Teambuilding in Berlin
From 27th- 29th April, the new and old YEN – Boardmembers met in Berlin for the Teambuilding. Here, the old Boardmembers introduced the new elected persons into their work and herewith officially handed over their posts.
Moreover, on Saturday, 28th April the first Boardmeeting of the new YEN- Board took place. Here, in addition to the planning of upcoming events, also the setting of new goals for the current Board was on the agenda.
The summer temperatures and the cooking sessions made the weekend in Berlin to a special event. The new YEN- Board looks forward to a new, busy and successful year.
Comem of the European Youth Forum
From 19th - 21st of April around 160 delegates of European Youth organizations met in Brussels for the Council of Members and Extraordinary General Assembly of theEuropean Youth Forum. On behalf of the Youth of European Nationalities YEN Sebastian Seehauser (President of YEN) and YEN Convenor for Politics Fatma Resit attended the COMEM. From 19th - 21st April 2012 around 160 delegates of European Youth organizations met in Brussels for the Council of Members and Extraordinary General Assembly of the On 20th April the delegates participated at the joint debate of the YFJ and the European Economic and Social Committee on “Quality Jobs for Youth”. Moderated by Krzystof Pater, member of the European Economic and Social Committee and President ofthe Labour Market observatory, a debate on future strategies for the creation of new jobs was led. Furthermore, on Saturday, 21st April 2012 in addition to various thematic sessions, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the European Youth Forum took place.
YEN at the EU- China HPPD
On 18th April 2012 the „EU- China High Level People to People Dialogue“ took place in Brussels. On behalf of YEN, Fatma Resit, Convenor for Politics, attended the Session on “Being Young in a Globalized World – Young Chinese and European´s mutual perceptions and perspectives”. In this session young people had the possibility to share their perceptions and wishes regarding future dialogue between Europe and China and develop common perspectives. At theclosing session Androulla Vassiliou, Member of the European Commission in charge of Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Liu Yandong, Chinese State Council, presented their joined Declaration on the first round on the “EU- China HPPD”. A concert concluded the event.
Generation 1992The European Comm Call for delegates from Youth Wings of the parties of the European autochthonous minorities
At request of the SSW, which is the Youth Wing of the party of the Danish Minority in Southern Schleswig,YEN calls for delegates from Youth Wings of the parties of the European autochthonous minorities to participate at the International Conference in Copenhagen for Minorities. With the International Conference “National Minorities and the European Dream” the SSW wishes to start a process amongst the youth wings of the parties of European autochthonous minorities, to formulate a common vision for the European integration. The conference will take place from 1st- 3rd June 2012.
Momme Nommensen: "Rather dead than slave"
Following article was made during the easterseminar in Bozen. Mommen Nommensen (North Frisian) presents his minority on Südtirol Online:
Easter Seminar officially opened
100 young people from different autochthonous European minorities are meeting from the 31st of March to the 6th of April in the Haus der Familie in Ritten. Here they will discuss about their situations, exchange experiences and work together on different projects. The seminar is organised by the Südtiroler Jugendring (SJR) and the Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) Lunch Debate
Vacancy
The Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) is looking for two new collaborators: one for its European ProMultilingualism project, who may start from the 1st of May 2012, and a new employee of the Office, who may start from the 1st of June 2012. ProMultilingualism is a multilateral project that falls under the EU programme for Lifelong Learning, cross-cutting programmes – key activity languages. As a follow-up project of the European network for linguistic diversity and multilingualism RML2future, it is dedicated to raising awareness of multilingualism and language learning in the European context. We are looking for a dedicated collaborator, preferably member of an autochthonous, national minority that has experience in the field of multilingualism and European youth work. For the YEN office we are looking for dedicated employee, preferably member of an autochthonous, national minority, to support and work together in the management of the office. One of the main tasks of the employee here is the professional and timely processing and reporting of grant applications to the various funders that support the work of the YEN. The calls and a detailed description of the tasks of the positions can be found in the documents below. Documents: |
On the 1st of April, in the Haus der Familie in Ritten, the Easter Seminar 2012 has been officially opened under the auspices of the Provincial Governor Luis Durnwalder and the honorary patronage of Martha Stocker, the Vice President of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN).
On the 1st of April 2012 the Working Group on Politics and politically interested YENies met on a “Lunch Debate” in Oberbozen with Mourad Mahidi, Board Member of the European Youth Forum. After Mahidi reported about his activities with regard to youth and migrant rights in the European Youth Forum, a hot debate on “New and Old Minorities” was led. Similarities and differences between “new and old minorities” were again on the agenda. YEN thanks Mourad Mahidi for his active participation at the Easter Seminar in Oberbozen. 