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Patronage granted for Löwenberg

EYP — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:08:28 +0000

Matthias Platzeck, the Minister-President of Brandenburg, has accepted the patronage for the International Autumn Forum in Löwenberg. In October about 60 teenagers will gather in Löwenberg to analyse and evaluate the EU’s eastward expansion.

Annual General Meeting 2010 of EYP Germany

EYP — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:56:25 +0000

Last weekend EYP Germany held its annual General Meeting in Berlin. Over 60 members took part in discussions about our upcoming sessions and elected the new members of the board of EYP Germany.

The current board has resigned from office. We would like to thank Martin Hoffmann, Sonja Pürckhauer, Lorenz Bock, Jorg Körner and Jakob Leonard for their long-time commitment for our organisation. The new Board consists of the following members: Kerstin Mathias (President), Andrea Pürckhauer (Vice-President), Toni Ritz (Treasurer), Monika Seidel, Tim Lock, Riaan Stipp, Max Karpf and Alexandra Posner.

Patronage granted for European Youth Summit on Education

EYP — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:49:07 +0000

The European Youth Summit on Education in Passau (15th till 18th September) is now under the patronage of Mrs Androulla Vassiliou, Member of the European Commission. As a member of José Manuel Barroso’s Commission from 2010 to 2014 she is responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth. Furthermore Jürgen Dupper, Mayor of Passau, agreed to share the patronage with Mrs Vassiliou.

This September about 60 young people from all over Europe will come together in Passau. They will discuss questions that arise from the main theme Youth and Education and the session’s motto “Improving Europe´s Mind”.

European Youth Summit on Education in cooperation with the University of Passau

EYP — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:07:37 +0000

Prof. Dr. Walter Schweitzer, president of the Passau University confirmed a cooperation with the European Youth Parliament Germany for the Summit in September 2010. We are looking forward to work together with the university and be able to use its rooms for Committee Work.

The Summit will take place in Passau from 14th to 18th September under the main topic „Youth and Education in Europe“. 60 young Europeans will come together in order to discuss the differences and problems of the european education systems and to develop their own ideas and visions for a european education system.

Further Information on the European Youth Summit on Education

Frankfurt 2010 Website launched

EYP — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:03:39 +0000

From July 30th till August 8th, 2010, we will welcome 220 young people from 33 European countries in Frankfurt am Main. The official website of the session has now been launched: www.frankfurt2010.eu. This website contains information on the EYP and the session itself. It should serve as a platform for participants, friends, EYPers and all those who are interested in the event.

President of the European Parliament grants Patronage

EYP — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:17:16 +0000

President of the European Parliament, Mr. Jerzy Buzek

The President of the European Parliament, Mr. Jerzy Buzek, as well as the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, have granted their patronage to all activities of the European Youth Parliament. We are are proud that these high ranking representatives of European Institutions support the political involvement of young people from all over Europe. For more information on the EYP on an international level, please visit www.eypej.org.

2nd German-Franco Forum in retrospect

EYP — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:14:27 +0000

General Assembly in Strasbourg

With the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, November 22nd, the 2nd German-Franco Forum came to an end. 80 Delegates from more than ten European countries took part in the session in Saarbrücken and Strasbourg. During the cross-border Forum the participants discussed the current state of Human Rights in Europe.

After the Opening Ceremony and panel discussion in Saarbrücken, the participants moved to Strasbourg to continue with committee work and the General Assembly.

Before the session the delegates have worked on the session’s theme and compiled a Research Booklet (pdf) that offers an impressive overview of the Human Rights situation in their countries.

We would like to thank all sponsors, organisers and participants for a successful session in Saarbrücken and Strasbourg!

Anual General Meeting of EYP Germany

Tim — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:18:30 +0000

Last weekend EYP Germany held its annual General Meeting in Berlin. Over 60 members took part in discussions about our upcoming sessions and elected three new members of the Board. Verena Namberger, President of EYP Germany and Sonja Weicker, member of the board, resigned from their offices. We would like to thank both of them for their long-time commitment for our organisation. The new Board consists of the following members: Martin Hoffmann (President), Sonja Pürckhauer (Vice-President), Lorenz Bock (Treasurer), Jakob Leonard, Hadrien Segond, Monika Seidel, Kerstin Mathias and Jorg Körner.

In addition we spend the weekend in different workshops, preparing and organising the upcoming sessions of the EYP in Germany: In November we will host the 2nd German-franco Forum in Saarbrücken and Strasbourg. Our 20th National Selection Conference will take place in Würzburg in June 2010. Finally, we are honoured to host the 64th International Session of the European Youth Parliament in Frankfurt in August.

Three National Committees of the European Youth Parliament were awarded the European Charlemagne Youth Prize in Aachen

edit — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:34:37 +0000

The European Youth Parliament in Belgium, Czech Republic and Finland have been chosen as national winners in this year´s Charlemagne Youth Prize competition. The prizes were awarded today in a cermony involving the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, in Aachen. The Prize is granted to projects undertaken by young people which foster understanding, promote the development of a shared sense of European identity, and offer practical examples of Europeans living together as one community.

In the picture from left to right Reeta Metsänen (FI) , Anar Kucera (CZ), Hans-Gert Pöttering and Nick De Donder (BE).

Stuttgart: Delegations for International Sessions selected

Tim — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:40:51 +0000

On Saturday, May 16th the 19th National Selection Conference of EYP Germany ended in Stuttgart. 110 Delegates from 12 schools spend 5 days debating about current European issues and the session’s theme “Bridge the Gap – Poverty in Europe”. Two schools were selected to represent Germany at the upcoming sessions of the European Youth Parliament.

The Delegation from the John F. Kennedy School Berlin will participate in the 62nd International Session in Helsinki (Finnland) in Autumn. The Karl-Theodor-von-Dalberg Gymnasium Aschaffenburg will go to Tromsö (Norway) in Spring 2010.