Youth all over Europe is going to participate to the elections, next May. Among young people there is the largest share of non-voters, although they will be the leader of the future. So, it is mostly on this part of population, and on those that will vote for the first time, that it is important to work.  

The Young Europe Youth Summit, this May in Copenhagen, will give the opportunity to analyse, discuss ideas and deepen knowledge with other 200 young Europeans. The main topics will be: culture, identity, migration, climate, international relationships and youth.

How can the Young Europe Youth Summit help European youngsters? It will collect young people and strengthen the voice of youth.

A full week in Denmark

The Young Europe Youth Summit will take place from May 6^th to May 12^th and will be divided in two parts.

Stay at a Danish Folk High School

During the first 4 days, participants will be in a folk high school,  a non-formal residential school with approximately 60-100 young people. In groups of 20 people, they will make activities and workshops on the topic they chose. The method will be based both on the presence of experts and the experience of participants. The aim is to choose the visions and messages to communicate to the European Parliament.

Stay at the Youth Island in Copenhagen

During the last 3 days, activities will move on Youth Island in the Copenhagen Harbour, with other 200 young people. In these days, the main focus will be communication, with training during which participants will learn how to communicate visions and how to make their voice heard in the public debate. The idea is also to give young people the means to inspire other young people. During the press conference of Sunday, May 12^th, the messages and the visions will be communicated.

Who can apply?

The 200 participants will be:

• 100 young people from all over Europe;
• 100 Danish folk high school students.

The eligibility criteria are:

• Applicants must be between 18-25 years old at the time of applying;
• Applicants must be citizens of one of the 28 European Union member States;
• Danish citizens cannot apply

Deadline: Sunday, February 17th.

Do you want to apply? On the website of the International People’s College website, it is possible to find some more information and submit the application. .  

You could also be interested in:

“Youth4Europe” project, that will take place during 2019 and 2020, involving more than 150 young people into 7 youth exchanges. You could have the possibility to create a proposal related to the EU policies on media, environment and employment. Follow our website and our pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, to be always updated on this and much more projects.

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Breakthrough solutions and startups for sustainable development: YSI (Young Sustainable Impact) wants to create a measurable impact though them . YSI is a fully funded innovation program, aiming to solve the UN Sustainable Development Goals through startups, that gathers the best young talents from the whole world, aged 16-28 years old. It is based in Norway.

Modules of the program

The program consists of 4 modules.

Team: leadership and team building, ensuring a quick building of trust, understanding and relationships with the teammates. These are the first steps of the program.

It tries to create teams of people from different countries, with interests, vision or passions in common. Nevertheless, the program searches for different skills and background, to ensure the capability to build something real.

Understand: participants get tools to analise the reality in a better way, ending up with a well defined focus area/problem. The program does not want “random ideas to some minor problem”, but breakthrough solutions.

Solution: participants will learn, after the analysis, to consider other factors like cost, time and other resources. This will lead to the creation of a prototype.

Build: YSI will help participants getting the prototype into an actual product.

How much time does it take?

Participants, even if free, have to devote 15-35 hours per week to this activity during the remote work period. During this time, there will be periodical check-point.

Participants have to work together remotely for 4,5 months, before a 2 weeks intensive course in Oslo.

What does the program provide?

The program provides young people with:

Resources, like learning platform, libraries filled with easy to find tools, methods, and knowledge;

Mentors, experts in entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, leadership, and technology;

Network of partners and businesses;

Money: you can apply for money internally in YSI;

Community, named Earthpreneur. Here you will find driven and talented youth from around 170 countries, that are helping each other.

When to apply?

Application process, for the period April-August 2019, closes February 11^th.

The application process will be divided into 4 rounds and, among around 10.000 applicants, only 24 will be selected.

Why don’t you try to be one of the 24?

Apply for the first round, here.

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The European Parliament launched Instagram competition “I am Europe”: share your photo and win a trip in Brussels, to the open day of the European Parliament, on May 4^th.

The idea behind the contest is that Europe is, and will always be, about all of us. A point that, according to the Parliament, is important to remind expecially now, with the European elections (planned for May 23^rd – 26^th) closer and closer.

Every day, in fact, we publish our photos on social media, sharing pieces of our lives, that, from this point of view, are also pieces of the life of Europe.

Who can participate?

To participate “I am Europe” contest you need to be at least 18-year-old, live in one of the EU countries (UK included), own the copyrights of the photo, have a public account on  Instagram.

Rules

The rules are quite simple and consist of 3 steps:

• Share a photo of yourself or someone special to you and tell the story behind it;
• When posting the photo, use the hashtag #iameurope and tag @europeanparliament;
• Subscribe to the European elections platform: thistimeimvoting.eu

Winners

Among all the published photos, there will be only 6 winners.

5 will be chosen by the platform;

1 will be chosen by users: every day, in fact, the Instagram account of the European Parliament will share the best photos. The one that will get more “likes” will be the winner.

The winning photos, and the other best (but not winning) photos, will be part of an exhibition during the Open day of May 4^th.

Deadline

You have time until April 1^st 2019, at 12.00 (time of Brussels)

To know more, download “Citizen’ App”, developed by the European Parliament, on your Smarphone: learn about this and much more opportunities and news.

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