Session Vision

WELCOM E

WELCOM E WORDS FROM TH E PRESI DEN T

Hello!

I am absolutely delighted to be included in this booklet. Hopefully you and I will get cracking on Antwerp 2021 very soon indeed, but until that time, these words will serve as a cursory glance at what we want to achieve with this session.

Especially in these times of globally normalised confinement, it can be very easy to fall into the belief that there are hard limits on what we can achieve. With Antwerp 2021, we seek to challenge that by providing a space for all participants to challenge those preconceived limitations. We believe that the best way to do this is to create an environment in which participants are encouraged to try new things, discovering new things about the depth of their capabilities in the process. To paraphrase André Gide, one cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

This is one of the key principles that guides my interpretation of the event vision of ‘Pushing Limits: Discovering all boundaries’. If this is something that appeals to you, why not apply to join our humble Officials’ team? I am also firmly of the belief that a good Officials’ team is like a good soup, and with this in mind, I hope that you will apply because you are unafraid to add your own spice when interpreting the vision for the event. Moreover, I hope you will apply because you are interested in learning something new; where better to lose sight of the shore than in the maritime powerhouse of Belgium? Finally, I hope you will apply because you want to have fun; after all, these things are fun, and fun is good.

See you in Antwerp, Matthew Caine (UK)

AN TWERP

SESSI ON VI SI ON

PU SH I N G LI M I TS: DI SCOVERI N G ALL BOU N DARI ES

With this session, we want to provide a space in which all participants can challenge their pre-conceived limitations. This is something that can be aspired to by all who take part in Antwerp 2021, whether they be officials trying out new methods, leadership building on interesting formats, or delegates voicing their opinion for the first time. With this vision document, we hope to offer a comprehensive overview of what we envision to be the guiding principles behind the session. These principles will in short help to provide direction for us to structure the session. Thus, the theme of the 2021 National Session of EYP Belgium will be “Pushing Limits: discovering all boundaries”.

“Pushing Limits” has a two-fold meaning: not only do we hope to create an environment in which delegates are able to challenge themselves, but we also seek to push the limits of the standard EYP event format that all of us will be familiar with. EYP Belgium has an exceptional track record regarding the latter, with its innovative Media Team ‘press conference’ event serving as an example from Leuven 2020. Just as this event pushed the