Congrats!
- the winning poster
And the winner is...
Over the past few months, people could vote here for their favorite “Vote for Europe” poster developed by the Young Ideas for Europe participants during the last year. With a clear majority of votes the poster designed by the students of Gymnázium of Jura Hronca Bratislava, Slovakia came off as winner. The poster was created during their project week in 2009, and stressed the responsibility of the young voters as well as their potential to change our common future by casting a vote in the European election.
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News
22.12.09 Young Ideas for Europe invited by World Business Council for Sustainable Developement"
Three Swedish representatives of Young Ideas for Europe took part in this year's Business Day of the Geneva-based World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in Kopenhagen on December 11, 2009.
What was the event all about? Global Business Day is a yearly gathering of global...
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17.12.09 Margot Wallström: "It was the young people who asked the best questions!"
"As usual!" the Vice-President of the European Commission remarked, after listening to the demands of the youth representatives - among them participants of Young Ideas for Europe who took part in the international conference "Sustaining People and the Planet: a Fair Deal in...
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10.12.09 Live from the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen: European youth call for a climate-friendly energy policy
At the start of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, young participants from the Young Ideas for Europe initiative took part in the conference “Sustaining People and the Planet: A Fair Deal in Copenhagen” in the Swedish city of Malmö, and discussed their vision of a climate-friendly...
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Welcome to "Young Ideas for Europe"!
Through the Young Ideas for Europe initiative, we are giving young people from across the European Union the opportunity to play an active role in the European decision making process.
- Christian Hänel
Enthusiasm for the European Idea; interaction and exchange across borders; forging a common understanding among citizens – these are goals we must not let out of our sights, lest the process of European integration come to a standstill. It is particularly important to motivate and mobilize young people to take part in this process, to develop their own concepts and visions for a peaceful Euroepan coexistence. Young people are not suffering from Europe- or political-fatigue. Quite the contrary! But they do need the opportunity and the space to participate, to debate and above all to be heard. >> more
About
What is "Young ideas for Europe"?
Young Ideas for Europe is an initiative of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, realized by IFOK, which inspires young people between the ages of 15 and 18 years to actively shape Europe’s political, economic and social future by giving them not only a forum, but a true voice in European politics.
In 2008, the project’s first year of implementation, over 600 young people in 6 countries participated in a dialogue over the course of 26 weeks.
In 2009 and 2010, more than 1,000 young people from all over Europe will formulate a common “Action Plan: New Energy for Europe”. The core of the initiative is a 4-day workshop, during which young people will debate and develop their ideas for energy policy and climate change together with guidance from experts from across the political spectrum, as well as participants in other European countries.
