EYPers of the Month: February

Julia König and Sarah Streicher were those two people without whom the EYP Day Linz 2014 would not have happened the way it did. Julia & Sarah head-organised this event together and thereby contributed to the expansion of EYP Austria by taking the concept of an EYP Day to yet another different city. As Head-Organisers they have set up a great scaffold which would turn into a fantastic event for every participant.

They both started their EYP journey at the Austrian National Conference in 2011 and have ever since gathered experience in various positions. Their organising career has begun at the Austrian National Conference in Linz 2013. From then on they have become an even greater asset to the whole National Committee. Sarah has also challenged herself with the position of a board member in 2012/13 and as Regional Coordinator for Upper Austria, while Julia does not back down from any other position in the EYP.

When not involved in the development of EYP Austria, Julia & Sarah study in Vienna and enjoy the company of their friends. EYP Austria is very fortunate to call Julia and Sarah two of its members. Julia and Sarah are valuable parts of our organisation and we are excited to see what their future in the EYP and in life will look like.

EYPers of the month: January

Our EYPers of the month January are Eva Puschautz and Nina Thomic. They are the head-organisers of the first Austrian Regional Session Melk 2014. Eva and Nina applied to organise this session with a clear idea of teamwork in mind, complemented by the conviction that their different personalities would balance each other.
In addition to their own impressive experience in organising in- and outside of EYP, their motivation and dedication, they assembled a great mix of organisers to organise the session with them.

The team has worked on the project passionately, under great leadership of Eva and Nina. They managed to manoeuvre several obstacles, and successfully contributed their own ideas to the project. Their cooperation with the Board and various officials before the session was pleasant and utterly professional.
One of Eva’s and Nina’s key motivations was to help shape the concept of Regional Sessions in EYP Austria. Melk 2014 has been an enjoyable session for all participants, and held several delightful surprises.

Finally, we are grateful for the great work that both girls have done for this project. The commitment to EYP Austria’s quality standards, and the fun and charm you brought to the session, are both part of the unique character of Austrian sessions.

Thank you for everything. We are proud to have you two competent, inspired and powerful young women working with us.

Mitglieds-Beitrag 2014

Liebe Freunde von EYP Austria,

Wir hoffen ihr habt schöne Weihnachtsfeiertage verbracht und wünschen euch alles Gute für das kommende Jahr. Wir freuen uns auf ein ereignisreiches Jahr 2014 und bitten dafür um eure Unterstützung.

Durch die Registrierung in unserem E-Mail Verteiler habt Ihr Euer Interesse an unserer Organisation – dem Europäischen Jugendparlament in Österreich – offensichtlich bekundet.
Um die Erfüllung der vielfältigen Aufgaben unserer Non-Profit Organisation zu gewährleisten, wird einmal jährlich der Mitgliedsbeitrag von 20€ eingefordert, der Administrationskosten sowie anfallende Projektaufwände deckt.

Ebenso garantiert dieser solidarische Beitrag unsere finanzielle Unabhängigkeit (z.B. von politischen Parteien). Die Zahlungsfrist für das Kalenderjahr 2014 läuft ab sofort bis Ende Jänner, der Stichtag ist somit der 31.01.2014, 23:59 MEZ.

Wird der Mitgliedsbeitrag innerhalb dieser Frist bezahlt, bleibt man bis Ende 2014 offizielles Mitglied von EYP Österreich und kann somit auch an allen Aktivitäten des EYP teilnehmen. Sollte der Mitgliedsbeitrag bis zum oben genannten Datum nicht auf unserem Vereinskonto eingehen, wird die Mitgliedschaft stillgelegt und somit die Zusendung von internationalen Calls ausgesetzt. Außerdem ist es ohne Einbezahlung des Mitgliedsbeitrages nicht möglich, an Sitzungen des EYP teilzunehmen.

Zahlungsmöglichkeiten:

1.) Überweisung auf das Vereinskonto von EYP Österreich

Summe: 20,00€
Empfänger: Europäisches Jugendparlament Österreich
IBAN: AT341400004910800510
BIC: BAWAATWW
Verwendungszweck: MB2014_Name, Vorname

2.) Barzahlung bei einem offiziellen Event des EYP Österreich nach Vorankündigung

Summe: 20,00€
Empfänger: Vorstandsmitglied
Vorankündigung bei Sarah König (sarah.koenig@eypaustria.org)

Seit Mitte Dezember 2013 bekommen Mitglieder 10 Tage vor Ablauf des aktiven Mitgliedsbeitrages eine E-Mailerinnerung. Solltet ihr euch nicht sicher sein, ob euer Mitgliedsbeitrag noch aktiv geschalten ist oder trotz aktiver Mitgliedschaft Probleme bei der Zustellung unserer Newsletter auftreten, meldet euch bitte bei Sarah König.

Falls der Mitgliedsbeitrag aus irgendwelchen Gründen eure finanziellen Möglichkeiten übersteigen sollte, meldet dies bitte rechtzeitig ebenso an Sarah König. Für etwaige Fragen zu den Formalitäten der Zahlung, der Verwendung der Gelder oder Ähnlichem, könnt ihr euch gerne an eben genannte Adresse wenden.

Vielen Dank für Eure Unterstützung!

Euer Board des EYP Österreich
Jakob • Jelena • Raphael • Teresa • David • Sarah • Patrik

Melk 2014 Resolution Booklet

We are beyond delighted to publish the Resolution Booklet of EYP Austria’s first Regional Session Melk 2014. You can follow the General Assembly tomorrow (Saturday, 18th January 2014) on twitter. @eypaustria will be live-tweeting, and invites everyone to join using #melk14.

