CALL FOR JOURNALISTS AND EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Umeå 2014 - EYP Sweden’s 1st Youth Forum
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, 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 seriously, 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, delegates in Umeå will be discussing current European affairs 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.
Why?
Who?
- Organisational excellence, - Midnight sun, - High academic level, - Train your media and language abilities, - Develop your intercultural skills, - Explore how culture determines growth, - Enjoy Globovillage, a Night of Culture and Culture Workshops, - Lots of possibilities to get creative in an exciting atmosphere - Meet decision-makers and creators from different backgrounds, - A session embedded in the European Capital of Culture 2014, - Experience and shape a completely unique session, - Travel reimbursement of 100 euros (internationals) or 600 SEK (Swedish).
- You! (if you are 18+), - 120 participants, - European Youth Parliament Sweden, - University students from all over Europe, - Christian Macht (Editor), looking for 2 editorial assistants and 8 journalists, - Maria Manolescu (President) and Benjamin Brown looking for a team of 8 chairpersons, 1 vice-president and 1 trainer,
When? - 11th to 17th of June 2014, - Arrivals before 12 am the 11th of June, - Departures on June 17th (if you want to stay for the farewell-party).
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Dear future Journalist, dear potential Editorial Assistant, Thanks for trying to find out more about the Umeå Youth Forum and let me tell you right now, that I’m very much looking forward to receiving your application! There are a couple of reasons why Umeå is the place you want to be in June 2014: Umeå is a unique chance to rethink and shape the way in which we, EYPers, approach events. The organisers, the board, even the host city are very open to give the media team a lot of creative freedom, opening a lot of space for purposeful innovation. In the spirit of co-creation, media team members will decide how to share and make the best use of their skills to create a unique and playful atmosphere at this session together. Finding the balance between joyful productivity and serious journalism, the work of the Umeå media team will consist of documenting and shaping the session. We want to tell stories and while doing so, the team will aim to create media products that are fit to portray EYP to audiences outside the session and get across what is going on in Umeå. Taking themselves out of the foreground, the journalists will strive to shape the atmosphere of the session by engaging delegates in colourful activities and recording their stories. How this will be done is up to us: wallpapers greeting the delegates on arrival, interactive exhibitions with printed images, an exhaustive video documentary, radio broadcasts during bus rides or online blogging with live updates – I am waiting for you and your input to create this together! To make this ambitious plan a reality, Umeå is missing 10 very important people! If you have questions about the approach to the session and the media team, do get in touch with me (christian.macht@eyp.de or christian.macht on skype) – otherwise I’m excited to read your application and hopefully meet you soon,
Christian Macht
Editor of the session
Journalists
Editorial assistants
We are looking for 8 talented EYPers to join us who are...
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wanting to explore creativity hands-on and investing energy in that, eager to develop specific skills and to share their knowledge, committed to good storystelling, willing to take themselves back and focus on the participants.
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with experience in leading teams in or outside EYP, curious and excited to take on the opportunity of developing a concept that provides stability, yet allows creativity, with developed media related skills (e.g. video, photography, social media) with expertise in their field and the desire to share this knowledge.
Apply To apply to the session, please fill in the application form and submit it by Sunday the 9th of February at 23:59 CET. The selection panel will consist of the Editor of the session (Christian Macht), the Head organisers (Astrid VikstrĂśm and Josefine WallenĂĽ) as well as a representative of the national board of EYP Sweden. A pre-selection phase will be carried out based on the application forms. Successful candidates will then be contacted to set a Skype/Google Hangout interview for the final selection. The interview will be an informal discussion meant to allow the panel to better get to know and understand the applicant. The final team will present a balance in gender, nationality and experience.
About Umeå Umeå is roughly 600 km north of Stockholm and sits on an inlet of the Gulf of Bothnia that separates Sweden and Finland. Travelling this far north in the summer months you are likely to see the midnight sun and Sweden’s north is bathed in almost constant daylight at this time of year. As well as being the European Capital of Culture in 2014, Umeå can also claim to be the northernmost capital of culture, located as it is in northern Sweden, a place of extreme natural beauty and rugged wilderness (and culture, of course).
Night of culture
Globovillage
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 preferes. This event is to be co-organised with one of Umeå’s most prominent Culture Organisations for Youth: Hamnmagasinet.
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.
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 the GA the last day. These forum elements not only tie back to the overall theme of the session and it’s essential element of co-creation, but also add further dimensions to the notion of learning about culture, and the different aspects thereof, by hands on experience.
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Q&A Q: When is the deadline to apply?
Q: How do I reach Ume책?
A: Submit your application by 23:59 CET on the 9th of February.
A: One suggestion is to fly via Stockholm, either Bromma or Arlanda Airport. For more suggestions, feel free to contact the organisers.
Q: How much will it cost me? A: There are no additional costs for officials. Furthermore, officials will be reimbursed on parts of their travel expenses.
Q: What can I apply as? A: You can apply as either a chairperson, vice-president journalist, trainer or editorial assistants. A call for individual delegates will be out in the middle of February.
Q: Should I apply? A: Yes.
Q: Who do I contact if I have further questions? A: Send an email to umea2014yf@eup.se if your question is concerning the session. Email christian.macht@eyp.de for any questions about the selection of journalists and editorial assistants.
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