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4 CHANGING EUROPE Schwarzkopf Foundation’s Focus

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34 DISCOVERING EUROPE Seminars and Travel Grants

46 CELEBRATING EUROPE Awards and Celebrations

2 Foreword by André Schmitz-Schwarzkopf, Chairman of the Board Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and Anne Rolvering, Executive Director Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe

Dear friends of Europe,

2017 has brought many changes to the political landscape of Europe, polarising opinions on social issues and sentiments that challenge the unity of our continent. But Europe was never meant to stand still. The changes taking place around us can spark the development of an even stronger Europe, united values of democracy, mutual understanding and peaceful collaboration. Now is the time to turn political disenchantment and separatist and anti- democratic tendencies into strengthening a pluralistic civil society and empowering youth to be agents of change.

The work of the Schwarzkopf Foundation specifically addresses these negative effects and aims to counterbalance them. Through our foundation activities – seminars, European Youth Parliament, discussion events, travel grants and awards – the Schwarzkopf Foundation has reached over 50.000 young people in 40 European countries this year. We discussed social and political issues with changemakers, politicians and activists at over 500 events. We have debated and learned to agree and disagree at European Youth Parliament sessions. We removed barriers of discovering Europe by giving out a record number of 80 travel grants. We encouraged active and inclusive youth participation with over 350 seminars.

My personal highlights 2017 were the three International Sessions in Norway, Czech Republic and Georgia and the celebration of the Margot Friedländer Award. Our aim is to create a Europe where youth has a strong culture of dialogue, recognises the richness of diversity and contributes with their engagement and opinions to a pluralistic, democratic society.The end of the year also marks the time to say thank you: to all our supporters, partners and friends that made our work possible. Please keep on fighting for the Europe you believe in.

Vive l’Europe!

Yours,

André Schmitz-SchwarzkopfChairman of the BoardSchwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe

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The questions of European cohesion, the bond that binds our societies together and the role of civic education in fostering an open, pluralistic and democratic Europe are on the top of our agenda. In the light of rising right-wing populism across Europe, these questions become even more important. Societies still lack good answers to Euroscepticism and people’s feeling of disengagement from the political sphere. Another concerning factor is the mistrust young people feel towards established organisations. The European-wide survey “Generation What” stated that 82 % of young people do not trust political parties to solve the problems of our time. On the other hand, the survey states that young people have a strong wish to participate in society and have a societal impact. We took those notions and data as an impulse to think and reflect more about our pro-grammes, concepts and strategies for civic education: Do we reach the right target groups? How can we offer more space for real participation? Do we need to become more political in our civic education work and steer tougher political debates again? Which values guide our work? The foundation aims to contribute to a tolerant, pluralistic and open-minded Europe. With this goal in mind, the foundation will focus even more of its efforts in 2018 towards democratic citizenship education with a clear European perspective and appreciation for the diversity of our European continent. In this way, we hope to critically and constructively discuss a shared Europe with many young people throughout 2018 using tools such as dialogue and the exchange of best practices to shape a Europe of openness, solidarity and inclusion.We look forward to putting our ideas into action together with our friends and partners. Many thanks for your crucial continued support to our work!

Yours,

Anne RolveringExecutive DirectorSchwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe

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CHANGING EUROPE

The Schwarzkopf Foundation’s vision is a Europe that thrives with a tolerant,

open-minded and pluralistic European civil society. It’s a Europe that is democra-

tic and believes that solidarity is a key value for growing society. In pursuit of it,

we believe that young people play a crucial role in contributing to the society.

The voice and actions of youth hold a great potential in developing European

cohesion. For the foundation, they represent the most dynamic source of

innovation as well as the main catalyst for important changes in our world.

How does the Schwarzkopf Foundation bring this vision closer to reality?

To enable young people to participate meaningfully and effectively in the

world around us, the Schwarzkopf Foundation provides tools, education, and

networks, and also assists young people from all backgrounds in developing

their capacities. Throughout 2017, 50.000 young people participating in the

foundation’s activities learned essential life skills, developed knowledge

on diversity and democratic citizenship, acquired European perspectives

and promoted positive civic action as multipliers in 40 European countries.

Yes, Europe is changing, and along with it, the projects and institutions

need to evolve in order to become closer to citizens, more grassroots-driven,

more impactful than ever before. Among the shifting global context, identities

in flux and evolving demands, it becomes an ever-more challenging task -

yet one that has to be undertaken to build a democratic, equal and diverse

Europe together. This report presents a detailed account of the Schwarzkopf

Foundation’s actions over the past year, its goals, challenges, activities

and implementation.

“Through all its activities, the Schwarzkopf Foundation encourages and enables young Europeans to be more active democratic citizens, which is something

Europe needs in these times.”

Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

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Our Three Areas of Focus

Addressing challenges in youth participation

“Hearing a 15 year old girl saying that each woman’s mission is giving birth, raising children

and cooking food, makes you think of the importance of tear ing down the harmful gender

norms existing in our society a nd outlines the significance of projects like Understanding

Europe and the European Youth Parliament, which attempt to challenge stereotypes and liberate youngsters’ minds from the archaic

mindsets. ”

Levon Shoyan, Understanding Europe trainer

“People pick up populist positions from poli-ticians and media. A story pupils confronted me with, is that the EU is an undemocratic

body, which directs the migrants’ quota upon the member states and forces them to accept

“terrorists” into their countries.”

