1.Old Fashioned

the book of knowledge

7 April

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Index

Editors:Mariela Apostolaki

Manto Souvatzidaki

Editorial Assistants:Theodoropoulos DionysiosPapadogeorgopoulos Fotis

Journalists:Goula Konstantina

Gigelos JohnGrigoriadis GeorgeKoukou Katerina

Mylona EmyPalma Gaia

Ringström GeorgeSelmer Nina Cathrine

Van Leeuwen BasVidvei Nini

Mandersloot Mattho

The previous editorial mentioned elements of EYP... this one as the paper itself will focus on one of them: knowl-edge!!! We won't delve into the importance of knowledge; the word limit would allow nothing but generalities. The issue you are holding is your last chance before com-mittee work to find out things about your topic and one of the many chances you will have to learn things about your chairs... We will not try to be inspirational since we firmly believe that the work of our journalists is. We will just be practical... You will all spend many hours in your committee room tomorrow so you might as well benefit from it. You will not often be given the chance to just express your own opinion on matters such the ones you will be discussing in committee work knowing that your voice will not only be heard but will also matter. Ooops! This is starting to resemble prep talk and we were not aiming for that. You will find all the inspiration you need just by taking a close look around you! We will be here to create memories out of your every move or at least that is what we aspire to do...

That's all folksMariela & Manto

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ContentsTopics:

4 // INTA & ENVI

5 // AFET & EMPL

6 // JURI & REGI

7 // ITRE

8 // LIBE

9 // ITRE II & TRAN

10 // TIAGO CORREIA MACHADO

12 // Chairs

Bye Bye Monkeys . . . .

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INTAE-commerceby Bas van Leeuwen

In an age of increasing use of electronic devices to make our lives easier, a pro-cess which really started in the midst 20th century, grants one many more possibilities. Even in the world of com-merce everything is done via the in-ternet now, consumers no longer have to walk down the street to obtain their goods, no, a flip of the wrist is all that it takes to have someone deliver every-thing you order on the internet directly at your home. Nowadays it is possible as well to pay via the internet using your bank pass and a generated token. All of this has happened since the very first internet shop was invented in 1979 in America! This of course does bring some risk, since contemporary society is facing huge problems with internet crime, everything you click once will be remembered for ever and cybercriminals are more than willing to take advantage of this, it proved easy to plummet one’s bank account and even easier to hack into all one’s accounts on any site. There-fore, with the first cybercrime emerging, the first crime-fighting policies were also enacted, for instance in America, the Federal Trade Commission established a department regarding electronic com-merce, which fore mostly was aimed at reducing the amounts of ‘unfair’ ad-vertisements in the online shops (the one’s saying “you have won a iPhone”). At the same time the direct marketing via the use of e-mail was also contained, which followed up to a number of cases brought to trial in the US. Sadly though, in Europe this is enforced on a smaller scale and often not well coordinated, hence the number of advertisements a young person sees on daily bases is es-timated to be around 3000 (!), with half of them being on the internet and quite deceiving.

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on obesityby Gaia Palma

Have you ever heard the saying you are what you eat? In some sense, this is true, because if you eat unhealthy foods you are prone to becoming un-healthy. In recent years numerous people seem to have forgotten that; un-healthy diets and physical inactivity are major causes of avoidable illness-es and premature death in Europe and the increasing prevalence of obe-sity has become one of the main pub-

