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Call for Academic Quality Team Members
/in National UpdatesWe 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!
Call for Members Weekend Trainees
/in National UpdatesWe 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 Members Weekend Trainers
/in National UpdatesWe are excited to hereby open the call for Trainers for this year’s Members Weekend, taking place from 15 to 17 October in Vienna!
EYP Austria’s Members Weekend 2021 will be our most important training event of the academic year, bringing together members from all generations for a weekend of training and socialising. Now we are looking for motivated individuals to take charge of putting together an unforgettable weekend for our members together with the Head-Trainer Christopher Nölte.
Find the official call and application document here. You can apply until this Sunday, 26 September 2021, 23:59 CEST.
We’re looking forward to your applications!
Global Climate Strike | 24 September
/in National UpdatesWith 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:
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!
ASEF Summer University on Sustainable Cities
/in National UpdatesThe 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:
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.
Surfrider Eurocean’s Youth
/in National UpdatesSurfrider 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.
State of the Union | 15 September
/in National UpdatesIn September each year, the President of the European Commission delivers the State of the Union address to the Parliament. The address takes stock of the achievements of the past year and presents the priorities for the year ahead.
The President also sets out how the Commission will address the most pressing challenges the European Union faces and ideas for shaping the future of the EU.
Follow it live to figure out how the EU is doing and where it’s heading today, at 9:00 CEST!