"Europe in my Region" Campaign
May 13, 2016
"Europe in My Region" is organised around four different initiatives: the Open EU Project Days, a treasure hunt, a photo competition and a blogging campaign. All these activities aim to encourage citizens to visit EU-funded projects while sharing images and experiences via social media.
Please find below all relevant information on the campaign condensed in few bullets points:
1) Open EU Project Days
• 23 countries, 1200+ events, see the map
• From 29 April to 11 June
2) Treasure hunt
• 18 countries, 50 hints disseminated throughout Europe
• Treasure hunt page > http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/treasurehunt/ The full content is online from 28th of April and all language versions (explaining the concept of the treasure hunt)
• Visual of the treasure hunt attached
• From 29 April to 11 June
3) Photo Competition
• 5th Edition, will be run on the European Commission's Facebook page, we target good amateur photographers in order to get high quality photos
• 2 May to 28 August
4) Bloggers
• Bloggers wanted in the countries participating in the Open EU Project Days to post about the local projects in May and June
• Prize: 3 bloggers will be invited to participate to the media programme of the European Week of Regions and Cities
• From 29 April to 30 June
More information: Europe in My Regio at http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/communication/inform-network/map/