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CHAIR – A POSITION WORTH SITTING DOWN FOR …4
TAKING THE STEPS TO BECOME AN ORGANISER …6
TWO DAYS OF SUMMER …8
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CONTENTS
SEASON’S GREETINGS …7
EYP FI ALUMNI – MILLA LEHTIMÄKI …10
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A CHAIR A
bout 20 of us trainees were
After learning each other’s names, we gathered together in Uusikaupunki quickly became a united group. We to participate in the Chairs’ Training of talked about anything and everything during our conversations. We were so EYP Finland from the 8th to the 10th efficient, in fact, that we got through of May. We were a group representing most of our training material during the many different stages of EYP; some of first evening. This left Christian to be us had been involved for a few years, able to dig deeper in some other topics others had just started last autumn. At the centre of the entire training was during the following days. our fantastic trainer Christian Macht who, from experience, is a fantastic chairperson himself. The rather empty streets of Uusikaupunki were filled with noise as our training started with Christian playing some Backstreet Boys from a loudspeaker, walking us to a park we would visit every day of the training.
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POSITION WORTH SITTING DOWN FOR ARTICLE BY MAIJA PAJAMO
Throughout the weekend we not only thought about the role of a chairperson in an EYP session and a committee but we also had some time for selfreflection and most importantly fun and games. Planning a program for teambuilding and talking through different ways of committee work gave us many ideas and left us with the ingredients to lead a committee.
The training provided us with an endless list of great tips and tricks into becoming a good chairperson. Not only was it beneficial for the specific role at an EYP session – leading groups and understanding group dynamics are phenomena we will face later in life, too. Above all, though, we were all left with high spirits as we had yet again spent a fantastic EYP weekend with amazing people.
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TAK I N G TH E STE PS T O B E C OM E A N O RG ANISE R
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ARTICLE BY JALMARI MÄNNISTÖ
really like being a delegate. I mean, I
quite closely and good problem-solving skills are practical because one often genuinely enjoy every moment of it. I have come so far in my EYP path has to make quick decisions. that I am starting to become intrigued I have already taken the first steps as about trying being an official. However, I have been selected as an Organiser to Kangasala 2015 — Regional Session a lot of people say that one’s view of sessions and what happens all around of EYP Finland which will be held in changes drastically having been an Autumn. To get a taste of what could official. The curtain-effect would be the be ahead I went to the Chairs’ Training most fitting definition I would come up of EYP Finland in Uusikaupunki. There I heard some relieving peer experiences: with. it seems that organising, chairing and It seems to me that those who continue being a journalist are all the same black pool as being a delegate was. You just in EYP usually start with organising have to dive in, hope for the best and in sessions. As both delegate and organiser, one needs to follow orders keep your eyes and mind open.
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E Y P F I NLAND @
SuomiAreena is a forum for political discussion which has been organised in Pori annually since 2006, taking place at the same time as the famous Pori Jazz festival. This year EYP Finland was also spotted at the event.
From left to right: Teresa Artjoki, Laura Uusitalo and Iina Lappalainen
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TW O DAYS OF Sum me r The Annual Summer Days of EYP Finland were held in Turku from 27th to 28th of June. This informal event welcomed alumni to catch up with each other, attend training modules, and heat up the grill and the sauna for a quintessential Finnish summer fiesta.
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SEASIDE AND THE SUN – CIRCUMSTANCES BOTH IDEAL AND IDYLLIC FOR A SUMMER CHILLOUT.
BY LAURI LAHTINEN
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EY P F I A L UM N I MI LLA LEH T I MÄK I
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illa got her first contact with
EYP through her friends. They urged Milla to try EYP towards which she was sceptical. ‘’I had really not heard of the organisation before but my friends got their will through.’’ The Regional Session in Helsinki in 2014 was a blast for her as she learnt much about the EU and EYP. She says that the GA was her favourite part by far, even when she had a bad fever. ‘’All in all, I felt that the general atmosphere of the Regional Session was a
little bit too casual for me that the accommodation venue could have been but it served as a great warmer. Her humbleness starting point.’’ paid off as the GA was a success and she received And what a starting an invitation to the point it was: Milla got Leipzig international to the much desired session which she awaits National Session, this with great excitement. time held in Turku. ‘’I ‘’I feel and hear that the enjoyed the session lots international session will and lots. The national session offered so much be something really new and different and I’m more academically really looking forward to and spiritually than the regional session ever did. the session.’’ I actually felt really small When I asked the and stupid sometimes common question of as the level of delegates felt so high. One could how she feels about say that I kind of became EYP Finland and EYP as an organisation, she humble.’’ For her only laughed: ‘’ I have been real complaint she said
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part of numerous little groups and organisations but I feel that EYP Finland has been the most interesting one so far and the events are both meaningful and fun. I could say the same thing about EYP as a whole, although I am especially
grateful for the new information and people I have met during the course of my EYP career. If one thing is to be said about EYP it is the great and intelligent persons that you meet.’’ Milla did not really take
an opinion whether she would continue as a chair or otherwise. ‘’ Who knows where I will end up.’’ Milla is surprisingly planning to study international politics in the future.
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The Academy of Finland is a National Partner of EYP Finland in 2015. The Academy of Finland is a National Partner of EYP Finland in 2015.
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