About us
European Youth Parliament Finland (EYP Finland) is a politically independent and educational youth organisation. Our mission is to inspire and empower young Europeans to become open-minded and active citizens.
All activities of EYP Finland are organised by young people to young people. Our main events, called Sessions, are designated to simulate the European Parliament, giving youth the chance to express their opinions. EYP Finland is part of a international EYP network, spanning up to 40 countries.
EYP Finland in numbers
Participants from different countries
EYP Finland's events have participants from 34 different countries each year
Active volunteers
EYP Finland involves 165 young active volunteers
Schools involved
Almost 70 schools across Finland are involved in EYP Finland's activities
EYP Finland
The goal of EYP Finland is to increase youth awareness of Europe and provide opportunities for personal development.
Through our events, we aim to give youth the opportunity to discuss societal issues. Our largest projects include Your European Citizenship project, where hundreds of young people gather in Regional Sessions, as well as Youth's Europe project, where smaller parliamentary simulations are held at schools.
To reach its goals, EYP Finland cooperates, among others, with ministries, other Finnish youth organisations, and the international EYP network.
Board
Eeva Ferrer
President
Oskari Olonen
Vice-President for International Affairs
Henni Juotasniemi
Vice-President for Internal Affairs and Regional Management
Elisabeth Gienapp
Public Relations and Communication
Elizaveta Bugrova
Regional Sessions Coordination
Thy Nguyen
National Session Coordination
Mona Lehto
Human Resources
Jinbo Wan
Treasurer
You may contact all board members via email: forename.surname@eypfinland.org.
Employees
Tuomas Karvonen
Secretary General
Sofia Olin
Project Coordinator for Nuorten Eurooppa
Ninni Issakainen
Secretary General
Alexandra Salo
Office Manager responsible for Financial Matters
You may contact all employees via email: forename.surname@eypfinland.org.
Board
The regional board of EYP Uusimaa handles regional affairs such as school tours, organising informal events and coordinating members of EYP Finland in Uusimaa. To get involved with EYP Uusimaa contact frederick.lalu@eypfinland.org.
The Board:
Frederick Lalu (President)
Taisia Hottola
Saku Leskinen
Leotrim Deliu
Sofianna Kläusler
Kavika Vasanthakumar
Milla Vesa
EYP Uusimaa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eypuusimaa/
Board
The regional board of EYP Tampere handles regional affairs such as school tours, organising informal events and coordinating members of EYP Finland in Tampere. To get involved with EYP Tampere contact maria.karimo@eypfinland.org.
The Board:
Veera Vikman (President)
Nea-Sofia Rikala
Brian Chirio
Julia Palkeinen
Enni Oja
Veera Mertala
Anya Maslova
Nalia Khort
EYP Tampere Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyp_tampere/
Sessions
Sessions are a few day lasting main events of EYP Finland that simulate the activities of the European Parliament. Sessions gather hundreds of young people between ages of 15 and 22 together to discuss and debate on current societal issues.
In Sessions, you get to discuss topics in a small group and develop a Resolution from your solutions, which are debated and voted in the General Assembly. During Sessions you get to learn important teamwork and negotiation skills as well as improve your language skills while meeting new people.
International EYP
The BNC, or Board of National Committees, is a decision-making body, consisting of National Committees such as EYP Finland. It gathers in Berlin twice a year to decide on EYP policies on an international level.
The participants of the BNC meeting represent their own National Committee. At other times, BNC discussion occurs through an email list. BNC Board, which is selected by the National Committees, administrates the BNC.
On an international level, EYP is led by the GB, or Governing Body, which consists of international members. The mandate of each GB member lasts for two years.
Governing Body elections are held every year and active members of EYP can vote in the elections. Each year half of the GB members are elected and half of them have already worked in GB the previous year.
The International Office of EYP, located in Berlin, coordinates and supports the whole EYP network. It works under the Schwarzkopf Foundation.
The staff helps organise International Sessions, supports National Committees, and does fundraising. The International Office employees consists of the Executive Director, Project Managers, Interns and Trainees.
International Sessions are flagship events of the EYP network, held three times a year. The nine-day long Sessions gather around 300 participants. There have been over 80 International Sessions since the first one in 1988.
Each National Committee can send a delegation to an International Session. EYP Finland chooses its delegations to International Sessions from its yearly National Session, and some individual Delegates are chosen through a Wildcard call.
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