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THE PEOPLE
editorial note anouck guillot (BE) | ola kowalewska (PL) | clàudia sánchez (ES) WHAT WILL WE DO WITH OUR FUTURE?
session became for all of us, what it
That’s the one million dollar question,
wrote about what was the session, where
isn’t it? We spend most of our lives
it came from and, finally, what we made
thinking about it, planning ahead and
of it.
meant, and how it made us grow. We
worrying about what will come, but the way we see it, we will only be able to
In this issue, we present to you a world of
answer if we begin in the present.
words,
Whenever we come together and support
participants - have created. We tried with
each other, we start seeing the path that
all of our heart to encapsulate the
will guide our way. By making the future
moments
the purpose of our present, we are
National Session of EYP Sweden 2021. We
already in the right direction to shape a
tried to bring this experience closer to
future that belongs to all of us.
your homes, where you will be able to sit
something
and
that
you
memories
-
of
the
this
by the window, turning the pages of this For the 17th National Session of EYP
issue, and be transported to that last
Sweden 2021, we took the challenge to
weekend of March 2021, where you
gather everything each of us brought,
learned, you laughed, you made friends,
and turn it into one. We started by
and most importantly, you went beyond
putting down on paper how much we
what you thought could do,
had achieved all together – and it was
excelled in it.
and
even more than we had first imagined, we were all here together. So, we poured
By reading through these pages, you will
the ink, opened the text box on our
get to learn beyond the academic side of
laptops, scratched some ideas at the
this adventure, discover the hopes and
corner of our notebook, and started
challenges of the youth of today, and last,
collecting and putting together what this
but definitely not least, you will be able to
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enjoy what the Media Team has been
certain way, our part in showing you what
preparing for you.
lies underneath the surface.
The EYP is like an iceberg –like the ones
During the session, you exchanged ideas
that are currently melting, which are the
and thoughts on how to shape our world
home for some very important animal
and fix the problems existing. Here, we
species, that we need to save together. As
bring you a space in which you can keep
you may know, the invisible part of the
thinking and growing, a place to explore
iceberg is much bigger than the visible
different directions, so you can choose
part, and just like that, the EYP is a home
the path that will help you create, united
for many of us. Hence, this issue is, in a
with the rest, a better future for all.
Brought to you by the Media Team of the National Session of EYP Sweden 2021. Anouck Guillot (BE), Clàudia Sánchez (ES), Ola Kowalewska (PL), Laura Barry (FI), Mahmut Emre Karaman (TR), Ceren Küçük (TR), David Wright (FI), Kseniya Lukashenia (BY) & Alina Modrzejewska (PL)
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noisses eht
welcome from
matthias schwartner (AT), president
For me personally, this session means a return to an organisation that I have spent so many hours, days and weeks within the past 7 years, but it also means a fresh start, a new adventure,
THE POWER
a re-adjustment. I have been in many
OF YOUNG ENGAGED PEOPLE
sessions,
IS SIMPLY STRONGER THAN
many
roles
and
many
countries with EYP, but I had never joined a digital one by now. For me, this session proved and
ALL THE LIMITATIONS WE HAD TO ADAPT TO.
continues to prove that the EYP spirit cannot be broken even by the biggest world-wide crisis since WW2: the
EYP always had a special part in my
power of young engaged people is
heart and this first digital experience
simply stronger than all the limitations
makes me even more happy and
we had to adapt to.
proud to be a part of it.
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the leadership jack nassri (SE), head organiser
Getting the opportunity to organise the Nationals has always been on my list of things I wanted to achieve in EYP. I knew that the path was long, and I needed to do much more than just organising a regional session. But when I got the opportunity, I couldn’t
Even though it was a long journey with
say no to it. Maja, Simon and I wanted
lots of tears, it didn’t stop me from
to create a place where all participants
moving forward.
can feel the warmth and the love a
Organising this session gave me the
physical session can give, and I believe
motivation to get up every morning
we
our
and work hard to achieve one of my
engagement, being open, and just
EYP goals. It was my responsibility to
being there for them.
make it happen and to give the new
IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO
generation of EYPers the chance to feel
made
that
happen
with
GIVE THE NEW GENERATION OF
inspired to change the world around them. They impressed us with their
EYPERS THE CHANCE
performance and I think all of them got
TO FEEL INSPIRED
inspired to change at least one thing in the world.
