Vantaa 2014 – Information Sheet for Finnish Delegates

Vantaa 2014 20th National Session of EYP Finland

Information Sheet for Delegates

Welcome to the National Session!

Congratulations! You have been selected to take part in the 20th National Session of EYP Finland. The session will take place in Vantaa on 10–13 January 2014. It gathers some 180 participants from over 15 European countries under the theme ”Youth for Innovation – Reinventing Europe”. The National Session is under the high patronage of Mr Olli Rehn, Vice President of the European Commission, and Mrs Tuula Teeri, President of Aalto University. It will be presided by James Benge from the United Kingdom.

At the National Session, we will select the Finnish representatives to the two International Sessions of the EYP in 2014. The International Sessions will be held in Riga, Latvia, in spring 2014, and Kyiv, Ukraine, in fall 2014. Additionally, delegations to several other EYP events abroad will be selected.

The National Session is an excellent opportunity to continue your EYP ”career” that started at the Regional Sessions. In addition to the Finnish delegates, you get to work Vantaa 2014 is under the high patronage of Mr Olli Rehn, Vice President of the European Commission.

with delegates from Germany, Estonia and Luxemburg, for instance. After the National Session, you may get the chance to attend a 10-day International Session with 300 participants or other quality event abroad – but attending the National Session is already an excellent experience.

We kindly ask the delegations’ contact persons to follow the instructions provided on the next page, so that the road from the Regionals to the National Session would be as smooth as possible. Should you have any questions regarding the session, don’t hesitate to contact us!

See you in Vantaa!

Riikka Nieminen and Riikka Koskinen Head Organisers, Vantaa 2014

What’s next?

1. Confirming your participation

Programme of the session

The contact person is asked to confirm the delegates that wish to attend the session

Friday 10.1. – Opening Ceremo-

by sending an email to vantaa2014@eypfinland.org. We kindly ask you to do so as soon

ny, Teambuilding

as possible. The following deadlines, however, apply:

Saturday 11.1. – Committee Work

Delegates selected in Kuopio: 15.11.

Sunday 12.1. – Committee Work

Delegates selected in Turku: 22.11.

Monday 13.1. – General Assem-

Delegates selected in Tampere: 29.11.

bly, Closing Ceremony

Delegates selected in Oulu: 13.12.

Committee topics After confirmation, attendance can only be cancelled for dire reasons. After 13.12., cancellations are only possibly with a doctor’s note. After 13.12., we unfortunately have

We will be in touch with the

to charge the delegate even if he/she does not take part in the session.

confirmed delegates regarding the committee topics in Novem-

2. Registration

ber–December. The delegates will also be provided with the

Delegates are asked to register to the event at http://alumni.eypej.org/eventreg/van-

session’s Academic Preparation

taa-2014-20th-national-session-of-eyp-finland. All delegates have signed up on the

Kit in December.

platform when registering for the Regional Sessions. The code needed for registration is 1138. Registration can be done immediately but the latest on 13.12.

Contact

3. Paying the participation fees

Riikka Nieminen Head Organiser

The participation fee for Vantaa 2014 is 50 EUR, and it covers programme, accom-

riikka.nieminen@eypfinland.org

modation and food. EYP Finland will charge all delegates or delegations on 1 January

+358 50 9117693

2014. For accounting purposes, we cannot unfortunately provide you with the invoices earlier. We kindly ask the contact persons to confirm the billing details to EYP Finland

Riikka Koskinen

by 13.12.

Head Organiser riikka.koskinen@eypfinland.org +358 40 7068341

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