lic health problems.Its commonness has tripled in many countries of the European Region since the 1980s, and the numbers of those affected continue to rise at an alarming rate.To encourage a healthier lifestyle, in November 2008 the Agriculture Council of the European Com-mission adopted the “School Fruit Scheme”, which provides pupils with fruit and vegetables, with the inten-tion of promoting healthy food con-sumption by children. Furthermore, the scheme requires from the participating Member States to set up strategies including educational and awareness-raising initiatives.European funds worth 90 million Euros, combined with national and private funds in those Member States that choose to make use of the programme,finance the project.Another problem to eradicate is the intake of greasy foods; to discourage this an increasing number of Europe-an countries is considering imposing taxes on unhealthy food.In September 2011 Denmark has in-troduced the first “fat tax” in Europe, that is to say a surcharge on foods which contain more than 2.3% satu-rated fat such as cream, cheese, but-ter, meat, oil, chocolate and pizza.Several debates about this issue have taken place.Doctors recognise the importance of such measures in order to improve country diets.Not only does obesity expose to seri-ous pathologies as diabetes, cardio-vascular and respiratory diseases and some forms of cancer, but it also has psychological repercussions as low self-esteem and depression.On the other hand, some think that fat-taxes are discriminatory and inef-fective.

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AFETIran’s nuclear program: a dispute over the international security threat or a strategy

game over territory and national control ?By Konstantina Goula

Iran’s refusal to declare sensitive enrich-ment and reprocessing activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency has recently caused tense debates. En-richment may target in producing uranium for reactor fuel or at higher levels to produce nuclear weapons. Con-sequently, USA argues that Iran, as a Middle Eastern nation run by a post-rev-olutionary government is aiming to de-velop weapons using nuclear material threatening international security and leading to the exacerbation of terrorist attacks. Therefore, the IAEA Board of

Governors reported Iran’s non compli-ance with its safeguards agreement to the UN Security council that demanded Iran to suspend the enrichment activi-ties.However, Iran supports that the enrich-ment level being less than 5 per cent, is consistent with fuel for a civilian nu-clear plant used to provide electricity of low cost on a large scale, rendering Iran an independent nation regarding energy production. The pressure imposed by the USA to prevent the implementation of the program, resorted to Iran’s secrecy on their plans, since they considered ar-rogant the persistence of the West pow-ers to intervene in the internal politics of the country and deprive them of their right to develop peaceful nuclear tech-nologies.Taking into consideration the frame-work of international agreements signed by Iran and especially the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), we observe that USA and its allies adopt double

standards in their political line. Contra-ry to what has been argued, the respon-sibility for identifying non compliance rests not with the BOG but with the in-spectors and the general director, none of whom have ever reported Iran’s vio-lation of the NPT. Another point worth mentioning is that the dossier should be referred to UNSC only if a breach has occurred to ‘’further any military pur-pose’’. However, the IAEA has certified time and again that none has occurred in Iran’s case.Moreover, the western powers have agreed to transfer their nuclear tech-nology to Saudi Arabia and India and didn’t prevent Pakistan from developing a nuclear program. Additionally, they supported Israel in its quest for nuclear weapons. They have also not opposed to agreements between Egypt and Rus-sia as well as between Oman and Russia regarding the construction of nuclear re-actors in Iran’s vicinity.

EMPLYouth unemployment in the EUby John Gigelos

The global financial crisis in the 2008 had some serious effects on EU economy. Many of its members and especially the ones that have weaker economies faced the crisis on an unprecedented scale. One of its “victims” is young people. Youth unemploy-ment rates suggest that this is one of the most serious situations that EU has to face.

Youth unemployment rate in the EU was twice as high as the overall unemployment rate. One out of five young people remains jobless in Europe. EU members like Spain or Lithuania have reached rates over 35%! In light of these statistics of unemploy-ment in the EU; education seems to be a way out. The more educational skills young people have the lower the rates of unem-ployment. To be more accurate, unemployment rates amongst people of higher education qualification drop to 4,9% which shows that if EU takes measures in order to provide more educational skills to young people things can become better.

In that direction, Europe has embarked on a new project named “agenda for new skills and job” which is part of the EU overall 2020 strategy. Its main goal is to provide young people the proper education in order to create a more flexible and capable workforce to-gether with a better environment for job creation and working conditions. This is not an easy task. In order to achieve EU employment target of 75% working a population(which is part of the 2020 strategy) what steps should the European Commission make towards that goal?

