The issue of the 17th National Session of EYP Sweden

CLIMATE TALKLS

THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE

MEDIA TEAM EVENT

CROSSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

INNOVATE, ADAPT, OVERCOME

WELCOME FROM THE LEADERSHIP

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THE SESSION THE CHANGE

BINGO

GOLDEN BOOK

QUIZZ

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR A DIGITAL SESSION

SHAPED STORYLINES

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A HEAD ORGANISER

THE PEOPLE

editorial note anouck guillot (BE) | ola kowalewska (PL) | clàudia sánchez (ES) WHAT WILL WE DO WITH OUR FUTURE?

session became for all of us, what it

That’s the one million dollar question,

wrote about what was the session, where

isn’t it? We spend most of our lives

it came from and, finally, what we made

thinking about it, planning ahead and

of it.

meant, and how it made us grow. We

worrying about what will come, but the way we see it, we will only be able to

In this issue, we present to you a world of

answer if we begin in the present.

words,

Whenever we come together and support

participants - have created. We tried with

each other, we start seeing the path that

all of our heart to encapsulate the

will guide our way. By making the future

moments

the purpose of our present, we are

National Session of EYP Sweden 2021. We

already in the right direction to shape a

tried to bring this experience closer to

future that belongs to all of us.

your homes, where you will be able to sit

something

and

that

you

memories

-

of

the

this

by the window, turning the pages of this For the 17th National Session of EYP

issue, and be transported to that last

Sweden 2021, we took the challenge to

weekend of March 2021, where you

gather everything each of us brought,

learned, you laughed, you made friends,

and turn it into one. We started by

and most importantly, you went beyond

putting down on paper how much we

what you thought could do,

had achieved all together – and it was

excelled in it.

and

even more than we had first imagined, we were all here together. So, we poured

By reading through these pages, you will

the ink, opened the text box on our

get to learn beyond the academic side of

laptops, scratched some ideas at the

this adventure, discover the hopes and

corner of our notebook, and started

challenges of the youth of today, and last,

collecting and putting together what this

but definitely not least, you will be able to

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enjoy what the Media Team has been

certain way, our part in showing you what

preparing for you.

lies underneath the surface.

The EYP is like an iceberg –like the ones

During the session, you exchanged ideas

that are currently melting, which are the

and thoughts on how to shape our world

home for some very important animal

and fix the problems existing. Here, we

species, that we need to save together. As

bring you a space in which you can keep

you may know, the invisible part of the

thinking and growing, a place to explore

iceberg is much bigger than the visible

different directions, so you can choose

part, and just like that, the EYP is a home

the path that will help you create, united

for many of us. Hence, this issue is, in a

with the rest, a better future for all.

Brought to you by the Media Team of the National Session of EYP Sweden 2021.

Anouck Guillot (BE), Clàudia Sánchez (ES), Ola Kowalewska (PL), Laura Barry (FI), Mahmut Emre Karaman (TR), Ceren Küçük (TR), David Wright (FI), Kseniya Lukashenia (BY) & Alina Modrzejewska (PL)

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noisses eht

welcome from

matthias schwartner (AT), president

For me personally, this session means a return to an organisation that I have spent so many hours, days and weeks within the past 7 years, but it also means a fresh start, a new adventure,

THE POWER

a re-adjustment. I have been in many

OF YOUNG ENGAGED PEOPLE

sessions,

IS SIMPLY STRONGER THAN

many

roles

and

many

countries with EYP, but I had never joined a digital one by now.

For me, this session proved and

ALL THE LIMITATIONS WE HAD TO ADAPT TO.

continues to prove that the EYP spirit cannot be broken even by the biggest world-wide crisis since WW2: the

EYP always had a special part in my

power of young engaged people is

heart and this first digital experience

simply stronger than all the limitations

makes me even more happy and

we had to adapt to.

proud to be a part of it.

