European Youth Parliament School Session It is our pleasure to inform you that the EYP School Session– Armenia on “Spreading the culture of Parliamentarianism” will take place on the 29th of April to the 1st of May, 2016. Around 110 delegates from 6 schools of Yerevan will gather together to brainstorm, discuss diverse topics in their respective committees, challenge each other and themselves, get to know various perspectives and see matters a bit differently. We are so happy to welcome the delegates from: • • • • • •
NPUA High School №119 High School №127 High School №189 High School №115 High School Yerevan State College of Humanities.
By attending this forum as a delegate our participants will have a chance: • Meet awesome and creative enthusiasts from different schools of Yerevan; • Debate on daring and urgent topics with 110 participants of the full of challenges School Session; • Give vote to the resolutions and bills as a supporting; • Get the chance to be selected to participate in Rennes - 37th National Session of EYP France; • Best School Delegation will be chosen based on Independent Jury’s assessment and the voting of the participants to represent their school in Yerevan School Session (YSU); • 5 Delegates will get the opportunity to participate in the 3rd International EYP Forum of Armenia (IEFA 2016), taking place on July 2nd-10th ; • You are young, talented, amazing and can’t wait to be a part of a big EYP family.
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Topics of ESS The Delegates will be allocated in 7 committees to discuss the following topics in the scope of the EYP School Session: 1.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND TOURISM (TRAN)
Cities play a crucial role as places of connectivity and innovations, but are also places where various economic and social problems are concentrated. The development of sustainable mobility and easy touristic accessibility is a key challenge for the cities of tomorrow. Which innovative solutions should be introduced and implemented to boost the process of capital city of Yerevan becoming a center of tourism?
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COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS (AFCO)
In the light of the continually declining voter turnout in European and national elections: in an age wherein the world’s leading democracies are making a shift into the digital world, what should Armenia and Europe do to re-vitalize their democratic culture?
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS (AFET)
More than nine million Syrians have been forced to leave their homes in the last few years. Now, with ISIS advancing in both Syria and Iraq, the situation is getting worse. What actions should international community take in order to mitigate the current tension in Syria? What can be the role of the EU in the process of peacemaking?
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CIVIL LIBERTIES, JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS(LIBE)
According to different sources the total number of Muslims in Europe in the year of 2013 amounted to 56 million people, thus accounting for 8% of the whole population within European borders. With the rising fear in the Western European countries (where most of the Muslim population is concentrated) that Muslims are not integrating into the European society, do not accept Western values and pose a threat to security Italy, Germany and Austria have started exercising the policy to limit building new mosques in their countries, while Switzerland is doing so directly with “Mosque Ban Act” adopted since 2010. What should the EU’s stance be on protecting the religious freedoms of its people while ensuring the security measures are in place. 5.
COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY, RESEARCH AND ENERGY (ITRE)
The EU aims to get 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 to enable cutting greenhouse emissions and make it less dependent on imported energy. But on the other hand the stability of Europe’s electricity generation is at risk from the warped market structure caused by skyrocketing renewable energy subsidies which have led to unacceptably high utility bills for the ]residents and businesses, and even risk causing continent-wide blackouts. What trade-off the EU should come up with to address the current issue? 6.
COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (EMPL)
With budgets still tight and austerity measures in place, Europe's youth unemployment rate stands at 23.5 percent, with every 4th young European being unemployed. Taking into account that youth employment it’s the backbone of competitive economy and failure to ensure the latter may result in social tensions, the abovementioned issues have become very urgent in recent years for the EU and EaP. Thus, what should be the main pillars of the program to reverse the rising joblessness for the under 25’s in the EU and EaP countries?
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Preliminary Agenda Friday, 29th of April 14:00 – 14:30
Registration of Participants
Venue: English Park
14:30 – 17:30
Teambuilding
Venue: English Park
Talent Night
Venue:Henrik Malyan Theater of Cinema Artists
18:00 – 20:00
12:30 – 13:30
13:30 – 14:30 14:30 – 15:30
15:30 – 17:30
European Youth Parliament School Session Funded and Initated by:
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