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JURIGenes and Laws…By George Grigoriadis

The last few years the scientific field has been facing a groundbreaking fact: the substantial in-crease of the genetic tests. The scientists, even from a small sample of tissue, can map clients’ genome and analyze it for possible variations of genes. Of course this phenomenon, due to its importance, is multifaceted.To begin with, behind those genetic tests there are many scientific and technological break-throughs. The ability of mapping the human genome can lead scientists to link individual genes to certain diseases. Changes

on DNA as well as genetic therapy have the potential to prevent serious and many times hereditary dis-eases. On the other hand, the danger that the results of the genetic tests will be misused lurks. Access to DNA data bases could bring the risk of discrimi-nation in the workplace and insurance. Further-more, it is possible that ethical and social issues will derive from genetic testing.Until now, genetic testing represents simultaneously a subject of intense policy debates, involving sectors as diverse as research, edu-cation, employment, inter-

national trade and, more generally, human rights. This subject has been debated at international as well as European level. As far as the last is concerned, recent work took place at the European Parliament, at the Council of Europe, at the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies and at the OECD through discussing about Human Genetics.Although the efforts for international regulation have not been effective, the aforementioned discus-sions have led to some important texts such as the European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine as well as the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights. In every case, European Union should seriously take them

into account. Moreover, EU, in cooperation with national policies, should find ways to use the results of genetic tests for humanitarian purposes and ensure that the DNA data bases won’t be used for illegal and immoral purposes.Finally, the importance of genetic testing could be concluded in this phrase: “Seeing the results of your genome test is like seeing the cards you’ve been dealt by Nature. Once you know the cards, you can develop the most effective strategy to play out your hand.” http://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/pdf/genetic_testing_eur20446.pdf http://www.opendemocracy.net/theme_9-genes/article_1390.jsp

REGIEU division- a threat to the Union?

by George Ringstrom

In these times of financial instability solutions are desperately sought in order to stabilize the econo-mies of the EU member states and in particular the financially most volatile ones such as Greece, Spain and Portugal. Emergency loans have been given to several of these countries with the requisite that they implement extreme austerity measures in or-der to reduce the public debt. These austerity meas-ures have been composed by the member states paying the loans. Remarkable is that whilst the north of Europe has recovered fairly well from the 2008 global financial crisis, most of the southern Union member states still struggle. A completely new scenario has now therefore evolved where a division has arisen between the economically stronger north and the weaker south. For a long time this financial discrepancy has ex-isted, but it was not until all the states were united under a common currency that it became evident. Now that question is how the monetary union and the European Union as a whole should cope with this growing divergence.Many voices have been raised advocating a cur-rency division between the northern countries and the southern ones. This would give back some of the competitive force to the southern states as the

southern Euro would have a lower exchange rate than the northern one. With a weaker currency, the states of the south would be able to increase export and hopefully increase sovereign productivity. On the downside however, a weaker currency would drastically increase the prices of imported goods. This could threaten the rate of inflation and in a worst-case scenario throw the southern countries into an even deeper financial crisis.A vital difference between many of these south-ern nations and their northern equivalents is the level of bureaucracy that surrounds taxation and entrepreneurial activity. There is a strong correla-tion between a nation’s ability to ease the process of creating a company or paying taxes and its rate of productivity. What the southern countries have shown to lack is an efficient bureaucratic system. To improve this process would probably mean a great enhancement to the productivity of the coun-try.Whatever the means are, it is essential for the pro-ductivity and financial stability of the southern re-gions of the European Union to improve in order to avoid the nightmare scenario of segregation be-tween the two halves of the Union.

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ITREInvesting in the future…By Emy Mylona

No one can deny that the existence of Small and Medium Enterprises in each state’s economy are of utmost importance. According to OECD’s data, SMEs account for 60%-70% of employment, therefore, it shouldn’t be a sign of exaggeration to argue that they are the backbone of economy.