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the leadership jack nassri (SE), head organiser

Getting the opportunity to organise the Nationals has always been on my list of things I wanted to achieve in EYP. I knew that the path was long, and I needed to do much more than just organising a regional session. But when I got the opportunity, I couldn’t

Even though it was a long journey with

say no to it. Maja, Simon and I wanted

lots of tears, it didn’t stop me from

to create a place where all participants

moving forward.

can feel the warmth and the love a

Organising this session gave me the

physical session can give, and I believe

motivation to get up every morning

we

our

and work hard to achieve one of my

engagement, being open, and just

EYP goals. It was my responsibility to

being there for them.

make it happen and to give the new

IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO

generation of EYPers the chance to feel

made

that

happen

with

GIVE THE NEW GENERATION OF

inspired to change the world around them. They impressed us with their

EYPERS THE CHANCE

performance and I think all of them got

TO FEEL INSPIRED

inspired to change at least one thing in the world.

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of the 17th nsc

jack nassri (SE), head organiser

The topics of the session didn’t mainly

Finally, I would like to thank all of the

focus on the issues that are happening

teams for joining the session and

recently, like the Covid-19 for example.

working

The

situations because without them the

Covid-19

situation

has

been

discussed too many times and there are

hard

during

stressful

session would have never happened!

a lot of topics about this issue within the organisation.

But the topics for this session were prewritten by amazing and skilled chairs last year which made it even more interesting for the delegates to learn about such “not discussed” problems and come up with solutions for them!

ALL OF THEM

HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY

HEART 9

of eyp sweden nika aghajani (SE), head of jury

I have always considered it a privilege to be part of an organisation that empowers young individuals to voice their opinions and engage with the pressing issues of our time.

This was a unique digital session and we hope to see you all around Sweden or Europe very soon!

This session, powered by the hard work and energy of many individuals,

THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING

was a chance for all of us to reckon

PART OF AN ORGANISATION

with the greatest challenge of our

THAT

generation: climate change. My team and

I

were

looking

forward

to

witnessing the creativity, engagement and

team-work

delegate!

of

every

single

EMPOWERS YOUNG INDIVIDUALS

TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS

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There are many other challenges facing the European Union today, but they have all one thing in common; they are possible to solve if we do it together.

And that is really quite a hopeful message.

The choices that we make now will have a major impact on the future of our union. And this is why it is so crucial that you, you yourselves, that you make your voices heard and that you participate in our democratic processes in the areas that interest you.

Hans Dahlgren Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs, Swedish representative to the United Nations & State secretary for foreign affairs

innovate, adapt, overcome.

With the National Session of EYP Sweden 2021, we have aimed at challenging ourselves to go beyond and seize opportunities by taking the session

theme

“Innovate,

Adapt,

WE NEED TO START BUILDING A

FUTURE

THAT IS SAFE, PEACEFUL AND FAIR FOR EVERYONE.

Overcome - Future-proofing society” and exploring it in all its forms.

On top of that, last 2020 the entire The world of today is one full of

world was faced with a pandemic with

challenges for the young generations,

which we all still live today, and which

and issues such as climate change and

has threatened our everyday lifestyle

the current crisis of democracy and of

to its roots. That is why 2021 presents

the economic system are some of the

itself as a year in which we all need to

most urgent problems that need to be

come together and innovate, adapt

solved in order to start building a

and overcome the challenges of the

future that is safe, peaceful and fair for

world, in order to build a better

everyone.

present, towards a better future.

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future-proofing society “Future-proofing society” has been at the chore of the whole session, and guided by this motto, each and every participant has tried to go beyond themselves, to unify through dialogue and cooperation, and has

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY ONE THAT IS MUCH MORE CONSCIOUS, AND THAT WILL BRING STABILITY AND HOPE TO

THE WORLD OF

succeeded in proving that there is another

T OMOR R OW

way; one that is much more conscious, and that will bring stability and hope to the world of tomorrow. During these past days,