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of the 17th nsc
jack nassri (SE), head organiser
The topics of the session didn’t mainly
Finally, I would like to thank all of the
focus on the issues that are happening
teams for joining the session and
recently, like the Covid-19 for example.
working
The
situations because without them the
Covid-19
situation
has
been
discussed too many times and there are
hard
during
stressful
session would have never happened!
a lot of topics about this issue within the organisation.
But the topics for this session were prewritten by amazing and skilled chairs last year which made it even more interesting for the delegates to learn about such “not discussed” problems and come up with solutions for them!
ALL OF THEM
HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY
HEART 9
of eyp sweden nika aghajani (SE), head of jury
I have always considered it a privilege to be part of an organisation that empowers young individuals to voice their opinions and engage with the pressing issues of our time.
This was a unique digital session and we hope to see you all around Sweden or Europe very soon!
This session, powered by the hard work and energy of many individuals,
THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING
was a chance for all of us to reckon
PART OF AN ORGANISATION
with the greatest challenge of our
THAT
generation: climate change. My team and
I
were
looking
forward
to
witnessing the creativity, engagement and
team-work
delegate!
of
every
single
EMPOWERS YOUNG INDIVIDUALS
TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS
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There are many other challenges facing the European Union today, but they have all one thing in common; they are possible to solve if we do it together. And that is really quite a hopeful message. The choices that we make now will have a major impact on the future of our union. And this is why it is so crucial that you, you yourselves, that you make your voices heard and that you participate in our democratic processes in the areas that interest you. Hans Dahlgren Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs, Swedish representative to the United Nations & State secretary for foreign affairs
innovate, adapt, overcome. With the National Session of EYP Sweden 2021, we have aimed at challenging ourselves to go beyond and seize opportunities by taking the session
theme
“Innovate,
Adapt,
WE NEED TO START BUILDING A
FUTURE
THAT IS SAFE, PEACEFUL AND FAIR FOR EVERYONE.
Overcome - Future-proofing society” and exploring it in all its forms. On top of that, last 2020 the entire The world of today is one full of
world was faced with a pandemic with
challenges for the young generations,
which we all still live today, and which
and issues such as climate change and
has threatened our everyday lifestyle
the current crisis of democracy and of
to its roots. That is why 2021 presents
the economic system are some of the
itself as a year in which we all need to
most urgent problems that need to be
come together and innovate, adapt
solved in order to start building a
and overcome the challenges of the
future that is safe, peaceful and fair for
world, in order to build a better
everyone.
present, towards a better future.
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future-proofing society “Future-proofing society” has been at the chore of the whole session, and guided by this motto, each and every participant has tried to go beyond themselves, to unify through dialogue and cooperation, and has
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY ONE THAT IS MUCH MORE CONSCIOUS, AND THAT WILL BRING STABILITY AND HOPE TO
THE WORLD OF
succeeded in proving that there is another
T OMOR R OW
way; one that is much more conscious, and that will bring stability and hope to the world of tomorrow. During these past days,
During
these
past
days,
we have encouraged initiatives, projects
encouraged
initiatives,
and resolutions that have taken into
resolutions
that
consideration climate change and the
consideration climate change and the
current problems we are all facing today,
current problems we are all facing today,
and all of the participants have treated
and all of the participants have treated
them critically and profoundly, to finally
them critically and profoundly, to finally
offer a path through which we can navigate
offer a path through which we can navigate
and overcome today’s most urgent issues in
and overcome today’s most urgent issues
a creative and innovative way.
