Call for Members Weekend Trainees

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We are more than happy to open the call for Trainees for our Members Weekend!

The Members Weekend is the perfect opportunity to develop strengths and abilities, to get to know EYP even better and, most importantly, to meet new friends and reconnect with old ones. This year’s Members Weekend will take place in the beautiful city of Vienna from 15 to 17 October. You will be accommodated at a&t Holiday Hostel (Leibnizgasse 66, Vienna), and meals will be taken care of. There will be a participation fee, which will be announced asap.

The event aims to give Austrian EYPers the chance to develop their skills in high-quality training modules covering the classic EYP positions, as well as transversal skills, thereby forming a link to the world outside the EYP bubble. There will also be a special programme for newcomers focusing on introductions to EYP as an organisation, trainings on being a Delegate and on writing applications.

Registration is open until Sunday, 10 October, 23:59 CEST, here. So start signing up!

Call for Academic Quality Team Members

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We are happy to open this year’s call for Academic Quality Team Members! The Academic Quality Team of EYP Austria is in charge of improving and securing our high academic standards at all of EYP Austria’s events throughout the year and will be led by Marjan Osojnik during the academic year 2021/22.

If you are passionate about academic quality, interested in EU-related topics and want to shape the academic aspects of EYP Austria’s upcoming sessions, then this is the team for you. Prior
experience is not required – if you are motivated to contribute, apply!

All further information is available on our website. We can’t wait for your applications, which you can send in until Sunday, 10 October, 23:59 CEST!

Last Minute Call for T4ET Trainees

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The T4ET (Training for EYP Trainers), taking place from 4 to 10 October in Azerbaijan, aims to provide its trainees with the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to facilitate meaningful learning experiences. As a trainee, you will be welcomed to a learning journey that will start with the preparation task, in-person interactions and practice rounds. The trainers’ team will prepare a carefully crafted programme for you that balances theoretical knowledge, practical tasks and opportunities for interpersonal connections.

Trainees commit to attending the full programme (no late arrivals or early departures are possible) and participating in pre-session training prior to the T4ET. There is no participation fee and there will be travel reimbursement of up to 200 euros.

If you are interested, make sure to get in touch with the Head-Trainer Nathan Hunter (nathanhunter15@gmail.com) asap!

AntiFakeNews.training

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During the AntiFakeNews.training with the Hoaxilla podcast from Hamburg, you can find out how to recognise fake news and how to protect yourself and your friends from it. This means figuring out how fake news is built up and how it spreads so quickly.

Hoaxilla is a podcast by the European Ethnologist Alexa Waschkau and psychologist Alexander Waschkau, both of whom have been working on modern legends, conspiracy myths and pseudoscience for almost 11 years.

The two next training dates for pupils, students and apprentices up to 23 will be 25 October and 22 November, 19:30 CEST each. Registration is mandatory, so make sure to sign up!

Surfrider Eurocean’s Youth

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Surfrider Foundation Europe is launching a Call for the Ocean to create a network of European Ambassadors of the maritime world and will recruit 120 young Europeans from all EU Member States. In this network, ambassadors will work on two topics: shipping and jobs related to the sea. You will develop and carry a vision of the future’s maritime world during high ranking events in 2022 (UN Conference, World Ocean Day, Ocean Decade Activity in the framework of the Ocean Decade launched by UNESCO…).

Find out more and apply here until 30 September.

ASEF Summer University on Sustainable Cities

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The 23rd ASEF Summer University (ASEFSU23) of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) is a virtual, collaborative, interdisciplinary hackathon journey. Through the theme “Liveable Cities for a Sustainable Future” the programme will give youth training, knowledge and the opportunity to design concrete solutions for real-life challenges. Focusing on SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Habitats, the programme includes two phases: 

  1. Knowledge Building Phase: 11 – 29 October 2021
  2. Hackathon: 4 – 15 November 2021

The call for participants is now open to young professionals and students aged 18-30 from 51 ASEM countries, including Austria. More information and the application form can be found here. The application deadline is 29 September.

Global Climate Strike | 24 September

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With the latest IPCC report again demonstrating the dramatic human influences on our climate, we want to encourage our members to stand up for our planet and our future. Therefore we hope that you will be part of the global climate strike this Friday, 24 September!

In Austria, Fridays for Future is organising protests in:

  • Vienna – 12:00 Praterstern
  • Graz – 12:00 Grießplatz
  • Linz – 14:00 Hauptbahnhof
  • Salzburg – 15:00 Hauptbahnhof
  • St. Pölten – 12:30 Bahnhofplatz
  • Bregenz – 10:30 Hauptbahnhof
  • Steyr – 16:00 Schlosspark
  • Kufstein – TBA
  • Kirchdorf an der Krems – 12:00 Rathausplatz

In Innsbruck, there will not be a protest, but an Open Picnic hosted by Fridays for Future (16:00 Rapoldipark) for anyone interested.

We’re happy to have L Zöhrer (elke.zoehrer@eyp.at) as the EYP Austria contact person for the protest in Graz, starting at 12:00 at Grießplatz. Hannah Aichhorn (hannah.aichhorn@eyp.at) will be the contact person for the protest in Vienna, starting at 12:00 at Praterstern. If you intend to join either of them, please fill out our Google Form!

To make it as easy as possible for our members to participate, we are still trying to find contact persons going to the other strikes so that people can link up and don’t have to go there alone. If you’re interested, please reach out to me (Philipp Leindl | philipp.leindl@eyp.at | +43 6645229286) – it would be greatly appreciated!