Several objectives were targeted. First of all, to ensure that Europe is better known in its functioning (institutions), values, contributions, cultural and linguistic diversity, assets and potential. In doing so, contribute to better training of teachers and trainers and their audiences to allow better knowledge and greater involvement of young people. Then, thanks to the possibilities of exchanges and observations in the field, the objective was to know and compare in several territories the dissemination of objective information on the European Union and its contributions as well as the feeling of belonging and local commitment to Europe. Observations, practices and experiences shared and compared could lead, when necessary, to a positive remediation of situations. In addition, training citizens by reaching the general public through dissemination actions, both around schools and through associative work, was another major objective to be achieved.
Based on the unfortunate observation of the lack of knowledge of Europe and its institutions by many audiences and the low involvement of institutions on this subject – particularly in education (see the report Teaching Europe in France by Thierry Chopin, published by the Jacques Delors Institute in October 2020) – the project was born from the need and the desire to improve knowledge of Europe among educational teams or audiences who expressed the need in all areas (geography, history, unity and diversity of territories and cultures, values and contributions, challenges and objectives of institutional and civic construction) for their own culture and for the training of young people or adult applicants.