RESOLUTION BOOKLET
KYIV EYP-UA WEEKEND THE EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT – UKRAINE 26-27 OF APRIL, 2014
Programme of the General Assembly Sunday, 27th of April 9:00–9:30
Opening Ceremony
9:30–10:00
General Assembly preparation
10:00–11:00
General Assembly (І and ІІ Committees)
11:00–11:20
Coffee-break
11:20–13:00
General Assembly (ІІІ, ІV, V Committees)
13:00–13:15
Coffee-break
13:15–13:45
Closing Ceremony of the General Assembly
General Assembly of EYP-Ukraine 13:45 - 14:00
General Assembly registration
14:00 - 14:10
EYP-Ukraine presentation
14:10 - 14:30
“Young generation will change Ukraine” (Switzerland)
14:30 - 15:10
International events presentation from delegations (Riga International Session, EuroAfrican Youth Forum, Ankara Youth Forum, Lignano National Selection Conference of EYP Italy, Schengen National Conference of EYP-Luxembourg
15:10 - 15:25
“Understanding Europe” project presentation
15:25 - 16:00
“Study abroad” workshop
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Procedure of the General Assembly General rules The wish to speak is indicated by raising the Committee placard. The authority of the Board is absolute. Procedure and time settings Presentation of the Motion for a Resolution (the Board reads out the topic and a member of the Proposing Committee reads out the Operative Clauses); 2 minutes to defend the motion for the resolution; 3 minutes to attack the motion for the resolution (2 speeches 1,5 min each); 1 minute to respond to the attack speech; General debate; 2 minutes to sum-up the debate; Voting procedure; Announcing the votes. Point of personal privilege These are requests for a Delegate to repeat a point that was inaudible. Fai lure to understand the language being spoken does not make for a Point of Personal Privilege. Point of order A delegate feels that the board has not properly followed parliamentary procedure. The placard is used by chairpersons after a request from a delegate. Direct response Once per debate, each committee may use the Direct Response sign. Should a committee member raise the Committee Placard and the “Direct Response” sign, the board recognises them immediately.
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Defence Speech One member of the Proposing Committee delivers the Defence Speech from the podium. It is used to explain the rationale of the overall lines of the Resolution and to convince the Plenary that the Resolution is worthy of being adopted.
Attack Speeches Two individual Delegates from two Committees other than that proposing the Resolution at hand delivers an Attack Speech from the podium. It reflects an individual opinion and is used to point out the flaws of the approach taken by the Proposing Committee and should propose alternative solutions. Both Delegates will have the opportunity to speak 1,5 minute. Response to the Attack Speeches The Proposing Committee responds to the points raised by the Attack Speeches. Summation Speech One member of the Proposing Committee deliver the Summation Speech from the podium. It is used to summarise the Debate, respond to main, selected criticism and to once more explain why the chosen approach is the most sensible. It typically concludes with an appeal to vote in favour of the Resolution.
