CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Leadership Kharkiv'17 - 11th National Selection Conference of European Youth Parliament Ukraine. This year, EYP Ukraine organises the 11th National Selection Conference that will take place in Kharkiv from the 11th to 15th of July. For officials, the Session will start 2 days prior, on the 9th of July since we would like to have 2 days dedicated to the pre-session training. The Editor(s) and the Vice-Presidents are expected to arrive in Kharkiv on the 9th of July before 15:00 EET and the departure may be planned from Kharkiv on June 15 18:00 EET onwards.
VISION FOR THE SESSION Ukraine is a country at a critical historical moment, reaching towards European values while maintaining its own identity with strong integrity. A great many challenges lie in the country's immediate future. As a result, an open and stimulating environment has arisen, creating the ideal circumstances to organise a truly innovative session.
In Kharkiv, we want to celebrate uniqueness and embrace the fact that life is a learning experience, focusing mainly on self-development . As Socrates said: “Let him who would move the world first move himself.” EYP is all about seeking for growth and challenging ourselves. We aim the session, like no other to be able to make all of the participant whole, at the same time, having a deep hope that everyone can contribute to its collective since taking and giving is the essence of expansion. Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it! Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning.
Eastern Europe is a place where, because of historic and geopolitical reasons, tradition meets modernity. This session will be a great opportunity to implement better solutions that meet new requirements and unarticulated needs. For good ideas you need human interaction, conflict, argument and debate. It leads to innovation, which key ingredients are the ability to challenge already existing solutions and break rules. In 2000, European Union made “ united in diversity ” its official motto. It means that, via the EU, Europeans are united in working together for peace and prosperity, and that the many different cultures, traditions and languages in Europe are a positive asset for the continent. Kharkiv ‘17 will be a challenge to recognise and promote a genuine diversity within its participants. Unity is not uniformity, but the challenge is to identify and maintain coherence and unity within a diverse body. Eventually, the session will be held under the umbrella theme “Securing the future” . We happen to live in an unstable and complicated world. Democratic values and an idea of integration and cooperation are facing a serious threat. It will be a great opportunity to debate and elaborate on the topics regarding social, political, technological and environmental issues, bothering and challenging us now. We need to cooperate in order to build sustainable future and create aware society.
EDITORS The Editor(s) will be given an absolute freedom in conveying their ideas. We invite them to pursue and embrace the theme of the session alongside with the building blocks of my vision while being free to choose their own means and ways of expression. Media Team Members are more than welcome to take part in academic aspects of the session: creating visual infographics and editing overview videos. In terms of that, we will aim to create an interactive website. Therefore, the ability to design websites is extremely desired. The work of the Media Team is mostly based on results. It's about affecting the session community in the most progressive way. We encourage the Editor(s) alongside with Journalists to challenge themselves in finding a new and innovative ways of doing so. Moreover, the Editor(s) will play a crucial role in the leadership team of the session, being invited to take part in the meetings with Head-Organisers and President. We want them to be fully involved in shaping the whole session. Selection criteria By analogy with the Policy on the Selection of International Session Officials, the Editors have to meet the following criteria: i. excellent English language skills;
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good knowledge of and interest in European issues; high sense of responsibility, expressed motivation and commitment to further EYP’s objectives; previous group facilitation and EYP experience; good planning and organisational skills; excellent leadership skills and understanding of group dynamics; ability to work as a member of a team and with individuals from various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds; creativity in all aspects of the work of the media team; a clear vision and plan for the media team and its output; previous media team experience; ability to critically assess contemporary media production technologies.
viii. ix. x. xi. Questions for Editor(s) If you are applying with someone else, please state her/his name. Why Kharkiv’17? Please, describe why you are motivated to attend the 11th National Selection Conference of EYP Ukraine in particular and your expectations from the session. [max 200 words] What is your vision for Media Team of Kharkiv’17? [no limit] Please provide us with examples of your previous work in media (within EYP or outside of it).