Now, let’s examine the current issue from a youth angle. Before we do that, though, it is essential to define exactly the object of our interest: youth entrepreneurship. One accurate definition describes it as a “practical application of enterprising qualities, such as initiative, innovation, creativity, and risk-taking into the work environment (either in self-employment or employment in small start-up firms), using the appropriate skills necessary for success in that environment and culture”. It goes without saying that the benefits of this are innumerable: the creation of more jobs, the admission of young people in the economic mainstream, revitalization of the economy, innovation and personal gain, to name but a few.

If you think about it, you already know some successful young entrepreneurs such as Mark Zucker-berg or Blake Ross and David Hyatt, the creators of Mozilla

However, unlike those examples, youth entrepreneurship faces a whole lot of challenges. Lack of start-up finance, inadequate entrepreneurial programs, excessive red tape and general absence of expertise are some of the pieces that complete the puzzle of the problematic, still, sector of youth entrepreneurship. If we take Canada as a source of numbers, a study by the Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centers shows that initial capital is the main concern of young people as 46% used personal savings and 38% received money from family or friends. As a result, they resort to fund-ing programs, which are not easily accessible as there isn’t a centralized resource which would help to better organize the assistance given.

We do, nevertheless, want to look on the bright side of it, so a reference should be made to current programs and schemes for youth entrepreneurship, such as the “Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs”, the “G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance” and the “European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs”.

Links:http://labsel.pesarosviluppo.it/Modules/ContentManagment/Uploaded/CMItemAttachments/Developing%20entrepreneurial%20characteris-tics%20in%20youth.pdfftp://ns1.ystp.ac.ir/YSTP/1/1/ROOT/DATA/PDF/ENTREPRENEURSHIP/OECD.PDFhttps://www.usasbe.org/knowledge/proceedings/proceedingsDocs/USASBE2001proceedings-063.pdfftp://ns1.ystp.ac.ir/YSTP/1/1/ROOT/DATA/PDF/ENTREPRENEURSHIP/P157Deyglio.pdfftp://ns1.ystp.ac.ir/YSTP/1/1/ROOT/DATA/PDF/ENTREPRENEURSHIP/RE-008.PDFhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/03/prweb5141264.htmhttp://delvisionaries.com/Statistics.htmlhttp://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/entrepreneurship-and-economic-recovery.aspxhttp://www.childtrends.org/Files/OutcomesYouthEntrepreneurship.pdfhttp://www.yes.be/index.php/about/historyhttp://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/49256/fan.pdfhttp://www.oecd.org/about/0,3347,en_2649_34197_1_1_1_1_1,00.htmlhttp://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1448848http://valutazione2003.stat.unipd.it/pdf/wp/WP_01.pdfhttp://www.career.tuc.gr/downloads/youngentrepreneurs.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20_Young_Entrepreneurs_Alliancehttp://www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu/http://ideas.repec.org/p/idb/brikps/43458.htmlhttp://archive.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/oee/youth/index.htmlhttp://yesweb.org/gkr/res/bg.entrep.ta.doc

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LIBERight-Wing Extremism; From a Norwegian Perspective

Nina Cathrine Selmer

In a time where one should think that multiculturalism is more widely accepted and cherished than ever, right-wing extremism is flourishing in Europe. One may think that it is only in small societies

this is happening, and that it does not have an influence to an average European citizen’s life, until it hits you harder than you could ever have imagined. The 22nd of July 2011, 77 people were brutally killed in Oslo and at the island Utøya. How does one explain this? Norway is an accepting country

with a, in many ways, successful multicultural society, and an incident like this was something that shook the whole country to its core.

When it comes to right-wing extremism and xenophobia, it is a matter not only for the government, but also for the whole population. Which values you choose and in which direction you go affects not only you, but the people around you. After the 22nd of July, the Norawegian people showed the world

that Anders Behring Breivik could not destroy the society we knew and loved. We wanted to answer him with showing more openness, tolerance and love. But still, our society was an open one, and it

was this that made the terror attacks possible. So where is the line between an isolated and closed society and an unsafe and naïve one?

