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In the period from 18 May 2015 to 15 November 2015, Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, organised the project »United for one cause, united for our future, which took place on social media.

Visibility of the international development cooperation field in the Slovenian public is very deficient, as only 5% of respondents in the latest special survey of Eurobarometer on development cooperation, are aware of the Millennium Development Goals, 14% have heard about the Goals, but don't know exactly what these are, 80% of respondents did not know what the Millennium Development Goals are.

For this reason, we at the Centre for European Perspective, decided that we need to raise awareness in a wider Slovenian public about development cooperation and that we could actively involve them in the process of changing the world in which we live. Participants in the project (Slovenian Kindergartens, diplomatic corps in Republic of Slovenia, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CEP, members of European Parliament, Slovenian celebrities and other individuals) planted 250 trees, with which we directly provided more oxygen to our posterity, as one tree produces 118 kilograms of oxygen per year. Furthermore, we also contributed to the improvement of long-term access to natural resources and the protection and improvement of our beautiful world. Goran Dragić, Ambassador of the European Year for Development, also joined our challenge and planted a tree on the first day of the 2nd basketball camp of Goran Dragić at Rogla and set a good example to all the children who have attended basketball camp. Furthermore, also the Jure Franko, winner of a giant slalom silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, who gladly accepted our invitation and supported the project. We are also very proud that that along with ambassadors and other statesman, children participated in our challenge. Children from 11 Slovenian Kindergartens, aged 2-5 years planted or made trees from waste materials.

With our posts on social media (Facebook and Twitter) we have reached 310.000 users, and this certainly helped to raise the visibility of the field of international development cooperation. 94% of surveyed participants in the project, during the duration of our project, learned something new about international development cooperation, which is an important step forward in raising awareness of the Slovenian public, considering the fact that 74% of our respondents, before participating in our project, did not know that this year is European Year for Development. United for one cause, to improve our world, united for our future.

V obdobju od 18. maja 2015 do 15. novembra 2015, je potekal projekt »Združeni za en namen, združeni za našo prihodnost«, ki je potekal na socialnih omrežjih in ga je Center za evropsko prihodnost izvedel v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije.
Prepoznavnost področja mednarodnega razvojnega sodelovanja v širši slovenski javnosti je zelo pomanjkljiva, saj je samo 5% vprašanih v zadnji raziskavi posebnega Eurobarometra o razvojnem sodelovanju vedelo, kaj so razvojni cilji tisočletja, 14% je že slišalo zanje, vendar ni točno vedelo, kaj to so, kar 80% vprašanih pa ni vedelo, kaj so razvojni cilji tisočletja.

Prav zaradi tega, smo se na Centru za evropsko prihodnost odločili, da je potrebno širšo slovensko javnost aktivno vključiti v proces spreminjanja sveta v katerem živimo, kar pa je najlažje storiti prav s pomočjo različnih izzivov na socialnih omrežjih.
Naš spletni izziv sajenja drevesa, omogočil posameznikom oz. skupinam, da so v času trajanja projekta posadili ali izdelali drevo, s čimer so pripomogli k širjenju pomembnega sporočila o razvojnem sodelovanju ter informiranju širše javnosti.

 Udeleženci projekta (slovenski vrtci, diplomatski zbor RS, zaposleni na MZZ in CEP, evropski poslanci, znani Slovenci ter drugi domači in tuji posamezniki) smo posadili 250 dreves, s čimer smo neposredno zagotovili več kisika za naše zanamce, saj eno drevo letno proizvede kar 118 kilogramov kisika. Posredno pa smo prispevali k izboljšanju dolgoročnega dostopa do naravnih virov ter varstvu in izboljšanju našega čudovitega sveta.
V našem izzivu je sodeloval Goran Dragič, ambasador Evropskega leta za razvoj, ki je drevo posadil prvi dan 2. košarkarskega kampa Gorana Dragića na Rogli, s čimer je postavil lep vzor vsem otrokom, ki so se košarkarskega kampa udeležili, da je potrebno skrbeti za našo prihodnost.
Drevo je posadil tudi prejemnik prve zimske olimpijske kolajne za Slovenijo, Jure Franko, ki se je z veseljem odzval našemu vabilu in podprl projekt.

 Zelo ponosni pa smo, da so se v izzivu, veleposlanikom in drugim državnikom, postavili ob bok tudi naši najmlajši. Otroci iz 11 slovenskih vrtcev, stari od 2-5 let, so skupaj z vzgojiteljicami in starši, drevesa posadili oz. izdelali iz odpadnih materialov.

 Z objavami na socialnih omrežjih (Facebook in Twitter) smo dosegli 310.000 uporabnikov in s tem zagotovo pripomogli k dvigu prepoznavnosti področja mednarodnega razvojnega sodelovanja. Kar 94% anketiranih udeležencev projekta, je v času trajanja našega projekta naučilo nekaj novega o mednarodnem razvojnem sodelovanju, kar je pomemben korak naprej, pri osveščanju slovenske javnosti, saj kar 74% naših anketirancev, pred sodelovanjem v našem projektu ni vedelo, da je letošnje leto Evropsko leto za razvoj.

Združili smo se za en sam namen, izboljšati naš svet, združili smo se za našo skupno prihodnost.

In the framework of project of Slovenian International Development Cooperation a workshop will be organised from 30.11.2015 – 3.12.2015 to support programming of development of Kosovo municipalities.

dr. Gorazd Justinek, Executive Director of the Centre for European Perspective with his lecture informed students and other visitors about the European Year for Development 2015. He also talked about the role of foreign policy and the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in international development aid. Furthermore, he also addressed international development aid provided by Slovenia to the beneficiary countries and presented activities of the Centre for European Perspective in the context of international development cooperation.

Yesterday's event was the last one that took place in all Slovenian universities and were organized by the Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the aim of informing academia and the general public about the activities of the European Year for Development 2015 , international development cooperation and policies in this area.

Včeraj, 25. 11. 2015 ob 18:30 uri, je na Fakulteti za državne in evropske študije v Kranju, potekalo gostujoče predavanje na temo Evropskega leta za razvoj 2015.  dr. Gorazd Justinek, izvršni direktor Centra za evropsko prihodnost je študentom in ostalim obiskovalcem predstavil Evropsko leto za razvoj 2015 ter vlogo zunanje politike in vlogo Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve pri mednarodni razvojni pomoči. Spregovoril je tudi o sami mednarodni razvojni pomoči, ki jo Slovenija namenja državam prejemnicam pomoči, predstavil pa je tudi delovanje Centra za evropsko prihodnost v okviru mednarodnega razvojnega sodelovanja.

Včerajšnji dogodek je bil hkrati tudi zadnji v vrsti vseh, ki so se v letošnjem letu zvrstili na vseh slovenskih univerzah in jih je Center za evropsko prihodnost organiziral v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za zunanje zadeve, z namenom informiranja akademske sfere in širše javnosti o aktivnostih Evropskega leta za razvoj 2015, mednarodnem razvojnem sodelovanju ter politikah na tem področju.