in a creative and innovative way.
have
we
have
projects
and
taken
into
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crossing the digital by david wright (FI) The 17th National Session of EYP
This would have been the very first
Sweden was originally meant to be
session held in the city of Skellefteå.
held in the beautiful city of Skellefteå
The last National Session of EYP
(Skell-ef-tay-o). This historical city was
Sweden in Northern Sweden was held
once named “Gold Town” due to its
6 years ago and this was a chance for
large gold industry. The city has a
Northern Sweden to be represented
population of 33,000 people, but it
properly.
would have welcomed in its streets
supposed to be the most northern
around
session in the EYP ever organised.
a
hundred
more
people
Additionally,
it
was
also
arriving in the up-and-coming city to take part in EYP Sweden’s flagship
The ideas behind the session were all
event. However, due to the world
about
pandemic, this could not happen.
academic success and true friendship.
The National Session was chosen to
Those are similar values of the ones of
happen
the
EYP Sweden and of the EYP network as
obvious consequences climate change
a whole. Even though the session took
has had on the city. It is located in
a
Northern Sweden which now looks
pandemic has forced many other EYP
very different than it used to be.
sessions to do the same, we all became
People cannot herd reindeers anymore
participants of the National Session of
and the reason for that is nothing
EYP Sweden - part of this big family
other than climate change.
that we call the EYP.
in
Skellefteå
due
to
digital
personal
turn,
as
development,
the
COVID-19
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divide THROUGH THIS EVENT, WE ALL SHOWED THAT THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR PERSONAL, COLLECTIVE AND SOCIETY’S
GROWTH
Through this event, we all showed that there is a lot of room for personal, collective and society’s growth. You all succeeded academically, which was evident by the debates in the General Assembly, and developed socially by
We all met amazing wonderful people,
engaging in active teamwork within
breaking down any barriers that
your committees. Friendship doesn’t
were digitally placed in front of us
have barriers, and the 17th National
every step of the way. In the end, all of
Session of EYP Sweden proved that no
the traditional physical EYP elements
digital divide could stop us from
were transported to a digital setting.
creating connections and sparkling
Even though we experienced Skellefteå
friendships.
through our screens, the session was a true success.
EYP as a whole has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic with the 17th
One of the other points of focus when
National Session of EYP Sweden being
organising the session was innovation
a great example of this. The session
and
always
to
improve
may have only lasted three days, but
was
needed
the memories we made will stay with
from EYP Sweden and all officials to
us forever. EYP Sweden is very proud
recreate the EYP environment online,
of this session and hopes to see
and it proved to be a great experience
everyone
for all included.
through the EYP.
ourselves.
striving
Innovation
continue
their
journey
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media team by anouck guillot (BE) A full day of Committee Work got
In some other digital room a little bit
everyone quite tired, but to finish the
further away, the academic team was
day properly, 9 individuals brought to
working hard on the resolutions to
you the Media Team Event! After
ensure
figuring out how to change our names
debates the next day. In a digital
on zoom, we got to go and visit all the
setting we often forget where others
different “rooms” with activities.
are, and meanwhile the chairs were
fruitful
and
high
quality
going from checks to checks, Laura and May it be the music quiz where Alina
Clàudia talked to a few of you about
made you guess the music, or the chat
the theme of the session, the future or
room with Senya and Ola animating
Europe and its youth.
topics such as “which animals would we be able to resize”, the evening met the goal of being a relaxed time for participants. And even if you were arriving later, coming in and out from Jury talks, there was always the “EYP movie time” with Anouck, in the main room, showcasing some of EYP Media’s gems projects.
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event Holding this event was not only an opportunity for the delegates to interact with each other in a much more calm and casual way, but also a way for them to get to meet the Media Team Members that had been working silently during the whole session, collecting moments and thoughts, to bring back the memories of the last weekend of March to all of the participants’ homes. By taking part in these different activities, the delegates got to contribute to a handful of projects that were being developed by the Media Team of the session, and for that we will be forever grateful.
