EP4U was a project aiming at raising citizens’ awareness of EU policy-making and engage university and high school students, and the broader public, in discussions about the work of the EU and the EP in four policy areas that are considered salient for these audiences: climate and environment; employment and social policies; migration and asylum; and non-discrimination and protection of fundamental rights. These four policy areas were analysed in four different Member States: Finland, France, Bulgaria and Slovakia, whilst the project also reached trans-national audiences in other Member States. To achieve these aims, TEPSA implemented the following activities:

• Events
• Communication activities
• Student paper competitions
• High-school talks

The general objective of EP4U was to raise citizens’ awareness of EU policy-making and engage university and high school students, and the broader public, in discussions about the work of the EU and the EP in four policy areas: climate and environment; employment and social policies; migration and asylum; and non-discrimination and protection of fundamental rights. These four policy areas were analysed in four different Member States: Finland, France, Bulgaria and Slovakia.

• In Finland, TEPSA engaged with young citizens in an informed debate on what the EU is doing to mitigate climate change and protect the environment.
• In France, TEPSA engaged and debate with young French citizens about the role the EU plays in promoting social policies and how it aims to foster employment and protect jobs in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
• In Bulgaria, TEPSA acquainted and engaged young people with the importance of the EU and the EP in migration and asylum policies. In particular, EP4U provided an opportunity to explain and discuss the New Pact on Migration and Asylum proposed by the Commission in September 2020.
• In Slovakia, TEPSA debated with young people non-discrimination policies at the EU level and protection of fundamental rights.

TEPSA implemented its activities in cooperation with four implementing partners from member institutes of TEPSA. In Finland TEPSA worked with Dr. Emma Hakala, from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs; in France with Prof. Dr. Tom Chevalier, from Sciences Po Paris; in Bulgaria with Prof. Dr. Evelina Staykova-Mileva, from the New Bulgarian University; and in Slovakia with Michaela Dénešová, from Comenius University.