In the tradition of the previous Boards, the current one has also determined a guiding value for its term under the supervision of the Advisory Board.

This year, the Board will focus on “Mehrwert”, the benefits and perks that members of EYP Austria, session participants, team leaders and members, and even Board Members themselves can get through EYP activities and in their positions. Specifically, this means all types of learning experiences and educational opportunities that can come with different tasks in the organisation. Furthermore, it also includes the friendships that are made through EYP, and even the simple joy of partaking in EYP activities itself.

Through the format of the guiding value and with the help of the Advisory Board, we want to put these aspects of EYP Austria at the top of the agenda – without sidelining the other important parts of our work. Concretely, this will happen through personal goals of Board Members, but the guiding value will also be something that the Board will refer to in light of decisions for the organisation, and will become a part of how the Board approaches its day-to-day business as well.

We hope that we can get you on board with our guiding value and that it will have a positive impact on EYP Austria!

Our friends from the Stand for Something campaign, who are bringing the Conference on the Future of Europe to young people, have an exciting message for you:

So what do your summer plans look like? How about a trip across Europe?! With unforgettable encounters, new friends and amazing discoveries and adventures!

Tell us how you want the #FutureofEurope to look like by filling out our survey and have the chance to win Interrail passes or free stays in Bulgaria or Montenegro.

The #StandForSomething project has launched a Social Media Competition, active from 17 to 31 August, 2021. There will be 10 different winners in this competition:

• One prize consists of two nights accommodation in a double room in Podgorica (Montenegro). During this stay, breakfast, lunch, dinner and tickets for cultural events/museums will be provided.
• Four prizes consist of two nights accommodation in a single room in Sofia (Bulgaria) and four festival passes to Sofia Summer Fest 2021 (running until 25, September 2021).
• Five prizes consist of five Interrail/Eurail Global Passes with validity five days in one month – 2nd class.

If you are under 31 years old and would like to have a say on important stuff that may change the future of Europe, here’s how you can participate:

1. Fill out the #StandForSomething survey here
2. Follow @standforsomething.eu on Facebook or Instagram
3. Include the following sentence as a comment on the Stand For Something post/s of the competition and challenge 3 friends by mentioning/tagging them: I stand for ___________ (participant’s main concern about the future of Europe) How about you? What do you want the future to look like? Fill out the #STANDFORSOMETHING survey. #TheFutureIsYours @friend1 @friend2 @friend3

Representing the first major activity of the international EYP project “Youth Opinions on the Future of Europe” with the support of the European Parliament, we would like to share the EYP Office’s Youth Poll on the Future of Europe with you! 

The goal of the poll is to reach as many young people as possible, gather their thoughts on the relevance and importance of certain topics, and get insights into their stance on some of the most important political and topical discussions in Europe going forward. It should take you around 15 min to fill out the poll, which we believe is well worth the time for such an exciting cause!