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M O TIO N FO R A R ESO LU TIO N B Y TH E
C OM M ITTEE O N E NV IR O NM EN T , P U B LIC H EALTH AN D F O O D S A FETY
Today the majority of European countries have introduced environmental education systems for children and youth. What steps can European governments take to educate the adult population on environmental issues and to further cultivate eco-friendly habits in society? Submitted by:
Yana Boyko, Mariya Borysova, Katerina Bukhanevich, Katerina Gaidai, Olha Khodiuk, Olesya Kucheryava, Yuta Maejma, Volodymyr Nikolaichuk, Theodore Plesha, Aparna Prakash, Daria Rybovalova, Yulya Slazhneva, Eugeniy Slyusarenko, Inna Shcherbyna (Chairperson, UA)
The European Youth Parliament, A. Noting with regret that the majority of population is adults who did not get used to apply waste management methods in their everyday life, B. Recognising that the increasing pace of life caused the society’s indifference towards environment, C. Bearing in mind that adult population serves as the example for children’s imitative behaviour, D. Alarmed by the unreasonable consumption of natural recourses, E. Realising that mass media has a great impact on people’s consciousness, F. Observing that Member States’ governments do not focus their attention on the consequences of environmental problems instead of dealing with their initial causes, G. Emphasising the lack of comprehensive environmental projects on cultivation of eco friendly habits among adults;
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1. Expresses its hopes to finding the ways for further establishing the healthy balance between expansion of human activities and preservation of the environment; 2. Approves creating incentives for adult population to act in eco-friendly and sustainable manner of the stimulation of adults’ attention on environmental issues through well-organised commercial and social campaigns; 3. Supports the necessity of active citizenship promotion through local, regional and national education programmes for the entire chain, from kindergarten to comprehensive consumer communication measures; 4. Further encourages practical implementation of recommendations incorporated into the existing informational materials on environmental issues through: a) Broadcasting of series of interviews on environmental issues featuring prominent scientists; b) Public broadcasting of documentary films on the issue of resource efficiency; c) Publishing of scientific articles on eco-themes with pro-meditate effect; 5. Requests the creation of a profitable business plan on waste management measures for attracting foreign and local investments; 6. Calls for cultivating of eco-friendly habits among adults through distributing the appropriate educational materials among them; 7. Encourages children to take an active part in promoting eco-friendly habits among their parents and relatives.
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C OM M ITTEE O N I N D USTR Y , T ECH N O LOG Y AN D R ESEA R CH
In the aftermath of Fukushima disaster European states face the issue of balancing between environmental security and the need for cheap energy. Hence, what role should nuclear energy take in the energy sectors of the Eastern European countries? Submitted by:
Anastasiia Chernega, Mykola Koval, Lidiya Kozyr, Maksym Shcherbakov, Viktoria Sokolova, Yarina Voroshchuk, Anton Yezhov, Mikhail Yezhov, Kseniia Choni (Chairperson, UA)
The European Youth Parliament, A. Recognising the growth of geopolitical challenges to the Eastern European energy security, B. Keeping in mind the issue of energy dependency in the Eastern Europe, C. Fully aware of the prejudices and stereotypes regarding nuclea r energy, D. Taking into account the lack of technology for nuclear fuel recycling, E. Deeply concerned by the issue of radioactive waste management and disposal, F. Having examined bad security conditions on the Soviet-built nuclear power plants, G. Realising the scale of investment that has to be put into the modernisation of the power plants equipment, H. Convinced that low security level makes nuclear power plants vulnerable and increases the possibility of terrorist attack, I. Declaring that workers and people living in the surrounding areas are threatened with higher possibility of suffering from incurable diseases, J. Convinced by the importance of the constant improvement of professional competence of nuclear power plant workers, K. Alarmed by the possible high level of ra dioactive contamination of the surrounding areas; EYP-UA Weekend in Kyiv 26-27 of April, 2014
1. Supports diversification of energy imports and production sources; 2. Recommends the governments of the Member States and top management of the nuclear plant facilities to improve the social security system for the workers; 3. Calls for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) to create the educational exchange program aimed at: a. Improving professional competences of workers and specialists at the nuclear plants across the EU; b. Minimising the impact of human factor on the nuclear plant security systems; 4. Urges the governments of the Eastern European countries and DG ENER to pay more attention to the security of nuclear power plants by: a. Creating special military units to protect the plant; b. Developing Integrated Nuclear observing systems to monitor the work of the plant; c. Ensuring higher resistance and reliability of construction materials used for nuclear plants; 5. Authorises DG ENER to increase funding of the research of nuclear waste management and disposal, including alternative methods of fundraising e.g. targeted grants, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing; 6. Encourages the governments of the Eastern European countries to further implement the green tariffs to encourage the development of renewables; 7. Congratulates further development of the renewable sources of energy; 8. Endorses the idea of cutting down the consumption of electricity and implementation the energy efficiency standards by: a. Educating customers about benefits of economical usage of electricity; b. Creating incentives for modernising the equipment of factories towards more efficient energy spending; c. Usage of energy efficient LED lamps in public buildings.
