Welcome booklet Officials
Table of Contents Welcome from the President 3 A note from the Organisers 4 Forum Theme 6 Elements of the Forum 7 Forum Programme 9 Venues & Accommodation
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Travel Information
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Contact Details
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Sponsors
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Welcome from the President If you are reading this, you are definitely in for an adventure! A chance to leave a trace in EYP’s history! It is our passion for discovering new people, embracing differences and moving blocks for a better world that will be our drive throughout this session. We will together explore new ideas and concepts to develop and improve our approach to EYP events. We will look into new facets of culture. We will work with brilliant people from all corners of Europe. We will go crazy and have a blast!
Fun fact #2: Umeås closest neighbor city is Vasa, in Finland, which is 1 hour away with boat.
It is not often that such an occasion is presented to us. Not often that an NC gives officials so much freedom to explore, create, innovate. It is now up to all of us to do our best and fill the blanks with our ideas! So. Let’s walk the talk and get things rolling! Can’t wait to see in Umea, Maria
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A note from the organisers Hello, and Welcome to Umeå 2014 - EYP Sweden’s 1st Youth Forum! We are happy to welcome you to Umeå, the European Capital of Culture 2014. UYF, the Umeå Youth Forum, is a project that lies close to our hearts, one that we have been working on for quite some time. We are utterly excited to welcome you to the officials team, and hope that this booklet will provide you with answers to any questions you might have. Should you, however, have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with either of the head organisers through the forum email, or their individual ones. So how, and more importantly WHY, Umeå? One day, late in April last year, Astrid got a phone call from the Board of EYP Sweden, and that was the call that changed everything! Josefine had, with the Culture Capital Year in mind, placed a bid to head organise the 10th NSC of EYP Sweden, but as you know that session was held in Gothenburg and Josefine was invited to organise a youth forum. Umeå Youth Forum is one of the first steps towards realising the vision of establishing a branch of EYP Sweden that is more geared towards including an older demographic, university students, and thus broaden the activities we offer our members. We also wanted to offer people who simply enjoy doing EYP because it is fun and not because it is a competition an opportunity to be delegates again.
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Fun fact #1: Umeå is known as the “City of Birches”. In 1888, a large fire destroyed much of the city, so birch trees were planted to protect against the spreading of future fires.
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A note from the organisers Realising that UYF had the makings of becoming more than a normal session, more than any other youth forum organised before, we ventured out to find experienced EYPers who wanted to break free from the “norm” and explore how we could take the classic EYP format further, and spice it up a bit! Now, just short of 9 months later, we are thrilled to find ourselves with a team of brilliant people. Although we don’t yet know all of you in person, judging from the applications and what we’ve seen of you thus far, we are super duper excited to meet all of you! Getting to know Maria and Christian, your team leaders, we know you are in good hands, and trust that any work you do will be nothing short of brilliant!
Fun fact #7: Umeå has 1782 hours of sunlight every year!
We, the organising team, are working hard to provide the prerequisites necessary (and more) to make this forum truly memorable, and we cannot wait until we start bearing the fruits from all of your and our hard work! With this note, we wish to formally welcome you on board, and get this party started!
Photo: Per Lindberg
// The Head Organisers on behalf of the Organising Team
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Forum Theme Growth through culture Umeå Youth Forum will be revolving around the concept of culture as a driving force in development. Culture spans over everything from scenery and cuisine to art and democracy, and promotes entrepreneurship, employment and competitiveness. The topics proposed to participants thus aim to explore the wide ranging aspects of culture. Big enough to be taken serious, small enough to make it happen! Striving for progress, citizens need to become active participants in initiating changes and improvements, rather than being passive bystanders. In the mindset of educating youth to take initiative rather than expecting others to implement their ideas and fight for their interests, delegates at Umeå Youth Forum will be discussing current European affairs in order to propose actions they themselves can take. Resolutions will thus call for ideas and actions from young people, rather than merely encourage them to conceptualize solutions and then await for governments or EU institutions to take action. Follow-up plans to ensure that these proposed ideas are carried through to the best of the delegates’ abilities will also be compiled, and spread to anyone interested.