VICE-PRESIDENTS A Board of the session plays a crucial role throughout all of the session, being responsible for the academic pre-session preparation, as well as continuous support for all of the officials, putting emphasis on the Chairs Team. Vice-Presidents should not be overwhelmed with the unbearable amount of work as the experience must also be educative and stimulating for them. The main focus of the Board will be planning the pre-session preparation, Chairs Academic training and constant observation and evaluation of the Chairpersons’ performance. This will include interactive video modules and skype meetings tailored to one’s expectations. Everyone is different and the main aim should be to embrace all the various needs. The Board will aim to convey all the necessary knowledge and techniques thanks to well-prepared training strategy before the actual arrival to the session. Secondly, the President, as well as the Vice-Presidents, will focus on individual mentoring and support the Chairs Team during periodical Buddy Group meetings. Each member of the Board will be responsible for a third part of the Chairs Team, aiming to develop one to one relations so as to improve the work of the whole team through an individual scheme of corrections and strategy of personal development. Moreover, the session aims to have an external trainer who will be responsible for supporting the Board in training process, helping in creating a sustainable strategy based on everyone’s needs. The ambition about the training is to work out the common innovative training strategy, not only focusing on its form but also on
content, reaching far beyond the ordinary charing academic training. In terms of a structure of the work inside the Board, the aim is to have “flat board” where all members are equal and they work on the same level, within theirs subgroups and specific portfolios. Selection criteria By analogy with the Policy on the Selection of International Session Officials, the Vice-Presidents have to meet the following criteria: i. excellent English language skills; ii. excellent knowledge of and interest in European issues; iii. high sense of responsibility, expressed motivation and commitment to further EYP’s objectives; iv. previous group facilitation and EYP experience; v. very good planning and organisational skills; vi. ability to lead a group and good understanding of group dynamics; vii. ability to work as a member of a team and with individuals from various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds; viii. creativity and personal vision for the role desirable; ix. excellent leadership skills and advanced understanding of group dynamics as well as ability to provide feedback; x. training experience: ability to plan, run and evaluate training modules; xi. a sense of awareness of one’s own strengths and weaknesses in the role. Questions for Vice-Presidents Why Kharkiv’17? Please describe why you are motivated to attend the 11th National Selection Conference of EYP Ukraine in particular and your expectations from the session. [max 200 words] With Vice-Presidents expected to play a significant role in the training of the Chairs Team, please state your areas of expertise with regards to training. [max. 200 words] What would be your moment to shine during the session. In which situations would you contribute the most? [max. 200 words]
How to apply? We are looking for 1-2 Editor(s) and 2 Vice-Presidents ( who will not chair a Committee ) who are interested in joining the Leadership of the Session. If you are available and interested in attending, you should follow these steps to apply: 1. Log in to the EYP Member Platform (if you do not have access or encounter any other problems with the platform, please, get in touch with support@eyp.org );
2. Update your personal profile on the platform. Please, make sure your full name, country, Home National Committee, session history and contact information are available and updated. 3. Apply for Kharkiv'17 - 11th NSC of EYP Ukraine on the Event’s Page on the Member Platform and fill in the questions (questions are listed below). 4. The deadline for submitting your application on the platform is Wednesday, 29th of March 23:59 EET. All officials are also asked to make sure they are aware of the relevant policies of the EYP as listed in the official EYP Info Section on the Member Platform https://www.members.eyp.org/structure-and-policies . The Selection Panel consists of Maciej Krynski - President of the Session, Tetiana Lavrichenko - Project Coordinator of EYP Ukraine, Valeriia Nikitenko and Oleksandr Polishchuk - Head-Organisers of the Session. The selection will begin once the application deadline is over. All the applicants will be informed individually about the outcome of the selection process. Should you have any questions regarding the application procedure, please contact 11nsc.kharkiv2017@eyp-ua.org