During

these

past

days,

we have encouraged initiatives, projects

encouraged

initiatives,

and resolutions that have taken into

resolutions

that

consideration climate change and the

consideration climate change and the

current problems we are all facing today,

current problems we are all facing today,

and all of the participants have treated

and all of the participants have treated

them critically and profoundly, to finally

them critically and profoundly, to finally

offer a path through which we can navigate

offer a path through which we can navigate

and overcome today’s most urgent issues in

and overcome today’s most urgent issues

a creative and innovative way.

in a creative and innovative way.

have

we

have

projects

and

taken

into

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crossing the digital by david wright (FI) The 17th National Session of EYP

This would have been the very first

Sweden was originally meant to be

session held in the city of Skellefteå.

held in the beautiful city of Skellefteå

The last National Session of EYP

(Skell-ef-tay-o). This historical city was

Sweden in Northern Sweden was held

once named “Gold Town” due to its

6 years ago and this was a chance for

large gold industry. The city has a

Northern Sweden to be represented

population of 33,000 people, but it

properly.

would have welcomed in its streets

supposed to be the most northern

around

session in the EYP ever organised.

a

hundred

more

people

Additionally,

it

was

also

arriving in the up-and-coming city to take part in EYP Sweden’s flagship

The ideas behind the session were all

event. However, due to the world

about

pandemic, this could not happen.

academic success and true friendship.

The National Session was chosen to

Those are similar values of the ones of

happen

the

EYP Sweden and of the EYP network as

obvious consequences climate change

a whole. Even though the session took

has had on the city. It is located in

a

Northern Sweden which now looks

pandemic has forced many other EYP

very different than it used to be.

sessions to do the same, we all became

People cannot herd reindeers anymore

participants of the National Session of

and the reason for that is nothing

EYP Sweden - part of this big family

other than climate change.

that we call the EYP.

in

Skellefteå

due

to

digital

personal

turn,

as

development,

the

COVID-19

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divide THROUGH THIS EVENT, WE ALL SHOWED THAT THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR PERSONAL, COLLECTIVE AND SOCIETY’S

GROWTH

Through this event, we all showed that there is a lot of room for personal, collective and society’s growth. You all succeeded academically, which was evident by the debates in the General Assembly, and developed socially by

We all met amazing wonderful people,

engaging in active teamwork within

breaking down any barriers that

your committees. Friendship doesn’t

were digitally placed in front of us

have barriers, and the 17th National

every step of the way. In the end, all of

Session of EYP Sweden proved that no

the traditional physical EYP elements

digital divide could stop us from

were transported to a digital setting.

creating connections and sparkling

Even though we experienced Skellefteå

friendships.

through our screens, the session was a true success.

EYP as a whole has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic with the 17th

One of the other points of focus when

National Session of EYP Sweden being

organising the session was innovation

a great example of this. The session

and

always

to

improve

may have only lasted three days, but

was

needed

the memories we made will stay with

from EYP Sweden and all officials to

us forever. EYP Sweden is very proud

recreate the EYP environment online,

of this session and hopes to see

and it proved to be a great experience

everyone

for all included.

through the EYP.

ourselves.

striving

Innovation

continue

their

journey

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media team by anouck guillot (BE) A full day of Committee Work got

In some other digital room a little bit

everyone quite tired, but to finish the

further away, the academic team was

day properly, 9 individuals brought to

working hard on the resolutions to

you the Media Team Event! After

ensure

figuring out how to change our names

debates the next day. In a digital

on zoom, we got to go and visit all the

setting we often forget where others

different “rooms” with activities.

are, and meanwhile the chairs were

fruitful

and

high

quality

going from checks to checks, Laura and May it be the music quiz where Alina

Clàudia talked to a few of you about

made you guess the music, or the chat

the theme of the session, the future or

room with Senya and Ola animating

Europe and its youth.

topics such as “which animals would we be able to resize”, the evening met the goal of being a relaxed time for participants. And even if you were arriving later, coming in and out from Jury talks, there was always the “EYP movie time” with Anouck, in the main room, showcasing some of EYP Media’s gems projects.