Graz 2014: Call for Officials

EYP Austria is hosting a milestone session, the Austrian National Conference Graz 2014, from 24th to 28th of April 2014. Being an official UNESCO city of design, Graz holds vast creative energy, and is also one of the most innovative Cities in Austria.
Meanwhile, Graz 2014 will mark an anniversary of Austrian National Conferences. The organising team is compiling wisdom and experience from past years into a five-day programme, including special events such as an anniversary gala, a panel debate and an extensive training programme for officials.

We are now looking for 3 Vice-Presidents, 13 Chairpersons, 5 Jury members and one (or two) Editor(s) to join the team of officials. Please note that officials will be asked to arrive a day prior to the session. The session will be presided by Dimitris Zacharias (GR) and head-organised by Eva Reitbauer and Sebastian Hojas.

Under the session motto ”Bits&Bytes“, the Delegates will discuss a diversity of topics related to Europe’s Digital Agenda, as well as citizens’ participation in various socio-economic and political areas of Europe. The topics are being developed by a working group dedicated to tailor topics especially for this session.

The Delegates will mostly be Austrian students, who have probably experienced EYP already, at either one of the four EYP Days, or the Regional Session in Melk.
Please submit the application form by Sunday, 2nd of February, 23:59 CET to graz2014@eypaustria.org. The organisers are very happy to answer any questions via Mail or Facebook.

Report: European energy politics in Essen

The European Youth Forum Essen 2013 was the third and last of a trilogy of different sessions, all under the common motto “Young energy for Europe”. Its sister sessions earlier this year, in Istanbul and the Hague, dealt with the exact same committee topics. Austria was represented by Raphael Bek (Chairperson, ITRE I), Samuel Hönle (Delegate, ENVI I), Amin Oueslati (Delegate, AFET, II), Florian Rogner (Delegate, CLIM), Florian Schinnerl (Delegate, ENVI II). The session was presided by Zahra Runderkamp (NL), who recently visited Austria as a trainer at the Alumni Weekend.

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Young energy for Europe

All committee topics were all related to European energy politics: EU Russia-relations, the Desertec project, the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme, nuclear power, shale gas, the Energy Roadmap 2050, Research & Development, and citizens’ participation in Europe’s energy infrastructure. The coherence of the topics created high synergy amongst all committees, supported mutual understanding, and enabled interesting discussions at the session. Additionally, it was also possible for all committees to consider the resolutions from the previous sister sessions with exactly the same topics.

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Energy Nexus

The second day of committee work offered delegates the possibility to get in touch with experts with various economic and political backgrounds to discuss their own topic, and additionally find out about others and get feedback on the prevailing state of their resolutions. Having the possibility to get different perceptions from people who work in the relevant fields day-to-day was a great experience and helped to find fresh ideas, give feedback to other committees’ thoughts, including their proposals and reflections on the resolutions from our sister sessions in Istanbul and the Hague. At the end of Energy Nexus committees were more informed about the general opinion about their work, and also in which areas more work was indispensable.

Zeche Zollverein and Essen

Zeche Zollverein is Essen’s landmark, UNESCO World Heritage, and the reason why Essen was the perfect site for this Forum about energy. Often referred to as “the worlds most beautiful coal mine“ it marks Essen’s deep connection to the topic of energy. It reminded participants of the early energy industry in Europe, while they were elaborating on its future. Some of them got a deeper insight into it when they were visiting the site during the cultural program, and it definitely had some effect on their resolutions.
The first day of General Assembly took place in the architecturally stunning Sanaa-Building, which is a modern and austere contrast to and part of Zeche Zollverein.

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Game Night

Besides a christmas themed party, and an exciting night at Zeche Zollverein, At game night, one of the evening programmes was Game Night. Committees challenged each other in order to get points, and to eventually find a winner. The games were a mixture of teambuilding games, creativity and craziness, with the highlight being a dance-off to various older or newer pop songs. After competing at all challenges, all participants gathered to experience stunning rap choreographies by each committee, related to their respective topic, which got judged by a jury of session journalists, and helped the winner to have an advantage over the others. For the final showdown, the best of the best Ninja players delivered the most epic game of Ninja  played at the session.

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Conclusion

The session concluded that energy is certainly one of the most burning topics in European politics today. This time more than ever, young Europeans took a strong stance on the the various topics at hand. Even national decisions have high cross-border impact, and the vast activities in the sector have great economic and social influence. The session provided a deeper understanding of energy politics, and also a great awareness of the European energy mix. It can be said that all partitcipants reached consensus about the need for consequences, the request for European stakeholders to gradually replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, the wish to further support and intensify European research and development, and finally to put all efforts to reaching and improving the current national and European goals for climate and energy.

(written by the Austrian delegation at the session)

EYP-er of the Month: December

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Our EYP-er of the Month December is Kathi Radler.

Kathi is Regional Coordinator of EYP Salzburg and the Head Organiser of the second EYP Day in Salzburg.
She started EYP in 2011 at the NSC in Vienna and was selected to represent EYP Austria at the IS in Istanbul in 2012. Caught by her passion for EYP she head-organized together with Johanna Egger the first EYP Day in Salzburg last year, which was a big success.

In April this year Kathi started her Chair’s career at the NSC in Linz.

In August Kathi moved to India for 3 months, but this was no reason for her not to Head-Organise an event for EYP Austria again. 6,500 kilometers away from Salzburg she handled a team of 6 organizers and supported them whenever she could. In October she came back to Austria and arranged everything locally. In the last months she not only proved her experience, motivation and passion for EYP Austria, but also her skills of leading a team and head-organising an amazing event.

Kathi currently studies at the University of Passau in Germany and she loves riding horses.

We are very happy to have such a dedicated and motivated member in our organization and wish her all the best for her future.