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M O TIO N F O R A R ESO LUTION TH E
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With differences in the quality of education and funding resources in Western and post-communist European countries, how should the governments ensure high-quality primary and secondary education all over Europe? Submitted by:
Mykhailo Bayraka, Nastya Belokolos, Artem Borisoff, Nastya Bushovska, Inna Dzyndra, Masha Korkut, Nastya Kozakova, Kate Melikhova, Lida Melnyk, Mikhail Nadtochii, Olga Pavlyuk, Denys Popov, Kyrylo Prykhodko, Pavel Saliy, Sonya Shestak, Liza Skorobreshchuk (Chaiperson, UA)
The European Youth Parliament, A. Aware of old-fashioned methods and techniques of education in primary and secondary school in Eastern European countries, B. Alarmed by the lack of equipment and materials at schools needed for proper and comprehensive education, C. Taking into account very fixed, strict and closed system of education with no free space for innovations and creative work as the display of the “post-soviet syndrome”, D. Deeply concerned with the low salaries for teachers of governmental schools which lead to the corruption cases, E. Observing the LLL (Low Language Level)of foreign languages caused by: a. Unawareness about the importance of language knowledge all over the world, b. Lack of contact with native speakers, c. Low efficiency of school foreign language classes caused by lack of control and indifference from both sides – teacher’s and pupil’s, F. Realising the lack of information about developing projects, scholarships and new opportunities for students caused by subjectivism and favoritism of teachers, G. Affirming the lack of fulfilled, well-timed and well-planned exam preparation of students, EYP-UA Weekend in Kyiv 26-27 of April, 2014
H. Deeply disturbed about the lack of public schools through the remote regions, I. Bearing in mind an illegal privatisation of several public schools by private entities; J. Deeply conscious about the lack of practical knowledge among teachers which leads to next students’ reaction: disrespect, inattention, insubordination, K. Keeping in mind the deep discrimination among pupils on the social and financial basis and its further consequences;
1. Encourages the improving of old-fashioned methods and techniques in education by: a. Encouraging teachers to get more practical skills through seminars, specialised courses, etc; b. Letting teachers create their own innovative methods, which will be further checked and proved by experts; 2. Calls for The Ministry of Education of Ukraine to provide schools with appropriate funds to reequip school laboratories and provide those with everything needed for practical experiments; 3. Urges to eliminate corruption and make it impossible by: a. Raising the average salary of teachers; b. Putting into operation the strict and severe punishment for every corruption case due to the national law; c. Installing police and detective control aiming the prevention of corruption; d. Suspend teachers who were the initiators of corruption case; 4. Calls upon raising the level of foreign language knowledge by: a. Involving native speakers in ordinary school programme, e.g. foreign native speaker students on volunteering basis; b. Organising a system of language courses for a reasonable price that will be accessible for everyone; c. Providing schools with additional materials in English, French and other demanded languages; d. Creating special tests for teachers to control the quality and actuality of their knowledge; 5. Further invites the full and well-planned exam preparation by: a. Installing the system of tutors-volunteers; EYP-UA Weekend in Kyiv 26-27 of April, 2014
b. Establishing a system of extra-year education which will provide the full course of preparation for any kind of exam; 6. Further requests to open schools or educational classes in the remote regions of the country in case it is reasonable or provide the qualified transportation to the nearest schools; 7. Recommends to develop the teachers’ exchange, especially to popularise an online knowledge sharing; 8. To control, prevent and punish by law the privatization of public schools; 9. Draws attention to the elimination of discrimination based on social and financial basis by passing lectures about morality and unimportance of money, but importance of knowledge in our life; with the help of sociologists.