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event Holding this event was not only an opportunity for the delegates to interact with each other in a much more calm and casual way, but also a way for them to get to meet the Media Team Members that had been working silently during the whole session, collecting moments and thoughts, to bring back the memories of the last weekend of March to all of the participants’ homes. By taking part in these different activities, the delegates got to contribute to a handful of projects that were being developed by the Media Team of the session, and for that we will be forever grateful.

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thoughts by clàudia sánchez (ES) During the 17th National Selection

Climate change is one of the most

Conference of the European Youth

important and urgent issues that we

Parliament Sweden, youngsters from

are facing, and it is imperative that we

all over Europe gathered together in

start fighting it now. For the past few

order to discuss some of the most

years, this has been at the core of

pressing issues of today with a very

various EYP events and, once more,

particular and necessary objective: a

the

future-proofed society.

studied and discussed different topics

delegates

of

this

conference

that, in various forms and from very Increasingly, we are faced with a

diverse perspectives, have taken this

reality that is difficult and challenging

problem and have underlined how

for all of the different peoples of the

important it is to take a sustainable

world,

approach in every political decision

but

generations,

mostly which

for are

young finding

enormous obstacles to make their way through life, to find a job that is well

that is taken nowadays.

CLIMATE CHANGE

paid and that offers fair conditions to

IS

those

IMPORTANT

applying,

and

to

ensure

ONE

OF

THE AND

MOST URGENT

themselves a healthy and stable future

ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING,

in a context invaded by a variety of

AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT

social and economic crisis.

WE START FIGHTING IT NOW

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for the future During the Media Team Event Clàudia, one of the Editorial Assistants, had the pleasure to speak with some of the delegates and ask them about the fruitful discussions that they had been having during the whole day in Committee Work. While talking to them, she was able to hear about their point of view on the reality they are living and facing everyday. She asked them about their feelings about the future and about what they are mostly worried about, and here we collect some of these insightful and necessary reflections and thoughts from the youth of today.

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thoughts for The press is the way for us to express ourselves, and it is where we get our information from. That is why it is very important that it is correct and not biased. We need to get the opportunity to get our point of view out there, and we need a media platform that represents all of the communities and minorities Sophie, LIBE I media under pressure

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the future Even though trade relations are necessary, I believe we should also focus on social and economic growth in order to make sure that citizens from all of the African countries are protected by human rights. It is important to find a balance between these two areas in order to create more equal relationships.

This is important because African countries are growing, so we need to start to communicate and compromise with them as equals.

El sa, DEVE how shoul d the EU appro ach future partnerships with African nations?

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thoughts for Africa is very important because they have one of the youngest populations and fastest middle class, and they are also a very important

continent

in

terms

of

the

development of technology, because of their richness of raw materials. I believe Europe should

work

technology

with and

them

in

subjects

development,

of

without

discrimination. We should work to create laws that protect them from the very powerful economic powers. We have to fight for this equality so someday we will hopefully live in a world that is peaceful for everyone.

Pedram, DEVE how shoul d the EU appro ach future partnerships with African n atio n s?

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the future We discussed about how we should approach LGBTQ+ rights in Europe. Although we have made very crucial improvements during the last decades on this topic, there are still some European

countries

that

have

laws

and

practices that are very discriminatory towards people from this community. I think we need to create dialogues between peoples and come up with good solutions to make these countries, and the whole of Europe, safer for everyone. For that, we thought about what is the role of the EU on problems like this and how it should approach them.

Kajsa, LIBE II a prideful europe

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And this is where I think you play a big role because you, and your generation, you are the future. It is through your enthusiasm and your willingness to engage in matters related to European cooperation that you contribute to a better union for us all. So your perspective and your voices are highly welcomed.

Hans Dahlgren Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs, Swedish representative to the United Nations & State secretary for foreign affairs

climate talks by laura barry (FI) Climate change is one of the most urgent issues of our generation, and it can be seen in the theme of the National Session of EYP Sweden 2021. Over the past few years, we have seen young leaders such as Greta Thunberg rise and take a stand, creating movements like Fridays For Future. What started as one teenager sitting in front of Swedish parliament has now evolved into a worldwide phenomenon.

