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15-18 April Yerevan, Armenia Welcome to FIND 3 15-18 April Yerevan, Armenia Welcome to FIND 3 Call for Delegates 7 The European Youth Parliament and EYP Armenia 8 Topics 10 EYP Forum Methodology 12 Dress code 15 Venues of the Forum 16 Agenda 18 Welcome to FIND Meet the Organizing Team! Sue Greg Avetyan Torosiants Gevorg Alexander Hayrapetyan Yeghiazaryan Kárin Alexandra Gevorgian Banna Sos Anita Badalyan Ayvazyan Ivane Satineh Yesayan Harutyunyan Inna Dav Devkanc Kochar Yura Shakhnazaryan 3 Welcome to FIND Dear participants, Have you ever had a "turning point" in your life? Or is there a specific moment you can point out and say:"That's when it all changed"? Let me share an experience of mine, that will, hopefully, make you understand my passion for EYP and this forum in particular, a little better. 2 years ago EYP was about to hold the IEFA 2014 International Forum. I clearly remember applying to it with no expectations of passing. Nor did I have any idea about what EYP was, how it operated and so on and so forth. I did get selected, that much is clear. I found out about it a day before the actual forum. I remember having so many things to do that day. I was too busy, had a number of things on my to-do list for the day, and at some point I thought I'd never manage to figure all of them out. I was ready to just abandon the thought about my participation. Back to the EYP, back to that crucial choice of stepping back. Not knowing anything or anyone, I just, basically, jumped into the water. Does this bring you any closer to my idea of the moment, when everything changed and the plot got twisted? My point is, don't ever let lack of information, awareness or courage prevent you from trying something that could be so life changing. Was it 2 years ago, when I took my first step in EYP? Or 2 months ago, when I made it my goal to hold this event? Whichever it is, I never once regretted turning EYP into an important part of my life. A little step that I had no idea would make such a drastic and significant change in the future. I promise you will FIND so many amazing people who you wouldn't get to meet otherwise. People, who will later become your EYP family, whether it's to organize an event, participate together, chair or else. These people will impact your life immensely. My advice? Don't think, just jump, in order to FIND that turning point. Sue Avetyan Head Organizer 4 Welcome to FIND Dear participants Recently I’ve got the chance to experience what it means being a Head Organizer, and now I am thankful for the given opportunity. I’ve been an organizer for several times at several forums of EYP Armenia and in each one of them I’ve always been amazed of how the Head Organizers managed to take care of so many things at the same time and stay calm and focused. I’ve been trying to put myself in their position, and I couldn’t imagine me there, but, it is what it is, now I am here, one of the Head Organizers of the upcoming Forum of EYP Armenia – FIND. I would like to try to make you understand how important it is for me to be a Head Organizer of any event, specially my lovely EYP Armenia. The responsibility an organizing team has on it before, during and after any session or event is tremendous and being a Head Organizer means a lot to me. I, specifically talking about myself, don’t think that there is any difference between being an “Organizer” or a “Head Organizer”, organizing team is a team, which I am a member of. For me, an organizing team is the whole group of really precious people, who I am sure, are sort of interesting people for you, and if not, for me they are, there were times where I would sit and think about why would I want to spend my free time on organizing an event for any sort of organization, for example I would think why would I miss classes because of that or spend any time on that, and at those moments, my dearest friends, a lot of amazing memories were passing through my mind, I remembered how good and comfortable I felt when I was participating at an EYP forum as a delegate, how important was the organizing team existence, how much they’ve supported me and how friendly they were to me. Hope, after the FIND forum, you’ll have the same memories that have passed through my mind, and, maybe apply as an organizer for the next session you’ll be able to participate in… Me and my amazing organizing team did, are and will try to do everything perfectly so that all of you guys enjoy it the way you should and will make sure that you’ll #FIND it amazing! Greg Torosiants Head Organizer 5 Welcome to FIND Dear Participants, I'm Raffi Elliott a canadian-born hiberno-armenian and have been living and working in Yerevan since 2011. Initially a research fellow for the