In many countries, there are political parties that call themselves right wing, but the society considers them to be extremists. Some of these parties have acquired a number of supporters over the last years,

or even months. Europe is now in the midst of a financial crisis, and many are turning to extreme solu-tions in a desperate attempt to maintain hope. But even so, here in Norway we had no issue with such

a party, and a threat from such a group seemed unlikely. But still, there it was. Now Europe has seen enough of the hatred and irrational actions of this sort, and we need to move into a new era of more

tolerance, love and openness than ever. The question is, how?

Links:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14316670

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-24/world/norway.terror.manifesto_1_terror-attacks-manifesto-marxists?_s=PM:WORLDhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017851/Norway-attacks-gunman-Anders-Behring-Breivik-right-wing-extremist-hated-Muslims.html

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,776985,00.html

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ITRE IIThe roadmapby Nini Vidvei

February 7th, in Brussels, the European Commission and the Danish Presidency co-hosted a conference focusing on the future en-ergy situation of Europe. The European Union is finding ways to deal with a future full of energy challenges.The Director-General for Energy, Philip Lowe, introduced the conference. He explained that the energy mix that people often talk about is not just a mix of energy itself, but also other factors. “It’s a mix of markets, public policies, security of supply and sustain-ability. It’s a mix between the short-term and the long-term, with very heavy investments. It’s networked, so that parts of networks also affect other parts. Energy is also traditionally a part of national policy for security of supply reasons, but there is an increasingly supranational dimension (...)” By this, Philip Lowe summed up why energy is a complex challenge. Energy can be viewed from a technological perspective, an economic perspective and a political perspective. During the conference, the risks and uncertainty connected to investing in environmentally friendly energy were discussed. Al-though one of the speakers called renewable energy “One of the most promising industries right now”, many businesses and in-dustries view it as too risky. Investing in energy has market risks, political risks and technological risks. The EU has to find ways to make future investments in energy safer. Among the speakers at the conference was Johannes Meier, the Chief Executive Officer of the European Climate Foundation (ECF). “Right from the start we need to take action to avoid pitfall and lock-ins” Meier stated. The organization he represents, the ECF, has been one of the main contributors to the energy plan “Power Perspectives 2030”. The document, which was launched in 2011, says that it is both independent and objective. It focuses on how the European power sector should develop in order to reach 100% de-carbonisation by 2050. If this is going to happen, Power Perspectives 2030 states that it is vital that the transition accelerates towards 2050. During the decade after 2020, the investments in low-carbon generation have to be approximately doubled. The politicians and experts that met in Brussels on February 7th were aware of the challenges that the EU is facing in relation to the European power sector. Still, they were not pessimistic. In problems lie solutions.

http://www.sonnenseite.com/News,Power+Perspectives+2030+–+On+the+road+to+a+decarbonised+power+sector,80,a20577.htmlhttp://www.eubusiness.com/Members/climateanswers/ecf.11-11-10http://strongopinions.org/ccs-policy-is-the-balance-right/http://www.pik-potsdam.de/research/sustainable-solutions/research/ClimatePolicies/recipe-groupspace/working-papers/recipe-synthesis-reporthttp://downloads.theccc.org.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/4th%20Budget/4th-Budget_Chapter6.pdfhttp://ec.europa.eu/energy/events/20120207_roadmap2050_en.htmhttp://webcast.ec.europa.eu/eutv/portal/_v_fl_300_en/player/index_player.html?id=14133&pId=14126http://ec.europa.eu/energy/events/20120207_roadmap2050_en.htmhttp://www.europeanclimate.org/en/about-ushttp://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy2020/roadmap/doc/com_2011_8852_en.pdfhttp://www.roadmap2050.eu/attachments/files/PowerPerspectives2030_FullReport.pdfhttp://www.roadmap2050.eu/pp2030