In light of this issue, one of the Media Team Members, Laura, asked some of the session participants what they think about climate change.

Gabriel from FEMM, argues that climate change is a major threat to the larger coastal cities of Sweden.

Rising sea levels have the potential to wipe cities off the map, so I am very anxious about it.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THAT

On the other hand, there is not much

T HE Y OUT H

we as individuals can do about it. We need systemic change driven by big industry.

HAS HAD SUCH WIDESPREAD VOICE

A

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However, Saga from LIBE II, contradicts: “I feel the opposite. I am incredibly happy and privileged to have been born in this generation, in which a small

voice

can

matter.

Climate

change is the biggest issue facing us, if we

lose

our

home,

we

lose

I F WE LOOSE OUR

HOME , WE LOOSE E V E R Y T HI NG

everything.

It is a shame that the pandemic struck just as strikes are needed the most, but I think social media is a powerful tool for the movement. For once we are seen as not only children, but children with opinions.

This is the first time in history that the youth has had such a widespread voice. There are so many more young role models to look up to than there were just a few decades ago.

R E D UC E ,

adds Robin, a National Committee representative

R E US E , RECYCLE!

Deforestation is a black and white issue for example, as forests hold so much of the net oxygen in the world.

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The session coincided with Earth Hour 2021, and many participants turned off their lights for an hour in solidarity with the movement. The aim is to raise awareness about climate change.

Whether it’s rising sea levels, cutting down forests for profit or pollution, we as youth have a lot to be anxious about. But there is hope.

If you are wondering what you can do as an individual, a great way to ease in is participating in the climate strikes organised every Friday by Fridays For Future. If you would like to do more, you can watch documentaries and educate yourself (we recommend David Attenborough’s, A Life On Our Planet), cut back on your meat intake, reduce, reuse, and recycle!

As Robin from the National Committee of EYP Sweden pointed out,

Awareness

is

good,

but

awareness

without

participation will not amount to much in the end.

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a day in the life by laura barry (FI), Laura, the Media Team Member, sat

Being a Head Organiser takes organising

down to talk more in detail with Jack

to the next level, and you learn lots of

Nassri, Head Organiser of the National

valuable life skills! Time management

Session of EYP Sweden 2021, about

and project management skills are just a

what it’s like to be Head Organising a

few things I’ve gained through this role. I

National Session.

really

enjoy

self-improvement

in

general.

When I started EYP in 2019 at Eskilstuna Regional

Session

I

definitely

didn’t

imagine I would be Head Organising a

Jack tells me it hasn’t always been smooth sailing though.

session of this magnitude. In 2020 I was meant to Head Organise a Regional

Especially the Discord server was a pain

Session in person, but due to the

to make, as it takes up a lot of time

pandemic the session moved online.

and effort. I poured my blood, sweat

Later the Swedish National Committee

and tears into it, but it all seemed to

contacted me about possibly being a

work out in the end. I also spent hours

Head Organiser for the National Session.

on end attending meetings, which meant

I

love

a lot of sleepless nights. All that work

absolutely

was absolutely worth it though, and I

immediately

organising

said

and

yes, would

as

I

recommend it to anyone and everyone.

have no regrets.

I also enjoy organising my personal life, he reveals.

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of a head organiser And he adds:

I love the session more and more each day, and I am delighted to see how engaged everyone is in the programme.

The

session

participants

are

all

absolutely lovely, and I’m so glad the National Committee asked me to be in the working group behind creating the National Session of 2021.

In addition to organising everything in his

I POURED MY BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS INTO IT, BUT WAS

ALL

THAT

WORK

ABSOLUTELY

WOR T H I T

life, including his every upcoming week, Jack

enjoys

playing

a

multitude

of

instruments.

I’m a really musical person, and EYP has my heart. It’s a good thing I am a multitasking king, he laughs.

