation among citizens
•       Policymakers, community representatives, activists and youth workers concerned with the interests and needs of young people, women, minority ethnic communities and migrants
•       Policymakers, educational professionals and youth agencies concerned with educational provision and youth services

To register for a place at the meeting, please send an email to the PIDOP Project Manager, Dr. David Garbin, [log in to unmask]




http://www.fahs.surrey.ac.uk/pidop/