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thoughts by clàudia sánchez (ES) During the 17th National Selection
Climate change is one of the most
Conference of the European Youth
important and urgent issues that we
Parliament Sweden, youngsters from
are facing, and it is imperative that we
all over Europe gathered together in
start fighting it now. For the past few
order to discuss some of the most
years, this has been at the core of
pressing issues of today with a very
various EYP events and, once more,
particular and necessary objective: a
the
future-proofed society.
studied and discussed different topics
delegates
of
this
conference
that, in various forms and from very Increasingly, we are faced with a
diverse perspectives, have taken this
reality that is difficult and challenging
problem and have underlined how
for all of the different peoples of the
important it is to take a sustainable
world,
approach in every political decision
but
generations,
mostly which
for are
young finding
enormous obstacles to make their way through life, to find a job that is well
that is taken nowadays.
CLIMATE CHANGE
paid and that offers fair conditions to
IS
those
IMPORTANT
applying,
and
to
ensure
ONE
OF
THE AND
MOST URGENT
themselves a healthy and stable future
ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING,
in a context invaded by a variety of
AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT
social and economic crisis.
WE START FIGHTING IT NOW
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for the future During the Media Team Event Clàudia, one of the Editorial Assistants, had the pleasure to speak with some of the delegates and ask them about the fruitful discussions that they had been having during the whole day in Committee Work. While talking to them, she was able to hear about their point of view on the reality they are living and facing everyday. She asked them about their feelings about the future and about what they are mostly worried about, and here we collect some of these insightful and necessary reflections and thoughts from the youth of today.
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thoughts for The press is the way for us to express ourselves, and it is where we get our information from. That is why it is very important that it is correct and not biased. We need to get the opportunity to get our point of view out there, and we need a media platform that represents all of the communities and minorities Sophie, LIBE I media under pressure
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the future Even though trade relations are necessary, I believe we should also focus on social and economic growth in order to make sure that citizens from all of the African countries are protected by human rights. It is important to find a balance between these two areas in order to create more equal relationships. This is important because African countries are growing, so we need to start to communicate and compromise with them as equals. El sa, DEVE how shoul d the EU appro ach future partnerships with African nations?
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thoughts for Africa is very important because they have one of the youngest populations and fastest middle class, and they are also a very important
continent
in
terms
of
the
development of technology, because of their richness of raw materials. I believe Europe should
work
technology
with and
them
in
subjects
development,
of
without
discrimination. We should work to create laws that protect them from the very powerful economic powers. We have to fight for this equality so someday we will hopefully live in a world that is peaceful for everyone. Pedram, DEVE how shoul d the EU appro ach future partnerships with African n atio n s?
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the future We discussed about how we should approach LGBTQ+ rights in Europe. Although we have made very crucial improvements during the last decades on this topic, there are still some European
countries
that
have
laws
and
practices that are very discriminatory towards people from this community. I think we need to create dialogues between peoples and come up with good solutions to make these countries, and the whole of Europe, safer for everyone. For that, we thought about what is the role of the EU on problems like this and how it should approach them. Kajsa, LIBE II a prideful europe
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And this is where I think you play a big role because you, and your generation, you are the future. It is through your enthusiasm and your willingness to engage in matters related to European cooperation that you contribute to a better union for us all. So your perspective and your voices are highly welcomed. Hans Dahlgren Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs, Swedish representative to the United Nations & State secretary for foreign affairs
climate talks by laura barry (FI) Climate change is one of the most urgent issues of our generation, and it can be seen in the theme of the National Session of EYP Sweden 2021. Over the past few years, we have seen young leaders such as Greta Thunberg rise and take a stand, creating movements like Fridays For Future. What started as one teenager sitting in front of Swedish parliament has now evolved into a worldwide phenomenon.
In light of this issue, one of the Media Team Members, Laura, asked some of the session participants what they think about climate change.