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shaped storylines by anouck guillot (BE) Right before getting to the final part of the session, a radio show animated by Clàudia Sanchez (ES) & Alina Modrzejewska (PL) took place in one of the General Assembly rooms. For the event, some of the participants of the session had been invited to listen to four officials that were going to get interviewed about their EYP journey: where they started and how they got where they are now. In a room filled with a group of delegates and chairs that had been working very hard to present their resolutions, and in an ambience filled with the clam and satisfaction that comes with coming to the end of the weekend, some music started playing, and the radio show began.

At the very beginning of this issue, if you reader - paid good attention, we already started describing the EYP as an iceberg, and there is so much more than what you see on the surface.

As an attempt to show what lies beyond, Anouck, Enrico, Maja & Sude shared some of their memories and stories that - most probably- changed their lives forever.

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A N O U C K EDITOR Started EYP in 2017

E N R I C O VICE-PRESIDENT Started EYP in 2018

S U D E

CHAIR Started EYP in 2018

M A J A

PROJECT MANAGER Started EYP in 2017

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As it often happens to most of us, the

then

first time we hear about the EYP, we

Herzegovina to take part in one of their

immediately think “cool, but also what

National Sessions. Exactly a year later,

is this?” and it is not the easiest job to

after many months of organising and

try to describe this organisation.

hard work, he was the one welcoming

WE TRI ED THROUGH

travelled

to

Bosnia

and

first-time delegates in his hometown.

WORDS, VIDEOS, ME T HA P HOR E S ,

TO EXPLAIN IT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, but this time, we tried it by making you hear how the EYP shaped us as individuals, and maybe, just maybe, you will start to understand what this is all about.

A bit northern and a little bit earlier, Anouck was travelling through France with

her

school

delegation

to

Fontainebleau - the place where EYP was

formed

explained

that

34

years

she

was

ago.

She

the

one

delegate bringing her camera to the session and randomly taking pictures of everyone.

Only

after

she

realised

that

international volunteers were doing We all started somewhere. The italian

the same and were called the Media

Vice-President, Enrico, started with a

Team.

one-day outreach event in Italy and

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It was an instantaneous “EYP career”

Enrico explained that even after joining

choice leading her to become a Media

the official team, he would still read the

Team Member a few months later

Resolution Booklet: “It is so cool to see

working with people from Poland,

so many different ideas out there!”.

Estonia or even Georgia.

With a different perspective, Anouck shared her vision of the impact the EYP has and can have. Through different mediums and as a part of the Media Team, she was able to inspire and make a difference.

During the session, you discussed and worked on various topics. We then asked our officials how they found EYP to be a place to express their thoughts freely. Sude and Enrico both agreed that it was through the academic work that they were able to contribute and

Maja’s first session was in a bit of a

share their own ideas. Here, you

competitive

have the opportunity to take an

selection process at the key of the

ACTIVE ROLE IN SHAPING

session,

but

environment

after

with

continuing

a

her

TOMORROW'S EUROPE

journey, she quickly realised that EYP

with Committee Work and General

the formal and academic thing most

Assembly being a safe place to share

people tend to see.

is not about that. We hope we were able to show you that EYP is more than

and be listened to.

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For some of us, it draws a roadmap for our studies, for others - and for a lot of us, it is all about the people and the connections we create.

As

for

Sude,

she

was

positively

surprised by how welcoming the EYP is. She flew to countries she has never

How can we choose amongst all those

been to before, met people she didn’t

strong memories that shape us along

know before: “I was always a part of a

the way? The long trips across Europe?

big family that was ready to embrace

The amount of people we met and

me for the person I was”. We always

exchanged with? It is a million stories,

say that the EYP is about people - and

but the way Anouck sees it:

here, strangers can quickly become friends and sometimes long-lasting friendships.

THERE ARE

KEY MOMENTS

IN LIFE

where that specific instant changes your life forever, when one decision switches your life - and Anouck finishes with "I couldn’t be more grateful”.

