EYP owes all its success to the tens of thousands of volunteers who have dedicated their time, energy and ideas to our organisation. As part of a wider effort to improve the recognition culture for volunteers’ work in EYP, the Alumni coordination group started a...
In every city across Europe, we have amazing personalities from the Alumni pool who find ways to stay involved and support the EYP network. We had a chance to talk to one of them – Tiago Correia Machado – an alumnus from Portugal who currently...
Throughout 2019, all actors of international governance, National Committees, the Governing Body and the International Office have put efforts into ensuring EYP continues to be and always improves as a safe and welcoming environment for all. From workshops with committees and officials teams in International...
2019 was a year full of exciting activities and events, we asked our National Committees to share their highlights with the network. Check out what EYP Ireland, Germany and Austria are proud of. EYP Ireland: The Irish NC is proud of the initiatives in outreach...
Having successfully finished their 2-year terms serving as Governing Body (GB) members, Marek Navrátil, Helga Dirlinger, and Maria Manolescu were happy to share their thoughts on their experiences as GB members and their predictions for the future of EYP. How would you describe your GB experience...
Today we have the largest refugee population in Europe since WWII. That’s why in 2017 EYP partnered with UNHCR. Together we take the issues of migration, statelessness and asylum to young people. At all International Sessions EYP also invites delegates who were stateless persons or...
"EYP enables you to stay in touch with people different experiences that can give you access to different networks and access to different ideas and thinking patterns. I think it is not only a great thing to do for fun and...
The Berlin Wall, constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1961, physically divided the city, acting as a political and ideological barrier between East and West Berlin. The Wall acted as a symbol for the instability and division of the time, at the height...
In 2019, EYP signed a new partnership with United Nations Population Fund. To kick the collaboration off, EYP has led youth consultations in Belarus and Georgia to gather youth input on the topics of population development. Four EYPers have been selected to represent the organisation at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25....
“With the Summer Academy of 2019, we want to solidify the idea that EYP truly is a network” – Matthew Caine, Head Trainer of the Summer Academy 2019. Under the theme of “Fostering Collective Knowledge”, 80 young people have gathered in Echternach, Luxembourg this summer. Some of them joined the...