Regional Sessions 2012 – Information Sheet

Regional Sessions of EYP Finland Information Sheet for Officials Tampere | 26–28 October 2012 Salo | 9–11 November 2012 Espoo | 23–25 November 2012

Welcome to the Regional Sessions!

Tampere 2012

European Youth Parliament Finland will organise its annual Regional Sessions for the

26–28 October

fifth time in 2012. The sessions will take place in Tampere, Salo and Espoo in October and November, and they will be presided by Alexandre Narayanin (DE/FR), Jan

Alexandre Narayanin (DE/FR) Session President Henriikka Hannula Marja Pentikäinen Head Organisers

Bubienczyk (FI) and Franziska Maier (DE), respectively. The Regional Sessions act as preliminary round of the 19th National Session of EYP Finland, to be held in Joensuu in January 2013.

Since 2008, the Regional Sessions of EYP Finland have been a gateway to the world of EYP for hundreds of high school students in Finland. They have also gained a solid

Salo 2012

reputation as high-quality events among the international EYP community, as indi-

9–11 November

cated by the high number of applications for officials’ posts in the recent years.

Jan Bubienczyk (FI)

EYP Finland now welcomes you all to apply for another round of Regional Sessions

Session President

in Finland. The call is open for vice-presidents, editors, chairs and journalists. Each session will host a team of 16 chairs (including the board), 8 journalists and one or

Katharine Shelby

two editors (with possible editorial assistants or video editors). We are looking for

Anton Volkov

diverse teams of officials in terms of both nationality and experience.

Riikka Koskinen Head Organisers

Apply now, and become a part of something special!

Espoo 2012 23–25 November Franziska Maier (DE) Session President Anni Marttinen

Jari Marjelund

Waltter Suominen

President

Head Organisers

EYP Finland

How to take part?

How to apply?

Programme

Each Regional Session will host an international team of officials – chairs,

Each session includes a day of of-

journalists and organisers. You can apply for multiple sessions and positions. The call

ficials’ training, a day of teambuild-

is now open and will be closed on 26 August. You can find the application form on the Alumni Platform at http://alumni.eypej.org/archives/24616. Please submit the form to applications@eypfinland.org. Each applicant will be informed of the outcome of the selection by 30 August.

EYP Finland places emphasis on the transparency and fairness of the selection pro-

ing, a day of committee work and a one-day General Assembly.

The working language of the session is English.

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cedure. Reasonable balance of nationalities and levels of experience will be pursued, but the guiding principle will be that of meritocracy. Thus, we encourage all appli-

On all issues related to the Regional

cants to pay attention to their applications, and the selection panel will also provide

Sessions, you can contact Tim Back-

all rejected applicants with feedback on their applications. Advice on writing applica-

haus at tim.backhaus@eypfinland.

tions may be found on the Guide for New Alumni by EYP CH and EYP FI, available at

org.

http://issuu.com/eypfinland/docs/alumni_guide.

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The participation fee for Finnish officials is 35 EUR. There is no participation fee for foreign officials.

How to get there?

The Helsinki–Vantaa International Airport has direct connections to tens of locations

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all around Europe, and all three cities are easily reached from the airport by bus and train. Ryanair flies to Tampere from a variety of locations, and certain low-cost airlin-

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ers fly to Turku, which is close to Salo.

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As officials are expected to arrive by noon on the Thursday before each session, it is rather likely that you need to arrive in Finland already on the Wednesday. Accommodation is however provided free of charge at session locations.

FINLAND

The Academy of Finland and EF – Education First are National Partners of the Regional Sessions of EYP Finland in 2012.