Arriving at the end of the radio show,

With a lot of emotion in her voice, she

one delegate asked a hard question

told us about a session back in 2019 in

“What is your favourite memory in

Luxembourg, where she had worked

EYP?” and Sude answered for all of

on a project for the past three days.

them that it is so hard to only pick one.

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During the closing ceremony, after having edited the video for hours, it was finally the time to show it to all the participants. She was standing there - 3 hours of sleep and a lot more work with all the participants applauding her project, and she immediately broke into tears. The whole media team

EYP is made of strong moments, and

arrived and hugged her, forming a

Sude started talking about her own

protective

her.

favourite moment. She explained how

Right at this moment, she felt so

it was just all those insignificant small

empowered.

instants were the ones she cherished

envelope

around

the

most

as

achieving

something

together was what truly bonded them.

Similarly,

Enrico

brought

up

the

session he was chairing at in Minsk.

During the closing moment with the academic

team,

everyone

started

crying. At that instant, he realised how powerful were the connections he Maja choosed to tell us about her own

had just made.

precious memory from a National Session in Denmark. The day before the official start of the session, the

WE MEET PEOPLE AND

organisers were just relaxing with a

SOMETIMES, THEY

nice sound of laughter in the room: “It was such a nice moment to just be surrounded by all of my friends”.

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It starts with the people. What we need to hear is that we make a difference as human beings, whether it is to live in peace or to live in good development or to respect human rights.

Jan Eliasson Former Deputy Secretary-General at the United Nations, former Foreign Minister of Sweden, Swedish diplomat & chairperson of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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quizz on EYP history

1

WHEN WAS EYP FOUNDED? 1971

1995

1987

2003

2

WHERE DOES IT ORIGINATE? Germany

Denmark

Switzerland France

3

HOW MANY EYP EVENTS ARE ORGANISED EVERY YEAR?

around 100 over 500

over 200 around 800

Answers When was EYP founded? 1987 Where does it originate? France How many EYP events are organised each year? over 500

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quizz on EYP Sweden history

4 5

THE FIRST NATIONAL SESSION OF EYP SWEDEN TOOK PLACE IN

WHERE DOES IT ORIGINATE?

Stockholm

Gothenburg

Malmö

Umeå

6

1998

2001

2005

2011

HOW MANY EYP EVENTS ARE ORGANISED EVERY YEAR?

international session regional session national session

in-school event

Answers First National Sessin of EYP Sweden took place in 2005 Where did it take place? Gothenburg What type of EYP event was first to happen in Sweden? International Session

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golden The chairing this session has been so much fun. Shoutout to the ENVI delegates, the academic team and all the other officials for contributing!

Sude, Chair

This session has a special place in my heart because my first time as a chair was 3 years ago in a Swedish regional. After gaining some more experience in chairing I was really waiting for another Swedish session. Unfortunately many sessions had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, so I am glad that EYP Sweden has held a digital one as well

It was my first digital experience and I am amazed how amazing it was!

Laura, MTM

Chenji, Chair

Zuzia, VP

Much love to everyone from Finland <3 special thanks to the whole media team <3

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book Thank you to everyone that worked incredibly hard to make this session happen and thank you especially to Anouck, Ola, and the rest of the media team for being the most lovely and amazing people on earth <33, Clàudia, EA

Aibike, Delegate

Thank you for this, not only did this give me a greater understandings of how the European Parliament works, but I now understand what it means to speak that language, how to turn ideas into resolutions and how to work the general assembly.

The guest speakers inspired me, seeing how respectful and loving the national board is made me want to engage myself further!! I had a lot of fun and this has been more than amazing and you will see more of me for sure. Thank you for everyone who was involved in organising this, I know how much effort it is, You did a fantastic job, hat off to you. it is especially impressive how this was your first digital session you made it interactive and fun and engaging!

I loved every and each one of you, every moment and I'm currently very very veerrrry sad because the session is almost over :"(. Even though you didn't see me a lot, I was fllowing your work and what you have achieved through out the session which makes me very prroud of you <33 aaand one last thing, follow me @Jack3_0 ;D

Jack, HO

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