Invitation: Youth event of the Czech EU presidency

Published: Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 14:24

Presidency Youth Event of the Czech republic is inviting canditates from all EU member states, candidate and EFTA countries to participate on this event. From each country are welcome participants chosen by National Youth Council, participants from International Youth Organisations will by chosen by Czech Presidency in cooperation with European Youth Forum, Czech participants can contact CRDM (Czech Council of Children and Youth). Registration form is to download in section “Documents”.

Dear Madam/Sir,

Having chosen the motto “Europe without Barriers” the Czech Presidency of the European Union wishes to express its will to remove or diminish the remaining obstacles between EU Member States which inhibit exploitation of the full potential of individual countries and their citizens.

For that reason, the Czech Presidency welcomes the new European initiative in the youth field which will be formally reflected in the official Commission´s Com­munication on the new framework of cooperation in the youth field, expected to be released on 27th April. This and other relevant background documents (conclusions of previous Youth Events, conclusions of Youth Week, Council documents etc.) will form the basis of the forthcoming Czech Presidency Youth Event.

The Youth Event represents one of the biggest events aimed at the young people actively engaged in voluntary work at national as well as European levels. The Czech Youth Event will seek to finalize the evaluation process of the framework of cooperation in the youth field and to trigger the discussion on the future framework of cooperation. This aim is consistent with the priorities of the Czech Presidency in the youth field. The main instrument for the evaluation of framework of cooperation in the field of youth which the Czech Republic would like to use is the process of the Open Method of Coordination.

The Czech Youth Event will be organised as an international conference of young people and will comprise plenary sessions and working groups. One hundred and twenty young people from all Member states, candidate and EFTA countries as well as international non-governmental youth organizations are expected to attend the conference.

In order to ensure a productive meeting and discussions concerning the above mentioned challenges we hereby kindly invite the representatives of the international youth non-govermental organisations to apply for the “Youth Event on Future EU Youth Policy”, to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 2nd to 5th June 2009.

This Czech Presidency event is organised by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in co-operation with the Czech Council of Children and Youth.

You are kindly requested to fill in the Application form, confirm it by the sending International youth non-govermental organisation. The applicants will be chosen by the following criteria:

  • Be 18 – 30 years;
  • Be active member of the International youth NGO;
  • Be from one of the 27 countries of the EU, candidate or EFTA countries;
  • Has a motivation for the participation at the Youth Event;
  • Since the event requires interactive audience participation, we expect the applicants to be fluent in English which is the event working language.

    Please find attached an Application form. There is no participation fee, the travel costs, subsistence and lodging are covered by the Czech Presidency. More detailed information will be sent to ten successful applicants. All information will be also available on: www.ye2009.cz

    Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to meeting you at this event.

Yours faithfully,

Jan Kocourek

Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports

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