Session Vision - IEFA 2020

INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN YOUTH

PARLIAMENT FORUM

IN ARMENIA

SESSION

VISION IEFA 2020 INTERNATIONAL EYP FORUM IN ARMENIA

IEFA 2020 INTERNATIONAL EYP FORUM IN ARMENIA

ACADEMIC VISION A FOCUS ON LEARNING

IEFA 2020 will focus on creating a learning atmosphere for all participants of the session and will prioritise a better understanding of topics over output quality.

CT: When writing your first Topic Overview, most chairs focus on fulfilling the criteria that they’re given by the leadership of the Chairs team. After having experienced Committee Work from a facilitator’s perspective, many then start to understand how to adequately prepare a committee by drafting their Topic Overview in a way to allow for a better understanding of the topic to improve discussion, which will eventually lead to a great quality resolution. For IEFA 2020, we’ll evolve one step further and instead of setting our end goal to be great academic quality of the output, we’ll prioritise the topic understanding of the delegates and offering additional learning opportunities throughout the project.

A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE EYP sessions create stressful situations and can lead to points of tensions at times. IEFA 2020 will aim at setting up a relaxed atmosphere.

CT: Being a chairperson at an International Forum can be a daunting task. The leadership of the Chairs team will work towards setting the right expectations and making the team members as comfortable as possible.

IEFA 2020 INTERNATIONAL EYP FORUM IN ARMENIA

NEARLY PAPER FREE IEFA 2020 will try to eliminate almost all paper usage at the session to make the session more environmentally sustainable.

CT: Flipcharts, post-it’s are integral parts of many activities during Team Building and Committee Work, subsequently eliminating those materials proves a real challenge for the chairpersons (and the session board). We will both work towards preparing the Chairs team to tackle the absence of paper and also have brainstorming sessions at the session training to come up with innovative methods that allow us to work without these materials, which will hopefully extend beyond the scope of the session and can inspire the EYP community to do similar things at future events.

IEFA 2020 INTERNATIONAL EYP FORUM IN ARMENIA

EDITORIAL VISION ACADEMICS/ UNDERSTANDING

Didn’t read Topic Overviews back to the times you were a delegate? Got tired of the same pages of text which are difficult to get through? We are here to help.

We think the Media Team can develop the concept of the visual part of a Topic Overview booklet and make it not just a document with solid text but to turn it into an interactive website with clear and engaging explanations created in cooperation with the chairs team. This way of increasing the level of topics understanding is way more efficient than the process of creating additional videos, booklets or infographics to the existing Topic Overview booklet.

Additionally, We won’t limit the website to just Topic Overviews but to create a complete session website which can be used by delegates before the session to get to know EYP and session officials teams better.

SUSTAINABILITY As sustainability will be one of the core elements of IEFA 2020, we want to cooperate closely with the Academic and Organizing teams of the session to turn the theoretical part of being sustainable in practical terms. We will dedicate one of the projects and include this topic to the session website to show how people can change the current situation and why it is important. Something else that will be done is daily interactive check-ins and challenges for both officials and delegates. Stay tuned!

WELL-BEING As the Editors of the session we will help the Media team members to not feel overwhelmed or overly controlled. It will be done by giving them some free time and respecting their boundaries.

IEFA 2020 INTERNATIONAL EYP FORUM IN ARMENIA

We will also implement the idea of individual meetings to talk to MTMs and know how they feel and if they want to change anything. We will make sure to find an individual approach towards each MTM in order to help them feel confident within and outside their team.

Another sphere we will focus on is comprehensive support, open communication and feedback during the session. Our ideal IEFA is a safe platform designed to develop and maintain every single participating individual. We think it's important to get constructive feedback throughout the development of media work instead of getting it only in the end. We are also ready to contribute to all officials' well-being through small talks and separate modules dedicated to people’s mental health.

WELL-BEING IEFA 2020 will be a session to discover yourself and experience new horizons. Therefore, the Media team will focus not only on their projects, but also on personal and technical development as well as the people around. This means we as the Editors will create an effective learning environment where each media team member will be safe and not be afraid to bring their ideas to life.

We envision the Media team adding creative value to the event and impact session participants. That's why we will make sure to give journalists a chance to be creative and implement all the projects they have in mind and cover all aspects of the media output at the same time.

The IEFA will become a unique experience for the Media Team. It’s time to get out of the box. We will give the members of our team the freedom to shape their projects and the concept of the working process if they feel like they want to contribute to it.

Besides, we want the Editorial team to provide journalists with the space to shape the session and implement their creative ideas, turning them into reality. We don't want to prioritize standards over creativity. IEFA 2020 will become your place to create.

IEFA 2020 INTERNATIONAL EYP FORUM IN ARMENIA

IEFA 2020 INTERNATIONAL EYP FORUM IN ARMENIA