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EUROPE DIRECT Trentino - CDE Trento

EUROPE DIRECT Trentino - CDE Trento: two Information Centres of the European Commission incardinated in the UMSe Europa of the Autonomous Province of Trento.

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Responsibilities and functions

EUROPE DIRECT Trentino - CDE Trento are two Information Centres of the European Commission, which are part of the EUROPE DIRECT network, a family of networks at EU level, managed and coordinated by the Directorate General Communication of the European Commission.

Their mission is to bring Europe closer to citizens by answering questions on EU policies, programmes and priorities.

What they offer

  • information (general, specific information following detailed requests)
  • promotion of political debate and training organisation of events
  • initial support to citizens regarding specific enquiries that are dealt with by other offices
  • traineeships
  • news from the EU
  • communicating EU policies, programmes and opportunities
  • publishing news from the web on the website and social media

Initiatives and projects

  • Laboratorio Europa: didactic modules to discover the European Union, aimed at the various school levels in the schools of the Province of Trento
  • events on European issues, also in collaboration with other bodies dealing with Europe in the territory and the Siamo Europa Festival

Target audience

  • students
  • teachers
  • young people
  • parents
  • schools
  • citizens

What you can find

  • information, guidance services, counselling
  • gain awareness of skills for personal and professional growth
  • knowledge and tools to support your children in the choice process
  • materials and tools to accompany students in discovering the EU institutions

The Centres collaborate with the UMSeuropa, the University of Trento and with other bodies, present in the territory, to promote knowledge of the European Union through the organisation of seminars, events, workshop activities for the different school grades by providing

  • official documents of the European Union
  • access to EU databases
  • consultation and loan of books and magazines
  • brochures and free information material on Europe

Here is the link to the website of the Italian network of EDCs https://cdeita.it/newsletter/

All our services are free of charge for citizens.

NB: we cannot offer legal advice or interpret EU legislation.

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