"Open Youth" launched its new project "My rights as a citizen of Europe! I'm on the move.", supported by the "Youth in Action" programme of the European Commission. 

The project is a virtual simulation of the electoral process, during which in an interesting and interactive way through personal involvement, each person aged 18 to 30 years, who wants, can learn more about the election’s technology  and enrich his/her knowledge of the European citizens' rights. Its main objectives are to provoke young people to become more active citizens; to help them understand the mechanisms of representative democracy in its Bulgarian version; to become motivated to learn more about their European citizens' rights; to train between 36 and 90 young people as ambassadors of democratic citizenship through the Council of Europe and the European Union "Democratic Citizenship" scheme; to enable every Bulgarian person to participate in the development of a youth declaration, reflecting the interests of young people in Bulgaria, which will be disseminated on national level in end of the project.

"The crisis has shown clearly that we need citizens, able to solve their own problems." said Mrs. Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for education, culture, multilingualism and youth, during the Hungarian Presidency.