Fun fact #9: Umeå has over 180 kilometres of bicycle tracks, making bicycle the transportation of choice for most students, faculty and staff.
Photo: Per Lindberg
What does ‘Growth Through Culture’ mean to you?
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Elements of the Forum The city hosting EYP Sweden’s 1st Youth Forum is Umeå, a city in the rural north of Sweden, as it will be one of the Culture Capitals of Europe in 2014. The culture capital year has inspired the cultural focus of this forum, and is the base upon which the forum concept has been built; creating the slogan ”Growth through Culture”. The Epic Brännboll Tournament Keeping in line with traditional Swedish summer games and activities, a high prestige tournament of Brännboll is being planned. It will take place on the first night to finish off an intense day of teambuilding. Brännboll is a game played much similar to softball, or baseball. It includes four bases which are to be passed and rounded, and offers the contestants a range of rackets that are to be used to hit a tennis ball as far away as possible. The contestants are divided into two separate teams, the “inner team” (the ones running around the bases), and the “outer team” that are supposed to catch the tennis ball and “burn”/”bränna” the members of the “inner team”. Let’s refer to is as “hipster baseball”. Night of Culture Among the highlights of the event, a Night of Culture is planned, a night where all of Umeå is invited to join us in celebrating through dance, song, rap, beatbox or whichever artistic expression one prefers. Keeping in line with the overall spirit of “learning by doing”, the Night of Culture will not only offer its participants an opportunity to enjoy some live music, and mingling with fellow delegates. It will also offer trainings including improvised theatre, drama-workshops, and theatre games.
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Fun fact #5: Campus Umeå is the size of 28 football fields and is located within walking distance of downtown Umeå.
Fun fact #13: Umeå University receives more than 700 exchange students from over 30 countries every year. Over 40 nationalities are represented among students and staff.
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Elements of the Forum Globo Village The various culinary traditions of the globe will be explored during GloboVillage - spending dinner learning about the culinary customs of the cultures of the world, through walking from table to table talking to and tasting the food the delegates representing different cultures have brought with them. During this element, the committees will be tasked with representing an allocated country through embodying its culture by playing music, wearing traditional clothes and of course treating the participants to food from said region. The way this usually is done, is that the committee members get in touch prior to the event and plan out who brings what, and how to best do this. Culture Workshops An entire afternoon will be devoted to Culture Workshops, during which the delegates will have the opportunity to express themselves creatively; the results of this afternoon will be put on display in the Municipal Library after the session, but also available for guests to admire during GA.
Fun fact #15: Right now we are in the second Sami season, Gijrradálvvie: 28 feb – 29 apr. When UYF take place we are in Gijrra: 30 apr. – 19 june. The programme for the Capital Culture year in Umeå are devided in these seasons.
Furthermore, together with Lund Debating Society (LDS), a debating workshop is being planned. LDS hosted a much appreciated workshop during EYP Sweden’s 10th National Selection Conference at the beginning of February 2014, and it is on this format we base the one that will take place in Umeå. Workshops and seminars of various nature will be hosted throughout the duration of this event, more details about the exact themes and content of these will be announced in due course.
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Forum Programme Day 1: June 11 Officials Arrivals until 12 (noon) Trainings Evening Activity Day 2: June 12 Delegate arrival and registration Welcome Ceremony Team building Brännboll tournament (Organiser in charge: Yasmin) Day 3: June 13 2 hrs of Committee Work Expert talks to launch the delegates off into CW Committee work Night of Culture - Culture Workshops (Organiser in charge: Emil)
Fun fact #18: The world’s largest brännboll (similar to rounders) tournament is played in Umeå every May.