Brussels-based think-tank, European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA), I have since founded my own technology startup, GetTreated.co and completed a Masters in Political Science from the American University of Armenia (AUA) in 2015. I have been a participating member of EYP Armenia since the beginning, and represented Armenia as a delegate at the 75th International Session in Riga, Latvia. He have also served as President for the PRESS regional session in Dilijan, Committee Chair at IEFA 2015. Most recently, I accompanied the Armenian delegation to the 81st International Session in Belfast & Dublin. I have dedicated a lot of my time to EYP and have been inspired by the creative and determined nature of Armenia's youth. I welcome the chance to work with young future-leaders of Armenia once again this April. Raffi Elliotte President of the Forum 6 Call for Delegates We are thrilled to inform you that the Financial Innovations for National Development (FIND) EYP Forum will take place on 15-18th , April 2016 in Yerevan, Armenia. The forum will be organized in cooperation with Central Bank of Armenia in the scope of "My Financial Month" project. Around 60 delegates from 6 Universities of Armenia will gather together to brainstorm, discuss diverse topics in their respective committees, challenge each other and themselves, get to know various perspectives and see matters a bit differently. It is our pleasure to open the call for the delegates from the Yerevan State University, American University of Armenia, French University Foundation in Armenia, Armenian State University of Economics , Russian-Armenian University, Armenian National Agrarian University. Apply to the Forum to: Meet awesome and creative enthusiasts; Get the chance to be selected to participate in the EYP International Forum in July and further more represent Armenia in International Session of Rennes, France; Have chance to meet professional experts and listen to their opinion; Get practical knowledge in the field you study; Give your vote to the resolutions and bills you are supporting. 7 The European Youth Parliament and EYP Armenia The European Youth Parliament (EYP, www.eyp.org) is a non-partisan and independent educational project which is tailored specifically to the needs of the young European citizen. The EYP encourages independent thinking and socio-political initiative in young people and facilitates the learning of crucial social and professional skills. Since its inauguration, in 1987, tens of thousands of young people have taken part in regional, national and international sessions, formed friendships, pondered over urgent issues of Europe, proposed solutions, made international contact across and beyond borders. Today the EYP is one of the largest European platforms for political educational work and the exchange of ideas among young people in Europe and has been granted patronage from Thorbjorn Jagland (Secretary General of the Council of Europe), Martin Schulz (President of the European Parliament), Jose Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission), and many other outstanding figures in the European politics. The EYP consists of a network of more than 41 European associations and organisations which target to empower the young people through the involvement in the decision-making process. The EYP Armenia has been established and recognised as a full member of the European Youth Parliament network in December of 2012. Since then our delegates have taken part in numerous regional sessions, international forums, and got involved in various projects with the most recent being 2nd Edition of International EYP Forum in Armenia, DECODE International Forum of EYP Armenia on "Democratic Citizenship: Obtaining, Developing, Empowering", 2nd National Selection Conference, etc. Overall, EYP Armenia has implemented 25 projects which involved around 3000 young people, hosted 400 foreign students from 68 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas and Australia and 45 volunteers from Armenia, Georgia, Sweden, Romania, Austria, Czech Republic. 7 The European Youth Parliament and EYP Armenia The 2nd International EYP Forum in Armenia (IEFA) on “Democratic Citizenship Obtaining, developing, empowering”, which took place on May 21-28 and gathered 250 participants from 52 countries of 5 continents. IEFA launched by Opening Ceremony at Municipality of Yerevan on May 21st. Furthermore, it comprised Euro Village, Committee Work in 10 committees, Euro Concert, General Assembly, Committee Tours, visiting Wings of Tatev, etc. In the scope of IEFA 7 Armenian Delegates were recognized the best and will represent us at Leipzig 80th International Session of the European Youth Parliament.
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