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C OM M ITTEE O N E M PLO YMEN T AN D S O C IA L A FFA IR S
When many European countries face the challenge of high youth unemployment, what concrete steps should be taken to ensure that post-graduates do not become irreversibly excluded from the labour market? Submitted by:
Marina Boghenko, Maria Dusha, Valeria Karnaukh, Yulia Kirichenko, Yulia Kharchenko, Yaroslava Kotvytska, Marina Krivinchuck, Elina Lesyk, Kateryna Sokolova, Ivan Sova, Daniel Spichko, Anna Tretiakova, Tanya Demydova (Chairperson, UA)
The European Youth Parliament, A. Deeply disturbed by the high level of corruption in educational establishments which disrupts the accessibility of work places for young people, B. Taking into account unavailability of employers to hire a non-qualified youth, C. Alarmed by extremely law motivation among the youth in finding a job, D. Noting with regret that benefits proposed by foreign companies cause outflow of professionals from their native country, E. Having studied the phenomenon of “prestigious� jobs that make youth more ambitious in their choice, F. Keeping in mind that higher education does not guarantee young people finding a decent job;
1. Encourages creating a government program that gives post-graduates the opportunity for gaining more practical experience; 2. Accepts making unpopular jobs more attractive for the youth by providing special benefits;
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Further recommends to spread the information and statistics about demanded professionals with the help of mass media;
4. Welcomes the creation of a single system for collecting information about postgraduates’ qualifications; 5. Calls Members States for providing employees with all the facilities, equipment and information required in their potential job to increase the ability of young professionals to compete with their older counterparts.
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C OM M ITTEE O N H U M A N R IG H TS
LGBT rights: With tension between adopting anti-discrimination law and conservative electorate. What steps should the Ukrainian government take to protect the freedom of LGBT people and prevent cases of homophobia? Submitted by
Yuriy Berezhnyy, Anna Biloyvan, Natalia Derevianko, Anastasiya Em, Yana Kogan, Andrii Kopytko, Kristina Kushnir, Margaret Kryvchenko, Diana Khrustaliova, Karina Mikhnich, Yelyzaveta Neverova, Sveta Ruban, Valeria Slichenko, Yulia Sobkova, Oksana Taranenko, Anton Titarenko, Liza Yarema, Ella Yevtushenko, Kostyantyn Lyabuk (Chairperson, UA)
The European Youth Parliament, A. Bearing in mind that sexual orientation and gender identity may become a reason for harassment, B. Deeply conscious that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) marriages are not legalised in Ukraine: 80% of Ukrainians are against of them and according to Civil Code of Ukraine marriages must be of opposite gender, C. Fully aware of the fact that it is prohibited for LGBT people to adopt children, D. Aware of the fact that anti-discrimination laws are violated in Ukraine despite the Convention on Human Rights that was ratified by Ukraine, E. Noting with regret that LGBT people are not protected from discrimination in areas such as employment, education, health care, housing etc., F. Condemns that LGBT demonstrations in Ukraine are attacked by the radical activists, while the rest of citizens further support demonstrations or have a neutral attitude towards them, G. Deeply conscious about homophobia propaganda in the government, H. Realising that the Soviet Union with its strict prohibition of same-sex marriages had a great impact on the consciousness of Ukrainian citizens, EYP-UA Weekend in Kyiv 26-27 of April, 2014
I. Taking into account the existence of 34 organisations in Ukraine supporting LGBTpeople in defending their rights;
1. Further recommends Ukrainian government to adopt anti-discriminative legislation based on EU standards; 2. Encourages to create an institution in cooperation with the Ukrainian government to control the compliance with the Article 24 of the Constitution of Ukraine (rights and freedoms) and Article 40 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (physical and psychological violence) in order to protect LGBT people’s rights; 3. Calls for launching social ads against violence towards LGBT people to 4. underline that all people are equal in spite of their sexual orientation with no LGBT propaganda; 5. Supports releasing of a TV program, targeted on the older generation, about respectful individuals, such as Sapfo, Tsvetaeva, Tchaykovsky, who were LGBT with no sexual preferences emphasising; 6. Notes that the atmosphere of equality in the kindergardens and schools will eventually bring up tolerance to LGBT in the young generations; 7. Supports organisations that support LGBT people in defending their rights.
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