Event: Young Europe Youth Summit
Make new friends, get involved, and fight for what you believe in! Join 200 young Europeans at the Young Europe Youth Summit in Denmark this May.
Young people are the leaders of the future, yet they account for the largest share of non-voters. Ensure that the youth takes part in defining the future of Europe and join the Young Europe Youth Summit together with 200 other young people in Denmark this Spring, where you all meet to analyse, discuss and join forces around five of the key issues that concern youth in Europe: Culture & Identity, Climate, Refugees & Migration, the European Union & the World and Youth Under Pressure.
200 young people meeting in Denmark, working together to strengthen the voice of youth in the upcoming European election!
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One week in Denmark
Monday – Friday: Stay at a Danish Folk High School
- 4 days at a folk high school: You will be a part of the school life at a Danish folk high school, which is a non-formal residential school with approximately 60-100 young people.
- Exploring your theme: In a special designed program, 20 of you will work intensively with exploring the different facets of your chosen theme in thematic workshops and activities.
- Versatile methods and personal experiences: The focus will be on getting to the centre of the dilemmas of the theme, involving both experts, theory and your own experiences.
- Define visions: Based on your work with the theme, your group will choose the most important visions and messages that you wish to communicate to the European Parliament.
Friday – Sunday: Stay at the Youth Island in Copenhagen
- Youth Island summit: 200 young people meet on Youth Island in the Copenhagen Harbour.
- Communication training: Based on intensive communication training and workshops in creative communication, you will learn how to communicate your visions and how to make your voice heard in the public debate.
- Inspire young people: We want to inspire other young people to engage in European issues and to vote in the upcoming European election.
- Press conference: On Sunday, we will hold a press conference in order to communicate our messages and visions to all of Europe.
International People’s College is specifically dealing with the theme European Union & the World.
Practicalities
The Youth Summit will be taking place in Denmark from the 6th to the 12th of May 2019. The participants will be 100 young people from all over the European Union and 100 Danish folk high school students. Due to the limit in the number of EU participants coming to Denmark for the Youth Summit (100 people) the applicants must live up to these few but important eligibility criteria.
- Applicants must be between 18-25 years old at the time of applying
- Applicants must be citizens of one of the 28 European Union member States
- Danish citizens cannot apply
If you are interested in being part of the Youth Summit you can apply here https://nyteuropa.nemtilmeld.dk/55
And if you need more detailed information go to https://www.yeiv.eu or contact us in euproject@ipc.dk
Registration deadline Sunday 17. February 201
Who is Youth Summit Denmark: Young Europe is Voting?
International People’s College is an active partner in the European project Youth Summit Denmark: Young Europe is Voting. The project is funded by the European Parliament and is a joint initiative of the Danish organisation Nyt Europa, FFD-Federation of Folk High Schools in Denmark and nine other Danish Folk High Schools (Egmont Højskolen, Grundtvigs Højskole, Gymnastikhøjskolen i Ollerup (Official), Idrætshøjskolen Aarhus, Højskolen Østersøen, International People’s College, Krogerup Højskole, Silkeborg Højskole, Uldum Højskole and Vrå Højskole).
“The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 for encouraging peace and democracy. The EU has the ability to function as a starting point of global partnerships. However, new risks and challenges have emerged in connection to globalization. How influential will the EU become in a new global order? How are the EU relations with the USA, China and Russia now and how will they be in the future? Will the EU be able to establish a more balanced partnership with the African countries? These and many other questions will be argued and discussed in ‘EU in the world’.”
