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Young Ideas for Europe at Conference on Education in Sweden
Young Ideas for Europe was invited to take part in the Conference on Education for Sustainable Development: "EU as Global Actor" in Lund, in connection with the Swedish EU-Presidency. On September 29th Sara Engström and Anna Svensson, two participants in the Swedish Young Ideas for Europe project week, presented the initiative and their ideas for a climate-friendly European energy policy to conference participants hailing from over 30 countries. The conference was aimed at examining education for sustainable development (ESD), as well as the European Union's role in promoting ESD as part of the European lifelong learning programme.
In their speech, Anna and Sara explained the initiative, and expressed confidence in their future: "We came up with a lot of creative ideas on how to solve environmental issues. It made me realize that there is hope for the future, there are so many things we can do to save the earth! ...The fact that we knew that some of Europe’s leading politicians would hear our ideas made it feel a lot more serious, but also a lot more fun."
The conference was organised by, amongst others, UNESCO, The International Programme Office for Education and Training and the City of Lund. Hans Ljungqvist (The International Programme Office for Education and Training ), one of the lead organisers, was impressed: "Having the Young Ideas for Europe students at the conference was very enriching for the conference as a whole. Young ideas for Europe was the only truly European, concrete project! Moreover, since the students presented the project themselves, we were able to see a youth perspective on how Europe can be brought into the classroom."
The participation of Young Ideas for Europe in this conference was only one of several events planned in the context of the Swedish EU-Presidency. More information on upcoming activities will be found here shortly.
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