RIVA DEL GARDA
42nd National Selection Conference of EYP Italy
CO N T E N T S Editorial 3 Comfort Zone 4-7 Stereotypes 8 All our sides 10-11 Face swaps 12-14 3 words 15 Lost in translations
16-17
The Divine EYP-session
19-21
See you in Europe
22-23
E DI TO RI AL Dear reader, The session is now over and you all went back home full of memories, friends, new academical skills and, I am sure, ready for the next adventure. You will find in between this pages, the last output created by the Media Team of Riva del Garda 2018. I hope that those few days in Riva del Garda will always bring you some joy, a smile on your face and that you will always remember this session and its participants. I am sure Riva del Garda was only the start of a long journey into EYP and that you found yourself even more passionate about debating, public speaking and sharing your ideas. EYP is not only about academics, but also about the people. You have the chance to make friendships you would have never think about, visit countries you would have never dreamt of and discover cultures you knew nothing about. This organisation will bring you more skills and allow you to discover more things about the World than you could have ever imagined. You will grow as a person, you will develop leadership skills, media skills and even get out of your comfort zone thanks to public speaking. You will get richer of memories that you will cherish forever. I hope that in a few years, you will look back to the output that the Media Team produced during this session, and realise how far you went, how much you learnt and that you will be proud of who you are today, thanks to EYP. All the best and see you around Europe, On behalf of the Media Team, Patricia Azevedo, Editress of Riva del Garda 2018
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Comfor t Zon e Comfort zone is tricky to escape from, especially when it comes to combating your fears. Nevertheless, it is inseparable from personal growth, therefore each person that joins EYP faces some kind of a challenge, which leads to further progress. A few of the participants of Riva del Garda 2018 agreed to share their stories of how EYP pushed them beyond their limits.
“It was the first time I gave a speech in front of a hundred delegates in my first session back in 2014. It was the National Selection Conference of EYP Azerbaijan. Before that, I would always think about the opinions of others, like “What will they think about me?” But when I stepped onto that stage, I suddenly felt confident and thought: “Okay. I can do it. I can influence people. I can share my opinion and they will listen to me.” It only got better with each session.” Kanan Huseynov, Chair (TRAN)
“I started less than one year ago and my first session was obviously a nightmare: I was shy, I felt uncomfortable speaking and I thought my opinions did not matter. But EYP has turned on a bright light inside of me, a light of passion and deep emotions towards things I really care about. It helped me to become the person I am now. I am still overcoming some weird personal attitudes but EYP offers me the chance to grow and accept those things I find weird. Moreover, EYP has helped me to realize what kind of person I want to be, so I could not be more grateful for that.” Anna Montaruli, Chair (TRAN)
“I traveled for 5 hours to freaking Italy all by myself, that’s stepping out of one’s comfort zone right there.” Ilgin Atalay, Journalist
“I was very scared of talking in front of a lot of people and actually the GA was very challenging, but now I believe it gave me the confidence to talk in front of others in the future.” Beatrice Beretra, Delegate (LIBE I)
“When I was younger, I was much more nervous with people. I mean, I always liked attention, but I was still very nervous. I didn’t like doing certain things, I was afraid of traveling, I felt uncomfortable in many situations. But then I started EYP and it became like a family to me (I mean, you know, 27 sessions later). In the beginning I was just excited, but then I started getting more into it, I started learning and it pushed me towards the person that I am today: more confident and more able to act the way I believe I should.” Anthony Fedorov, Chair (LIBE II)
“I would say that every experience in EYP is stepping out of your comfort zone. Every time you try different roles, you take on different responsibilities. The first time I got to step out of my comfort zone was in my first session, when I had to stand up and talk in front of a huge crowd, which is something I am very uncomfortable with. I had to go up to the podium and read the sum-up of the whole debate. At first, I completely blacked out. I could see people staring at me and I just froze. But then I looked around and was somehow able to concentrate, so eventually it all went pretty well. I felt so proud of myself afterwards, because it was something I would have never thought I could be able to do. I thought: “Okay, if I can do this, I could do more.” One thing led to another and I started trying out different roles and going to more sessions. I believe every EYP experience is stepping out of my comfort zone ever since. “ Artemis Giasimakopoulou, Chair (FEMM)
“I think EYP is all about exiting the comfort zone. I experienced it in particular at my first session and then now, organising our session: at the first one, I remembered feeling really embarrassed and shy, because I was basically doing things that I never thought I could do. Talking about my HO experience, I found myself doing a thing that some months ago was nothing but a dream. This is especially wonderful because EYP lets you do it at a very young age, while some people never get that kind of opportunity. This aspect of EYP is helping me a lot in my daily life, since it’s bringing out my extrovert and confident part of being, and this is something I will be always grateful about to the organization.” Filippo Cretti, Head Organiser
By Kamilė Laurinavičiūtė
Stereotypes
By Noemi Passafiume
All our sides
During an EYP session there are a lot of em through being happy, tired, angry, sad‌ Y and hard days. This is part of what makes t sides of yourself, a truer side of yourself a All these sides and emotions that can be ral in life is what I wanted to portray in m me the same 4 emotions or states: ANGE My aim with this project was showing th rent ways of expressing them. We ca rience a bit of everything, especially duri
motions involved. Every day, one can roller coast You have so much fun but you can work long the EYP experience so special; you show many and create special bonds with special people.
e experienced during a session and in genemy project. I asked all the participants to show ER, TIREDNESS, SADNESS AND HAPPINESS.
hat we all have our different sides and diffean’t always be happy or angry. We expeing an EYP session. Let’s show all our sides.
