Besides a review of past events, it will be especially exciting to discuss EYP Austria’s future with everyone. Furthermore, the elections of EYP Austria’s new board. All registered members of EYP Austria are eligible to apply for board positions and/or vote in the board elections.

Everyone will get a chance to get involved and contribute to our activities. Hence, the board is looking forward to vast attendance. Make sure you don’t miss the most important assembly of EYP Austria.

Besides board positions, it is also possible to get involved in EYP Austria in many ways, for example on a regional basis at activities all over Austria, taking photos at EYP events and some other things. A perfect place to learn all about EYP Austria’s activities would be the General Assembly. All you need to get active is some enthusiasm, dedication and curiousity.

You can find all the details about the board elections on the page of the General Assembly 2012 (German).
You can also find the EYP Austria Generalversammlung 2012 on Facebook.

Euroskop was founded by three young Germans who travel to many European capitals to discuss the current situation in Europe. They will come to Vienna on the 13th of May to ask young Austrians about their opinions. We would really like to invite you to share your opinion with our guests! We will meet at the Europaorganisationen Büro, Lassingleithnerplatz 2/3, 1020 Vienna at 17:00!

Afterwards you will have the possibility to do some socialising with us and all the other EYP-ers! Hope to see a lot of entusiastic young EYP-ers and have a wonderful and interesting discussion! If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to ask Teresa Gisinger or Nina Thomic!

Yours,
Teresa and Nina (City-Coordinators Vienna)

For more information, check out the EYP + Euroskop Facebook Event or visit the Euroskop Homepage.

Update: Read the article about the Euroskop visit in Vienna.

In the annual report of 2011 you can read everything about the first EYP Days, our first Summer Event and all the other great sessions and events of 2011. Take a look and find out what EYP Austria does and has to offer for you!

Download the Annual Report (German)

Following the session motto the young parliamentarians bridged the gap between hard work and a lot of fun. Starting with a sunny day of Teambuilding we enjoyed two days of productive Committee Work which was concluded by a very lively General Assembly on the last day.
Heavily discussed questions about the future of Europe‘s relationship with China or the dangers of increasing right-wing populism drove the delegates to perform at their very best and produce interesting resolutions. The participants also had time for some socialising over delicious traditional food at the Austrian Village and presented their best dance moves at the Theme Party dressed up like there was no tomorrow.
This year we also worked on improving the sustainability of our sessions, by replacing a great part of plastic cups with stylish reusable cups from the Museumsquartier. However, what really kept the environmentally friendly spirit alive a the session was the can-crusher. Sponsored by ‘Jede Dose Zählt’, this little helper made it great fun to recycle all the used cans.

Overall, the smooth interaction amongst all participants and the energetic mood they brought to our session made the 13th National Conference of EYP Austria an unforgettable event for everyone.

Find more photos from the session on the EYP Austria Facebook Page.

We invite everyone to join us at the alumni weekend.

Read all about the alumni weekend!

If you don’t already have a hoodie, we advise you to order your hoodie at once!

Also, join us for the General Assembly tomorrow in the Haus der Europäischen Union.

The City Coordinators are largely autonomous in the types of events that they want to organise, be it social, academic or just “fun events.” However, all the City Coordinators work together in a team. Through regular conversations, they exchange ideas about new or current projects, talk about EYP in the region, or cooperation between the different regions. Also they function as a contact person for new and interested EYP-ers in the region.

We are looking forward to more EYP events in all of Austria’s regions. Contact your city coordinators now!

• The City Coordinators

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    Teresa Gisinger

    Vienna

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    Nina Thomic

    Vienna

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    Marc Fischer

    Graz

  • 
    Sarah Streicher

    Linz

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    Lena Strehmann

    Villach

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    Johanna Egger

    Salzburg

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    Katharina Radler

    Salzburg

The event started off with a round of fun teambuilding games on arrival day. As promised, the five board-members who were at the event cooked the dinners:

1. Salad with chicken stripes
2. Schnitzel
3. Tortilla-wraps (with Mexican music)

After dinner everyone was thankful for the dishwasher and could spend the evening socialising and playing games. The days were spent skiing. Thanks to the great choice of slopes and lifts we had an outstanding time and it was also really interesting how well the coordination within the group went not to lose people randomly. Also, because the weather was nice and sunny, we were able to swap our skiing jackets for EYP Austria Hoodies. For lunch, we enjoyed typical Austrian skiing meals – Gulasch, Gröstl and Germknödel!

To our surprise, participants also had vivid discussions about the future of EYP Austria as well as an interesting debate about the educational system in Europe.

Everyone returned home exhausted but happy and certainly energised. We are looking forward to next year!

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Together with four other Austrian students from Salzburg and their teacher we started our adventure to Istanbul on the 23rd of March. After having arrived in the beautiful city that connects Europe and Asia we were warmly welcomed, shown our luxurious rooms and directly transferred to the fabulous welcome party by the hard working organisers of the 69th international session of EYP.

The first two days of the session were dedicated to getting to know our fellow committee members and teambuilding. Saturday night, we were all burnt by the sun but happy and eager to prepare our table for Eurovillage and taste the delicious food brought by the other delegates from all different countries.
On Monday, we finally commenced with the highly anticipated committee work. In the evening, the session was officially opened at Bahçeşehir University in the beautiful centre of Istanbul, directly at the impressive strait of the Bosporus. Several Turkish politicians held a speech, many of them giving us an interesting insight into Turkey and Turkish politics and motivating us to further continue to stay active in Europe.
Two strenuous but fun days of committee work followed, which resulted in our well worked out resolutions to the committee topics. During Committee Work, we were offered delicious Turkish snacks, coffee, tea and soft drinks at the several coffee breaks, which energized us again and motivated us to go back to the intense discussions.

Mid of the week, we set out for the town centre of Istanbul, where we would be staying for the rest of the session. On Wednesday night, we enjoyed an amazing theme party on a boat on the Bosporus, from where we could see the sites we would visit again the next day during the city tour.

Following up after our city tour, was the Euroconcert, where we were able to admire the unbelievable talents of our fellow delegates.
The last two days of the session were used for the highly anticipated General Assembly. The two days were full of vivacious discussions, one of the most memorable ones being the one on the current issue of Turkeys EU membership. It was extremely fascinating to see the Turkish delegates’ point of view. Another heated discussion was one about the rights of homosexual couples, including child adoption and marriage. The participants’ opinions turned out to be extremely diverse and emotional concerning this topic, which made the Open Debate extremely vivid. Many of us were given the chance to hold impressive speeches stating our points of view on the different committee topics. All in all, the General Assembly of the 69th international Session in Istanbul, was a very special and unique one. It was concluded with lots of moving speeches many at Closing Ceremony.

(written by Lena Strehmann and Valerie Nitsche)