Day 4: June 14 Open Air Brainstorming Committee Work Globo Village (Organiser in charge: Hanna) Day 5: June 15 Committee Work Resolution Typing/Debate Workshop with Lund Debating Society Resolution Typing/Committee Dinners (Organiser in charge: Christina/Josefine)
Photo: Per Lindberg
Day 6: June 16 GA Day Delegates’ Departures Day 7: June 17 MIDSUMMER CELEBRATIONS (Organiser in charge: Astrid) Officials’ Departures
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Venues & Accommodation
Hotell Scandic Syd The hotel for the session is going to be Scandic Umeå Syd. This beautiful hotel is located in the southern part of Umeå, called Teg. Scandic Umeå Syd is 1.5 km from Umeå Centre and 1.5 km from Umeå Airport. Scandic Umeå Syd have a gym that is open round the clock for all guests. You can take a swim in their pool and relax in the sauna. And of course the hotel has wireless internet access. For a year now the hotel have been under renovation. 80 rooms, 120 bathrooms, all corridors, lobby, reception and much more are now in a new fantastic shape. During Mars-May the pool, sauna and relax area are going to be renovated. So concluded, everything is going to be tip top when we arrive in June. Dragonskolan Teambuilding and committéework will take place at Dragonskolan which is Umeå’s largest high school with 2000 students with Umeå’s nicest premises due to the newly completed renovation. “Mitten” which concludes a cafeteria, dining area, a scene where there often are things happening and a big beautiful staircase where many gather. For example where the whole school recently cheered on the swedish olympic team together. Here are future carpenters, scientists, nannies, elite athletes, electricians, hairdressers and more trained.
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Fun fact #25: In all the hotel rooms there are is a custom made wallpaper inspired by Umeå and the nature and culture around. Be sure to look for it at your arrival and think about the motives!
Fun fact #33: During the Ice Age, the ice at the place where Dragonskolan today is was 1 km thick.
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Photo: Per Lindberg
During Umeå YF we are going to be visiting a lot of different venues and places. Hopefully you will be able to see as much as possible of the city, like the culture house that will be finished later this year, the new shopping mall and new hotels. To conclude, there might be a lot of cranes throughout the city when you get here, but hopefully you will be able to see some of this beautiful city, old as new.
Venues & Accommodation Umeå University General Assembly will be held at Umeå University. Umeå University was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest university in Sweden. It is one of the nation’s largest providers of education. In good study environments you are offered a wide and attractive range of programs and courses. Culture on Campus arranges free cultural events open to everyone at Umeå University ever since 2003. Every year Umeå University receives 700 exchange students from more than 30 different countries. GA is going to take place in auditorium A in Lindellhallen. This building was rebuilt in 2007 when it’s roof was elevated and glass facades was added. The aim was to reproduce the auditorium hall it’s proper dignity and give the university library a representative entrance.
Photo: Per Lindberg
A part from these venues we will be visiting alot of other venues for our different forum elements. Opening ceremony, Culture Night, evening activities, resolution typing, committée dinners are all going to take place throughout Umeå. Central parks, Klossen youth house, city church are some of the places you might get to visit.
Fun fact #27: Lindellhallen got it’s name because it’s walls are adorned with a 95-meter-long painting of Lage Lindell (19301980), who is Umeå’s largest work of art and one of Sweden’s most renowned public embellishment.
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Travel Information Arrival: Before 12.00, 11th of June Departure: No earlier than 18.00, 16th of June (No earlier than 18.00, 17th of June if you want to stay for the Farwell Party - Midsummer Style) Travel form: On arrival, the organisers will make sure to guide all the participants to the Teambuilding Venue. If you do not fill in the form organisers may not be able to help you with your arrival: http://tinyurl.com/n8klqvr Accommodation before and after the forum will not be paid for. Organisers can recommend the following hostels and hotels for accommodation. KFUM/ YMCA Hostel: http://umea.kfum.se/mat-boende/vandrarhem/ STF Hostel: http://www.umeavandrarhem.com/eng/engindex.html Hotell Gamla Fängelset: http://www.hotellgf.se/index_eng.html Scandic Syd: http://www.scandichotels.com/Hotels/Sweden/Umea/Scandic-Umea-Syd/ Contact information for the organiser that can help you with your booking can be found in the end of the welcome booklet. How do I get to Sweden? Departure
Arrival
Travel time
Price*
Way of travel
Different companies
Frankfurt
Arlanda
2h – 4.5h
72£ -
Plane
SAS, Air Baltic, Lufthansa, Air Berlin
Heathrow
Arlanda
2.5h -
74£ -
Plane
British Airways, Norwegian, SAS, Air Baltic
Barcelona
Arlanda
3.5h -
98£ -
Plane
Norweigan, Vueling Airlines, Brussels Airlines
Berlin
Stockholm C
12h -
119£ -
Train
DB BAHN
Copenhagen
Stockholm C
5h – 6h
28£ – 132£
Train
SJ
* Prices might differ due to date of booking, time of arrival, etc. The above mentioned prices are examples of a one-way ticket to Umeå for June 10th, to give you a rough idea of the prices.