Gabriel from FEMM, argues that climate change is a major threat to the larger coastal cities of Sweden. Rising sea levels have the potential to wipe cities off the map, so I am very anxious about it.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THAT
On the other hand, there is not much
T HE Y OUT H
we as individuals can do about it. We need systemic change driven by big industry.
HAS HAD SUCH WIDESPREAD VOICE
A
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However, Saga from LIBE II, contradicts: “I feel the opposite. I am incredibly happy and privileged to have been born in this generation, in which a small
voice
can
matter.
Climate
change is the biggest issue facing us, if we
lose
our
home,
we
lose
I F WE LOOSE OUR
HOME , WE LOOSE E V E R Y T HI NG
everything.
It is a shame that the pandemic struck just as strikes are needed the most, but I think social media is a powerful tool for the movement. For once we are seen as not only children, but children with opinions.
This is the first time in history that the youth has had such a widespread voice. There are so many more young role models to look up to than there were just a few decades ago.
R E D UC E ,
adds Robin, a National Committee representative
R E US E , RECYCLE!
Deforestation is a black and white issue for example, as forests hold so much of the net oxygen in the world.
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The session coincided with Earth Hour 2021, and many participants turned off their lights for an hour in solidarity with the movement. The aim is to raise awareness about climate change.
Whether it’s rising sea levels, cutting down forests for profit or pollution, we as youth have a lot to be anxious about. But there is hope.
If you are wondering what you can do as an individual, a great way to ease in is participating in the climate strikes organised every Friday by Fridays For Future. If you would like to do more, you can watch documentaries and educate yourself (we recommend David Attenborough’s, A Life On Our Planet), cut back on your meat intake, reduce, reuse, and recycle!
As Robin from the National Committee of EYP Sweden pointed out,
Awareness
is
good,
but
awareness
without
participation will not amount to much in the end.
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a day in the life by laura barry (FI), Laura, the Media Team Member, sat
Being a Head Organiser takes organising
down to talk more in detail with Jack
to the next level, and you learn lots of
Nassri, Head Organiser of the National
valuable life skills! Time management
Session of EYP Sweden 2021, about
and project management skills are just a
what it’s like to be Head Organising a
few things I’ve gained through this role. I
National Session.
really
enjoy
self-improvement
in
general. When I started EYP in 2019 at Eskilstuna Regional
Session
I
definitely
didn’t
imagine I would be Head Organising a
Jack tells me it hasn’t always been smooth sailing though.
session of this magnitude. In 2020 I was meant to Head Organise a Regional
Especially the Discord server was a pain
Session in person, but due to the
to make, as it takes up a lot of time
pandemic the session moved online.
and effort. I poured my blood, sweat
Later the Swedish National Committee
and tears into it, but it all seemed to
contacted me about possibly being a
work out in the end. I also spent hours
Head Organiser for the National Session.
on end attending meetings, which meant
I
love
a lot of sleepless nights. All that work
absolutely
was absolutely worth it though, and I
immediately
organising
said
and
yes, would
as
I
recommend it to anyone and everyone.
have no regrets.
I also enjoy organising my personal life, he reveals.
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of a head organiser And he adds:
I love the session more and more each day, and I am delighted to see how engaged everyone is in the programme. The
session
participants
are
all
absolutely lovely, and I’m so glad the National Committee asked me to be in the working group behind creating the National Session of 2021.
In addition to organising everything in his
I POURED MY BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS INTO IT, BUT WAS
ALL
THAT
WORK
ABSOLUTELY
WOR T H I T
life, including his every upcoming week, Jack
enjoys
playing
a
multitude
of
instruments.
I’m a really musical person, and EYP has my heart. It’s a good thing I am a multitasking king, he laughs.