TRAN By Catherine Koukou

It is a fact that people who live in big ,dense populated, and crowded cities are sick of many things, the most irritating of which are the pollution and the urban transportation. Sultry and chucky atmosphere, polluted air and smell of “fresh” gas are only some of the factors that make their lives unbearable. In addition to all these every single day they have to deal with traffic jams, lack of parking places and crowded public means of transport. Furthermore except for common sense, there are official reports and numerous articles that underline the connection between air pollution and citizen’s habits regarding trans-portation. For example it is the report 'Transport at a crossroads', the annual publication from the EEA's Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM) which points out the impact of transportation on environment. In addition to this the “World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen” further analyzes the connection among health, environment and transport.

http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/87573/E72015.pdf http://www.transportenvironment.org/browse/policy-area/transport-policy http://www.transportenvironment.org/campaigning-smarter-and-more-sustainable-transport.

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And Now.... Tiago Correia Machado-How old are you?I’m 25, dangerously closing in on 26.

- Where do you come from and where do you currently live?Lisbon, Portugal.

- What’s your occupation?I’m a Teacher’s Assistant in the morning, a Master’s student in the afternoon. Kind of living a double life. How superhero-ish, right?

- Where do you see yourself in ten years?In 2022? (Laughs.) Not sure. Since the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon and the introduction of the EEAS, the diplomatic career has lost some of its appeal. Still, that’s my most likely option. So, yes: all going according to my not-too-strict plan, by 2022, I’ll be a diplomat.

- In your spare time except for attending EYP sessions what else do you do?(Laughs) Free time, you say? No, you’re right. Most of it is spent at EYP sessions – a great way of meeting both old and new friends and travelling around Europe. Hard as it is, though, I still try to dedicate as much time as I can to my ‘real-life’ friends and my family. If I’m really lucky, sometimes I’ll have time left to go out for dinner or drinks or just do something mildly cultural. Mildly.

- Could you quote something that inspires you?One of the most inspirational quotes I can think of is by Goethe and, in a sense, it inspires me not to do or be. Roughly translat-ed: “the heights draw us, but not the steps that take us there; with eyes set on the moon, we'll gladly walk the prairies.” Tie that in with Gandhi’s “be the change you want to see in the world” and you’ll have arrived at my life philosophy.

- In how many sessions have you participated? More than thirty? Yes, definitely.

- Is this your first session as a President?In Greece? Sure. (Laughs.) Otherwise, no, not really.

- During the officials’ teambuilding most of the games had a reference either to super powers or superheroes. Do you read a lot of comic books?I used to, when I was about nine. Then I discovered adventure novels. Nowadays, I unfortunately read much less than I’d like to.

- Who’s your favourite superhero?There’s only one superhero: Bru… Batman!

- Apart from your super power to go on with only a few hours of sleep, what other abilities would you like to possess?Hum, tricky one. The ability to stop time – or stretch it –, I think.

-What makes EYP conferences memorable and what makes you attend sessions and go through with so few sleeping hours?Many different things make sessions memorable. The people, the places, the little stories be-hind and attached to each of those. The lots-of-work-and-nearly-no-sleep thing is also part of what makes it memorable. I usually say of myself that I live faster than most people (because of how long I sometimes stay awake). At EYP sessions, I think I live twice as fast. Ultimately, though, I do it for the Delegates.

- We, EYPers, are interesting people and we tend to create strong bonds to each other, are your best friends EYPers as well?Yes, we do and yes, some of them are. With that I mean they’re people I’ve met at EYP ses-sions, not ‘previous’ friends who’re also involved in EYP. No, no… those don’t exist.

