updates from the 71st international session
The resolutions of Amsterdam2012 were sent to the European Commission, European Parliament, the Council of Europe, and many national institutions throughout Europe. Today, the organisers of Amsterdam2012 received a response from European Commission Vice-President for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani. You may download this letter from the European Commission here. More information on the Commissioner...
The 71st International Session of the European Youth Parliament has been a great success, and below you may download some of its most important results: the resolution booklets (in English and French). The resolutions are currently presented to the European Commission, European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the session partners and other organisations. Some of...
AkzoNobel kindly hosted the Amsterdam 2012 theme night at the Rijksmuseum – the National Museum of the Netherlands in Amsterdam. The event started with speeches on leadership in the business world by Tex Gunning (a member of the board of AkzoNobel) and by a speech from Roel Jansen on political leadership in the Eurozone and...
If you want to read more about Amsterdam2012 in Dutch or French, you can find articles on our conference on the website of Presseurop (www.presseurop.eu), one of our mediapartners. Together with these partners, Amsterdam 2012 and the European Youth Parliament work to further spread the ideas from the young parliamentarians at the International Session. For...
The General Assembly of the 71st International Session is taking place today and tomorrow. The 300 youngsters will debate and discuss with each other the resolutions that they have previously written. You can also follow their debates by following this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/eyp-barlaeus2010-2011-finals
The resolution booklet of the 71st International Session of the European Youth Parliament in Amsterdam is to be found using the following link. In the booklet, the resolutions can be found that the committees wrote during their Committee Work. They are being discussed in the General Assembly as of today.
Tomorrow, Spui25 will host us for the press conference of Amsterdam2012. For more information, the programme and to sign up, please follow this link. We look forward to seeing you there tomorrow, and look forward to answering any questions you have on the resolutions, our project in Amsterdam and the European Youth Parliament in general!...
The website of the Media Team has been launched! On this site, you can find all their output and material. Take a look, for example, at the first issue of the newspaper, or the first video! http://amsterdamedia.eu/
The Rhetorica debate club, situated in Maastricht, will be visiting the session to give an extensive workshop on debating. Delegates will be informed about topics such as speeching, finding the core-clash and forming an argument. The main trainer is Hanneke Bermans (NL), who is a World Finalist in Debating, won best European speaker and debated...
Today, on the 2nd of November 2012, the 71st International Session of the European Youth Parliament is about to start. For all questions relating to travel difficulties, or in case you need help from the organisation, please do contact the Session Hotline on +31-6-51484410. It is also possible to contact the delegate support team on delegates@amsterdam2012.eu....
The Dutch newspaper ‘Het Parool’ published an interview with Zahra Runderkamp (responsible for media) and Pelle Koppen and Hester van der Laan (both part of the Dutch delegation). If you can read Dutch, a photo of the article can be found below:
Oscar Stenbom (SE) explores the causes of the European banking crisis in his article ‘The Muddled Tale of European Banking’, which appeared today in the first issue of the official newspaper of Amsterdam2012. This newspaper is written by a press team of 15 journalists, two editorial assistants and one editor, and actively seeks to contribute to...