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shaped storylines by anouck guillot (BE) Right before getting to the final part of the session, a radio show animated by Clàudia Sanchez (ES) & Alina Modrzejewska (PL) took place in one of the General Assembly rooms. For the event, some of the participants of the session had been invited to listen to four officials that were going to get interviewed about their EYP journey: where they started and how they got where they are now. In a room filled with a group of delegates and chairs that had been working very hard to present their resolutions, and in an ambience filled with the clam and satisfaction that comes with coming to the end of the weekend, some music started playing, and the radio show began.
At the very beginning of this issue, if you reader - paid good attention, we already started describing the EYP as an iceberg, and there is so much more than what you see on the surface.
As an attempt to show what lies beyond, Anouck, Enrico, Maja & Sude shared some of their memories and stories that - most probably- changed their lives forever.
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A N O U C K EDITOR Started EYP in 2017
E N R I C O VICE-PRESIDENT Started EYP in 2018
S U D E
CHAIR Started EYP in 2018
M A J A
PROJECT MANAGER Started EYP in 2017
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As it often happens to most of us, the
then
first time we hear about the EYP, we
Herzegovina to take part in one of their
immediately think “cool, but also what
National Sessions. Exactly a year later,
is this?” and it is not the easiest job to
after many months of organising and
try to describe this organisation.
hard work, he was the one welcoming
WE TRI ED THROUGH
travelled
to
Bosnia
and
first-time delegates in his hometown.
WORDS, VIDEOS, ME T HA P HOR E S ,
TO EXPLAIN IT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, but this time, we tried it by making you hear how the EYP shaped us as individuals, and maybe, just maybe, you will start to understand what this is all about.
A bit northern and a little bit earlier, Anouck was travelling through France with
her
school
delegation
to
Fontainebleau - the place where EYP was
formed
explained
that
34
years
she
was
ago.
She
the
one
delegate bringing her camera to the session and randomly taking pictures of everyone.
Only
after
she
realised
that
international volunteers were doing We all started somewhere. The italian
the same and were called the Media
Vice-President, Enrico, started with a
Team.
one-day outreach event in Italy and
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It was an instantaneous “EYP career”
Enrico explained that even after joining
choice leading her to become a Media
the official team, he would still read the
Team Member a few months later
Resolution Booklet: “It is so cool to see
working with people from Poland,
so many different ideas out there!”.
Estonia or even Georgia.
With a different perspective, Anouck shared her vision of the impact the EYP has and can have. Through different mediums and as a part of the Media Team, she was able to inspire and make a difference.
During the session, you discussed and worked on various topics. We then asked our officials how they found EYP to be a place to express their thoughts freely. Sude and Enrico both agreed that it was through the academic work that they were able to contribute and
Maja’s first session was in a bit of a
share their own ideas. Here, you
competitive
have the opportunity to take an
selection process at the key of the
ACTIVE ROLE IN SHAPING
session,
but
environment
after
with
continuing
a
her
TOMORROW'S EUROPE
journey, she quickly realised that EYP
with Committee Work and General
the formal and academic thing most
Assembly being a safe place to share
people tend to see.
is not about that. We hope we were able to show you that EYP is more than
and be listened to.
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For some of us, it draws a roadmap for our studies, for others - and for a lot of us, it is all about the people and the connections we create.
As
for
Sude,
she
was
positively
surprised by how welcoming the EYP is. She flew to countries she has never
How can we choose amongst all those
been to before, met people she didn’t
strong memories that shape us along
know before: “I was always a part of a
the way? The long trips across Europe?
big family that was ready to embrace
The amount of people we met and
me for the person I was”. We always
exchanged with? It is a million stories,
say that the EYP is about people - and
but the way Anouck sees it:
here, strangers can quickly become friends and sometimes long-lasting friendships.
THERE ARE
KEY MOMENTS
IN LIFE
where that specific instant changes your life forever, when one decision switches your life - and Anouck finishes with "I couldn’t be more grateful”. Arriving at the end of the radio show,
With a lot of emotion in her voice, she
one delegate asked a hard question
told us about a session back in 2019 in
“What is your favourite memory in
Luxembourg, where she had worked
EYP?” and Sude answered for all of
on a project for the past three days.
them that it is so hard to only pick one.
