JCE, Citizen Leaders Incubator

JCE, Citizen Leaders Incubator

The Small Economic Chamber claims a hard line and wants to be an incubator for citizen leaders who respond to the challenges of today and tomorrow. A recognized non-governmental organization of public benefit, which trains young people between the ages of 18-40 years so that they carry out collective tasks in the service of the public interest, through the creation of projects in this field, in various areas such as youth employment, circular economy, land use planning, etc.

Actions in progress: Forma’Tour Challenge: Public speaking training Forma’leader: Personal and professional development Zéro Mégot: Creating incentives to divert cigarette butts off our streets.

In the past: Je suis 47 Pépites: Promoting local businesses Smile In Agen: Promoting venues in downtown Agen Parlem’Entreprise: Day of exchanges between citizens, business leaders and parliamentarians Citizen Interview 2.0: encouraging citizens to vote locally and regional elections through interviews with all candidates and  Tapas’1 Job.

Urbact in favor of participatory democracy

URBACT is a European system financed by ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) funds with a total budget of €96 million.

On June 25, 2019, the URBACT Monitoring Committee approved 23 new networks comprising 26 countries and 157 cities. Among these, Agen was selected as the leader of the Active Citizens Network. Agen forms the Active Citizens Network with seven European partner cities: Bistrica in Romania, Cento in Italy, Dinslaken in Germany, Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic, St. Quentin in France, Santa Maria da Vieira in Portugal and Tartu Wald in Estonia.

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The Active Citizens Network is working to rethink the place of the citizen in local government by finding a balance between representative democracy and participatory democracy, taking into account new technological tools. The work of the network focuses on the processes of joint construction and joint decision-making.

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