Day 1:

The first day starts with the welcome address and an introduction to the week. Youngsters start to get to grips with the issues of Europe, mega-trends in the field of energy and climate and they reflect on their perspectives. In addition, they set up profiles for the online platform and begin to learn about the partner country that their project week takes place with. The first link-up with the partner country also happens on day 1.

Day 2:

The students work on trends and on current issues concerning topics of energy politics and climate change in Europe. They then have the opportunity to criticize the current energy situation. From then on, they formulate their positive goal and further on, the participants develop their first visions of how Europe of tomorrow should look like. Central key questions will help the students to gain an overview on content regards:

• What kind of climate friendly energy do we want for Europe in 2020?
• What kind of innovations and political control mechanism are necessary in order to achieve this? 

Day 3:

This is the day known as the “practical day”, where youngsters and EU/energy experts come together. The aim is to start a dialogue on practical insights and implications, as well as to discuss the visions of the participants according to feasibility. This way, the visions undergo a “reality check”.

Day 4:

The fourth day is dedicated to a role-play. Three groups set up rivalling parties, all wanting to win the election for the European Parliament with their programme for a new energy policy. Throughout the day, the three parties deal with other groups who support or criticise their programmes –the “press”, campaign consultants and an envi-ronmental NGO. At the end of the day, the participants have a rehearsal before the big, final presentation on Day 5.

Day 5:

The final event on the last day is the culmination of the workshop. In front of media representatives and guests, the participants debate their concepts in the framework of a parliamentary debate, and discuss the results with project sponsors, members of the European Parliament, of national Parliaments and local politicians. There is also a live video feed from the partner school in another European country, where the project week takes place simultaneously.