By Carmen Bjørg Gómez Svanes
Fa ce swaps
By Ilgın Atalay
“three words”
LIBE I “Research, Resources, Responsibility”
3 words “Labor market, Complete, Necessary” Claudia & Anna
ENVI
Daniele
FEMM “Net neutrality, Economic growth,
Digital Single Market” Leonardo
AFET “Environment, Unpopular, Imminent” Tommaso
“Equal, Stereotypes, Confidence” Flavia
LIBE II “Controversial, Diplomacy, Dependencies” Francesca
TRAN by Daniel Binder (AT)
Lost in translations Have you ever felt saudades? Or met a попутуик? Or done a kalsarikännit? Probably yes, but you haven’t had a word for it in English to capture that exact feeling or action, yet. Despair not! This article is a fine collection of some of the most distinctive, weirdest and untranslatable words from the European languages.
gezellig (Dutch) the composition of friendliness, coziness, fun, and homeliness one gets from a comfortable or familiar situation. torschlusspanik (German) the panic of one day realizing that one has not done much with one’s life and if one does not act soon, one may miss out on more opportunities as time passes and ‘the gate closes’.
saudades (Portuguese) I) a mixed feeling of melancholia and nostalgia towards people, places and objects that one had a strong attachment to and ended up losing. II) a strong wish and dream to see somebody greatly missed and caused by absence, loss and distance. Prozvonit (Czech) to call a mobile phone to have it ring once so that the other person would call back, allowing the caller not to spend any money on minutes. sihhatler olsun (Turkish) the act of wishing someone health and welfare after they come out from the shower.
kalsarikännit (Finnish) the act of getting drunk at home in your underwear with no reason to do anything or go out.
abbiocco (Italian) drowsiness following eating a large meal.
Utepils (Norwegian) the act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer.
Fjellvant (Norwegian) Being accustomed to being or walking in the mountains over a long period of time.
Kombinowanie (Polish) ability to solve problem outside of the box.
попутуик (Russian) stranger who one connects with during a trip.
fernweh (German) longing for the distance.
Backpfeifengesicht (German) a face badly in need of a fist.
Frisson (French) A sudden feeling of thrill, combining fear and excitement.
By Anders Eidesvik
Th e Divin e EYP-session A Nor wegian’s point of view Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself in Riva del Garda, For my application had been accepted. Ah me! A buckly look would be expected! So I had to sharpen up, and cut my barba Or else my presence would be unaccepted! Lo! With Filippo and Sara as HOs Along a terrific team of orgas squires, and planning worthy of angels’ grace, They found ye best circumjacents In ere memory since dawn of EYP, With billows roaring from ye Garda sea! Gargantuanly ye Hotel was, With crinkum-crankums everywhere! Angels revolving axletrees sphere! Surrounded by ye uttermost luxury, Jaša and Anthony spoketh at officials’ TB Ye extraordinary tales of Armenian fluxury! From all of Europe’s corners, From ye far north, to ye Mediterranean Sea, They relieved an exceptional memory. When all ye delegates fully arrived, In committees neatly arranged, To solve Europe’s conundrums, they strived. With faithful sciolist chairs at helm, Committees sailed into unknown water. GA is either success, or most horrible slaughter! Armed to ye teeth with post-itz! And shiny markers up to snuff! They engaged in GA-Blitz! “54 in favour!” “23 against!” Direct responses went snicker snack! In the heat of it all, only trig jurys kept track!
When the dawn of day finally shone, On the sanguinary field of Riva Congress, The President told who claimed the throne: “It has been a glorious tale with bravery and yadda yadda, however, 3 did pass & 3 did fail! Come to my arms LIBE I & II You have proven yourself worthy! Uhhh, and ENVI ok did you do! I will not mention the ones who did not pass, But AFET, TRAN and FEMM, You should consider going back to class! Thus sadly I must declare, yadda yadda, This poem and session to be officially ended! Much have you learned and many befriended! Oh frabjous day! Callooh Callay! See you somewhere in Europe!”
I figured that perhaps not all of you are fluent in Shakespearean archaic English, so I made a list with an explanation for the tricky words. Enjoy! As in the order they appear:
“Buck” – a fashionable and daring young man “Barba” – beard in Italian “Squire” - a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself “Circumjacent” – surrounding “Ere” – before (in time) “Billow” – large wave “Gargantuanly” – very large “Ye” – the “Crinkum-crankum” – elaborate decoration or detail
“Axletree” – wooden beam acting as the pivot for a cart wheel “Uttermost” - greatest “Flux” – diarrhoea or dysentery “Relieve” – make (something) stand out “Sciolist” – person who pretends to be knowledgeable “Armed to the teeth” – formidably armed “Sea smoke” – fog “Ware” – aware “Up to snuff” – up to the required standard. “Blitz” – attack suddenly and without warning. “Snicker snack” – quickly and fast “Trig” – neat and smart. “Sanguinary” – involving or causing much bloodshed. “Yadda yadda” – Dutch something. “Frabjous” – delightful and joyous. “Callooh Callay” – had a good time.
By Anders Eidesvik
By Ilgın Atalay