- I would like you to tell me your greatest hope and fear from the session and what are you going to do for them.Hum. My greatest hope is that everyone goes home with a huge sense of achievement, a load of PED and a big smile on their faces. The greatest fear is that they don’t. What will I do about it? I’ll walk more than just the ‘prairies’, as often and as far as I possibly can, to make sure all the participants get exactly what they need – and more. Just like now, when I’m done typing my reply to this interview... at 06:51 AM. ;)

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Achilles Platanitis: A giant with a tender heartAchilles named after a greek hero of ancient times is one of the great-est guys I have ever met metaphori-cally and literally. He is only 18 years old and he studies electric computer engineering (Woot!). He loves basketball and plays in an amateur team! He hangs around with friends and he NEVER wants to see old Greek cinema because he HATES it! He has been in the EYP for 2 years now and has taken part in seven conferences. He loves dogs but he hates nudging so people... Be careful! His favorite phrase is “hap-piness in intelligent people is one of the rarest things I know”

Mara Dona: The MOMMara is 22 years old and she studies law in the University of Athens. She likes to chill in da house and watch movies-series especially the ones that have to do with British humor or Stanley Kubrick or both. She also likes beer and good food. I asked about her EYP experience and she informed that she has participated in 1500 conferences and has beaten up Chuck Norris

Take a German and a Greek, add the good looks, two lovely smiles, great enthusiasm and there you have the amazing chairs of ENVI!

This is Lorenz and his 20 years of age! He enjoys playing football and handball and after doing that, he likes sitting down and playing his piano.He studies politics and has been in EYP since 2008, being an organiser a lot of times.Lorenz is colour blind, and that’s probably why he couldn’t solve my Rubik’s cube...

Despina says he is cooperative, help-ful and taller than her (but only ap-parently!).

And here we have Despina! This gorgeous chemistry student is 19 years old and notably excited about being a chair for the first time; she has very high expectations about the session and her commit-tee, so don’t let her down!Despina has done ballet and salsa and just generally loves dancing.

Lorenz says she is enthusiastic, strong and emotional.

Inside ITRE I‘s Heads

While those two lovely people are get-ting ready to rock the GA with their committee, they found some time to answer a few questions so as to get to know them better. I now present you the two Chairs of ITRE I, Julie and Panos!

1. If I could describe myself using three adjectives, these would be…Julie: …clumsy, impulsive and difficult (or weird).Panos: … handsome, witty and, above all, modest.

2. What I like most about EYP is…J: …the fact that a large amount of youngsters (including me) develop themselves on a practical and social level through EYP sessions.P: … people.

3. In 10 years from now, I will…J: …be an astronaut and discover a planet where I’ll live with my family, friends and my own chocolate factory.P: …. end up doing dirty things, either in jail or at university.

EMPL ENVI ITRE i

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“The Best of Both Worlds”- Hannah Montana

In my native language Swedish the word REGI is used in theatre and movie making and means “to direct”. This seems fitting, as that is precisely what the two chairs of the committee will do – direct. And what a more diverse couple of direc-tors could there ever have been?

Ilias, or Liakos as is his real name, has some previous EYP-experience with a few sessions as a delegate and a couple as part of the official’s team. This will, however, be his first greater session working as a chair, and that is why he is truly thank-ful to have been paired up with the lovely Latvian Indra.

You see, Indra is indisputably one of this session’s most experienced chairs. With an EYP-record reaching further back than the birth of the delegates, she could have them put together a resolution in her sleep. However, that will, of course, not be the case. She will be awake. Most of the time… And if she, or any dele-gate, were to feel sleepy, Ilias would not hesitate to play an energizer game. If it were up to him, the entire session would consist of energizers. We therefore look forward to seeing Ilias as a head organizer of the next Greek national session.

Interviewing AFET’s chairs: Tell me Kosti, which is the worst experience that you had during your EYP career?

Kostis: It was back in 2009 in the International Session of Helsinki. It was the period when the H1N1 flu had spread and I was infected. I was transferred to the hospital; however, the people responsible informed us that they couldn’t hold us because we were under 18. I was transferred back to the hostel where I spent 40 hours sleeping, so I lost all the activities of the teambuilding and I was suffering from fever for over a month after the session came to an end. Alex, could you please reveal to us the 3 most special characteristics of your personality?Alex: I am self-confident, sensitive and I set goals in my life

Finally, can you share with us some spicy details of the best EYP session you have ever attended?Alex: In 2009 I attended Iberian Forum as a delegate. I made a love confession to a French girl and she denied. How-ever, the departure day, an English girl followed me till the bus and expressed her love to me. The awkward moment was she looking at me through the window, forming hearts.