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During the closing ceremony, after having edited the video for hours, it was finally the time to show it to all the participants. She was standing there - 3 hours of sleep and a lot more work with all the participants applauding her project, and she immediately broke into tears. The whole media team
EYP is made of strong moments, and
arrived and hugged her, forming a
Sude started talking about her own
protective
her.
favourite moment. She explained how
Right at this moment, she felt so
it was just all those insignificant small
empowered.
instants were the ones she cherished
envelope
around
the
most
as
achieving
something
together was what truly bonded them. Similarly,
Enrico
brought
up
the
session he was chairing at in Minsk. During the closing moment with the academic
team,
everyone
started
crying. At that instant, he realised how powerful were the connections he Maja choosed to tell us about her own
had just made.
precious memory from a National Session in Denmark. The day before the official start of the session, the
WE MEET PEOPLE AND
organisers were just relaxing with a
SOMETIMES, THEY
nice sound of laughter in the room: “It was such a nice moment to just be surrounded by all of my friends”.
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It starts with the people. What we need to hear is that we make a difference as human beings, whether it is to live in peace or to live in good development or to respect human rights. Jan Eliasson Former Deputy Secretary-General at the United Nations, former Foreign Minister of Sweden, Swedish diplomat & chairperson of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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quizz on EYP history
1
WHEN WAS EYP FOUNDED? 1971
1995
1987
2003
2
WHERE DOES IT ORIGINATE? Germany
Denmark
Switzerland France
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HOW MANY EYP EVENTS ARE ORGANISED EVERY YEAR?
around 100 over 500
over 200 around 800
Answers When was EYP founded? 1987 Where does it originate? France How many EYP events are organised each year? over 500
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quizz on EYP Sweden history
4 5
THE FIRST NATIONAL SESSION OF EYP SWEDEN TOOK PLACE IN
WHERE DOES IT ORIGINATE?
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Malmö
Umeå
6
1998
2001
2005
2011
HOW MANY EYP EVENTS ARE ORGANISED EVERY YEAR?
international session regional session national session
in-school event
Answers First National Sessin of EYP Sweden took place in 2005 Where did it take place? Gothenburg What type of EYP event was first to happen in Sweden? International Session
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golden The chairing this session has been so much fun. Shoutout to the ENVI delegates, the academic team and all the other officials for contributing!
Sude, Chair
This session has a special place in my heart because my first time as a chair was 3 years ago in a Swedish regional. After gaining some more experience in chairing I was really waiting for another Swedish session. Unfortunately many sessions had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, so I am glad that EYP Sweden has held a digital one as well
It was my first digital experience and I am amazed how amazing it was!
Laura, MTM
Chenji, Chair
Zuzia, VP
Much love to everyone from Finland <3 special thanks to the whole media team <3
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book Thank you to everyone that worked incredibly hard to make this session happen and thank you especially to Anouck, Ola, and the rest of the media team for being the most lovely and amazing people on earth <33, Clàudia, EA
Aibike, Delegate
Thank you for this, not only did this give me a greater understandings of how the European Parliament works, but I now understand what it means to speak that language, how to turn ideas into resolutions and how to work the general assembly. The guest speakers inspired me, seeing how respectful and loving the national board is made me want to engage myself further!! I had a lot of fun and this has been more than amazing and you will see more of me for sure. Thank you for everyone who was involved in organising this, I know how much effort it is, You did a fantastic job, hat off to you. it is especially impressive how this was your first digital session you made it interactive and fun and engaging!
I loved every and each one of you, every moment and I'm currently very very veerrrry sad because the session is almost over :"(. Even though you didn't see me a lot, I was fllowing your work and what you have achieved through out the session which makes me very prroud of you <33 aaand one last thing, follow me @Jack3_0 ;D
Jack, HO
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