Strengthening the identity of the Baltic Sea Region borderlands

Beschreibung

The aim of the Strengthening the identity of the Baltic Sea Region borderlands project, the results of which are presented in this report, was to develop youth cooperation as a method of supporting regional identity, promoting acceptance and tolerance in the fields of education and academia, and promoting democratic values among the youth. The future of every project depends on the youth; therefore, a crucial goal of the project was to develop their willingness to participate in political and social processes actively.

The Baltic Sea Region plays a significant role in today’s Europe as an area which is currently undergoing substantial social, economic, cultural, political and security changes related to European integration processes. Forms of cooperation developed in the Baltic Sea Region may become a model solution that can also be applied in other regions. In the current turbulent times, aggressors use conflicts between various identities as an element of information war, which is why identity is important from the point of security and resistance to harmful disinformation. Young people are particularly susceptible to outside influence during the process of forming their worldview, so it is particularly important to find the right mechanisms, countermeasures and means to protect them from hostile propaganda.