REGI AFET

TRANAnd now TRAN’s chairpersons: Dominic Degen from Switzerland and Maria Oikonomou from Greece are here to introduce themselves.

Q: I am….. M: 22 years old, actually, in a month, 23.D: 23 years old.

Q: I study….M: Law at National and Kapodistri-an University of Athens.D: Eastern European Studies at Uni-versity of Basel.

Q: My hobbies are…M: Travelling, music, literature and ice skating. I have spent 6 months in Paris through my Erasmus.D: Travelling, literature, movies and learning foreign languages. In par-ticular I speak English, French, Ger-man, Russian and Czech.

Q: My motto is….M: May the force be with you.D: Work hard, party harder.

Q: My dream is to…M: Travel around the world with nothing but a backpack and with-out anything organized.D: Open a beach bar in the Carib-bean.

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Interview with the chairs of ITRE IIDora and Kostas are the lovely chairs of ITRE II. Dora, who is nineteen, studies medi-cine. She’s from Corfu and is organizing an EYP forum there this fall. 25-year old Ko-stas is an experienced EYPer and chair. The Athens native Kostas studies chemical en-gineering. When we talked about our favorite cities, Dora said she loved romantic and medieval cities, like Paris. Kostas’, on the other hand, favorite city is Berlin. He went there for the first time for an EYP session in 2004. Since then, he has been there seven times. The charming chairs of ITRE II are ready for an EYP experience once again.

Interview With the Chairs From LIBE

Not only does the committee of LIBE have an interesting topic, they also have two interesting chairs. Marianna Georgiadi (19) is from Thessaloniki, where she lives and studies finance and accounting. She is a cheerful per-son that laughs all the time and she is really easy to be around. If you wonder about which of the lovely officials this is, look for the girl who looks just like Foureira. Athanasios Kargiannis (23) comes from Athens. Here he studies electrical engineering. Not only is this an interest of his, he also describes himself as a robot (“organized and to the point”). Still, he likes being in nature, and mountain biking and gar-dening are just some of his interest. So why are they both still engaged in the EYP? They think the people are amazing, and that it gives young, crea-tive minds a great possibility.

LIBE

Irida Karasmanoglou and Jonathan Piepers are this year the chairs of the Juri committee. Irida is almost 20 years old, she comes from Greece and she studies psychology. Jona-than comes from Belgium, he is 19 years old and he studies law. Let’s hear what they had to say!-Irida, could you describe your ex-pectations about your committee through a song??-Hmm…. I expect my delegates to fly me to the moon with their propos-als. However, in the tiny case they stay grounded, I’m sure we’ll be there to boost them up and make them like “Rockstars”. After all, life is a “Funhouse”.-Jonathan, what would you propose to your delegates?-Work hard, play hard. If they do their best, they will strike a good balance between fun and personal development. And do not forget to stand up for your rights! Being silent is sometimes the solution, but by standing up you prove that EYP is literally stepping out of your comfort zone!Irida and Jonathan: Enjoy the ses-sion!!!!

JURI

What are your interests outside EYP?Dimitris: I am studying Chemical Engineering, especially concentrat-ed on the environmental aspects, so I am concerned with green energy and combustion concerned with the process. To earn some extra money, I build websites for compa-nies.Evanthia: I study Law and French at the same time which basically means I spend a lot of time studying and reading French books, although I did play Volleyball for some time.What was your first EYP-experi-ence?Dimitris: I actually started as an organiser in 2007, I got involved via some friends, by that time I had finished highschool, and what I im-mediately loved about EYP was that it was so open and everyone could have a voice.Evanthia: My first contact with EYP was in Thessaloniki in 2009 and I was I think the typical delegate, confused at first with teambuilding, but at the end it turned out to be quite interesting, and you could see the benefits of taking part in EYP.

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