CIVIX is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement and youth interest in politics in Belgium.

Legal form

Non-profit organization

Objectives

CIVIX (asbl) is a citizens’ initiative, student and entirely voluntary, which aims to fight against the vote by default and the rate of abstention of vote among the young Belgian citizens. Initiated a little less than a year ago, CIVIX now has no less than 27 student volunteers from different faculties and universities.

The three main objectives of the association:

• Help young people to better understand the functioning of the Belgian political system.
• Stimulate young people’s interest in politics and raise awareness of the challenges of elections.
• Restoring the confidence of young people in politics

Main Activities

The CIVIX team is developing a platform that will allow citizens to vote in full knowledge of the upcoming elections in May 2019. The three main features of the platform:

• Comparison of political programs
• Interaction with political parties
• Educational tools

Finance and Main Partners

With the financial support of French-Speaking Brussels Parlement (Parlement francophone bruxellois) and Wallonie-Brussels Federation (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles).

Other supports : European Parliament, ULB, UCLouvain, Brussels Parlement, Conseil de la Jeunesse, Young Talks & Solvay Entrepreneurs (Start.LAB).

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