2The0First0 101Years – 2011
While the roots of EYP Finland go back to the 1990s, the modern organisation was established in 2001 – on 15 June, specifically – by a small group of committed volunteers. EYP Finland, the international EYP network, and indeed the world were all quite different 20 years ago. EYP Finland’s starting capital, for example, was €60; the EYP as a whole was still a much smaller, more school-centred project; and the world had not yet experienced 9/11, the prolonged financial crises, or the emergence of many of the technologies today’s EYPers take for granted.
For the first few years, EYP Finland’s activities revolved around the annual National Session and a number of training events, training becoming one of EYP Finland’s strengths early on. Some organisational practices may now 6
seem quaint. For example, National Sessions were originally organised by one of the two school delegations selected to attend an International Session, whereas the other delegation edited EYP Spirit, EYP Finland’s membership magazine. (EYP Spirit was discontinued in 2009; EYP spirit