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Travel Information How do I get to Umeå? Departure
Arrival
Travel time
Price*
Way of travel
Company
Arlanda
Umeå Airport
1 hour
53 € - 95 €
Plane
SAS
Arlanda
Umeå Airport
1 hour
26 €- 63 €
Plane
Norwegian
Bromma Airport
Umeå Airport
1 hour
66 € -
Plane
Malmö Aviation
Stockholm C
Umeå C
6-10 hours
70 € - 150 €
Train (day)
SJ
Stockholm Cityterminal
Umeå Busterminal
9-10 hours
39 € - 47 €
Bus
Swebus
Stockholm C
Umeå C
8,5 hours
55 € - 180 €
Train (night)
SJ
Vasa Harbour
Umeå Harbour
4-5 hours
25 € - 35 €
Boat
Wasaline
Stockholm
Umeå
134 hours
FREE
Walking
* Prices might differ due to date of booking, time of arrival, etc. The above mentioned prices are examples of a one-way ticket to Umeå for June 11th, to give you a rough idea of the prices.
Webpages for companies*: Air Baltic:
http://www.airbaltic.com/en/index
Air Berlin:
http://www.airberlin.com/prepage.php
British Airways:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/globalgateway.jsp/global/public/en_
Brussels Airlines:
https://www.brusselsairlines.com/com/
DB BAHN:
http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/index.shtm
Lufthansa:
http://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/pre-homepage?command=cc&lang=en
Malmö Aviation:
http://www.malmoaviation.se/en
Norwegian:
https://www.norwegian.com/
SAS:
http://www.flysas.com/en/uk/
SJ:
http://www.sj.se/start/startpage/index.form?l=en
Swedbus:
http://www.swebus.se/SwebusExpress_com/
Vueling Airlines:
http://www.vueling.com/EN/
Wasaline:
http://www.wasaline.com/en/?market=en
*We recommend you to use websites like http://www.momondo.com or http://www.skyscanner.com to find the best flights. These websites also include flights to Umeå.
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Contact Details Want to get in touch with us? General questions? Try mailing the official UYF email at umea2014yf@eyp.se Questions regarding accommodation or travel details? Send a note to emil.juslin@eup.se Questions regarding eating habits/food or dietary preferences? Get in touch with josefine.wallena@eup.se
Fun fact #37: Umeå has 160 km jogging tracks and 180 km bike paths.
Are you an international delegate, wondering about whether you should get in touch with your National Committee, or with any inquiries regarding international representation, participation or calls? astrid.vikstrom@eup.se is your girl! Head Organisers Astrid Vikström - astrid.vikstrom@eup.se +46708 67 04 21 Josefine Wallenå - josefine.wallena@eup.se +4673 025 61 93 Organising Committee Emil Juslin - emil.juslin@eup.se +4670 232 32 85 Hanna Jensen-Torp - hanna.jensentorp@eup.se +4672 386 39 18 Extended Fundraising Team Yasmin Dinar - yasmin.dinar@eup.se +4672 009 01 59 Christina Abdulahad - christina.abdulahad@eup.se +4673 360 70 13
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Photo: Per Lindberg
The Board Maria Manolescu - mariamanolescu@pejfrance.org Ben Brown - benjamin.jbrown@yahoo.com Julian Staben - julian.Staben@eyp.de
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Sponsors
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