Elizabeth krivenja, Understanding Europe coordinator

In 2017, the Schwarzkopf Foundation’s educational work involved over 50.000 young people in 40 European countries. Together we share common concerns: a normalisation of attacking liberal democracies and their fundamental values - the respect of human rights, the rule of law, pluralism and equality.

Workshop material from the Understanding Europe project.

1. Democratic Citizenship Education

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Our educational approaches

The Schwarzkopf Foundation believes these five approaches are the key to building and strength-ening active democratic citizenship of young people in Europe:

1. CONSIDERING yOUNG PEOPLE’S INTERESTS FIRST

2. SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES By yOUNG PEOPLE FOR yOUNG PEOPLE

3. ENCOURAGING SELF-REFLECTION

4. FOSTERING AN OPEN DIALOGUE

5. LEARNING FROm (SHARED) ExPERIENCES

Committee of Ministers, Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (adopted on 11 May 2010)

„Education for democratic citizenship”

means education, training, awareness-raising,

information, practices and activities which

aim, by equipping learners with knowledge,

skills and understanding and developing their

attitudes and behaviour, to empower them

to exercise and defend their democratic rights

and responsibilities in society, to value diversity

and to play an active part in democratic life,

with a view to the promotion and protection

of democracy and the rule of law.“

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Through all its programmes, the Schwarzkopf Foundation brings a European perspective to civic education

In 2017, many had to realise that “Europe” is a rather fragile project, and that its success cannot be taken for granted. Across Europe, pressing challenges still tend to be approached in a fragmented way, and policy discussions often take a national angle.

We believe that when discussing the topics of today, including a European perspective is vitally important. As a foundation, we aim to include a European perspective in all our activities, as for instance at European Youth Parliament

sessions, seminars or events, to offer multiple European perspectives on a wide range of issues to our young participants, and to make our programmes accessible for all young Europeans.

Each of our programmes approaches the European dimension from a slightly different angle - they foster mobility across borders, facilitate encounters between young Europeans, bring topics of Euro-pean-wide interest to the forefront of debate, and enable insights regarding European policy debates and institutions.

Teambuilding at Baltic Forum in Riga, Latvia

2. Taking a European AngleOur Three Areas of Focus

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“The travel grant of the Schwarzkopf Foundation gave me the opportunity to meet a lot of European youth, who gave

me new visions and insights in the difference and similarities of our Europe-

an countries. I had the chance to grow in my knowledge of the European Union

and as a person.”

Emma wackers, travel grantee 2017

”There are many issues that the European Union faces today - Brexit, refugee crisis, environmental issues and climate change,

terrorism and security – I am glad to see all these topics on the agenda of international sessions of the European Youth

Parliament. How our future will turn out, how we manage to meet these challenges, and what lessons future generations

will draw from history depends on the collective will of each and every one of us.”

Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Safety at the International Session in Brno

“60 years after the Treaty of Rome was signed, Europe is still an ongoing project, a work in progress. Young people should make themselves heard and take ownership in shaping this deeply hopeful, vitally important undertaking.”

Sophie Hall, panelist at the Event “60 years Treaties of Rome – 60 years European Integration”

and member of the Schwarzkopf Foundation’s Board

Schwarzkopf Foundation conducted more than 354 Understanding Europe courses, where young people from more than 40 European countries had the chance to gain insights in the workings of European institutions and policy processes.


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More young Europeans in focus

The main target group of the Schwarzkopf Foun- dation includes multipliers, volunteers, alumni and trainers, aged mainly between 16 and 28. To give all young people the opportunity to experience and actively shape a Europe without barriers, the foundation worked with new approaches to become more representative and to better reflect the diversity of young Europe and their experiences in Europe in 2017.

3. Reflecting the Diversity of Europe

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In May, the seminar programme partnered with the Deutsche Filmakademie to bring together 30 young pupils from vocational schools in Erfurt to work together on movies that tackle prejudices and present them to a wider audience in cinema screenings. In July, the European Youth Parliament partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to organize the 85th Interna-tional Session in Brno, Czech Republic. Young par-ticipants, including refugees and stateless persons, participated as delegates.

Within the seminar programme this year, the EU Crash Courses and Asylum Courses were attended mostly by students from vocational schools (in North Rhine-Westphalia 45.9 percent, followed by “Gymnasiums” with 37.6 percent). In France, the first EU Crash Course at a youth prison was able to take place, and in the 14 countries open Understand Europe courses were offered to a wider range youth participants.

Vocational schools and newcomers in focus

To reach out and empower young people with diverse backgrounds across Europe, the foun-dation works with young people who experience Europe differently due to their different forms of belonging or experiences of discrimination based on religion, ethnicity and (non) citizenship, sexual orientation gender and/or (dis)abilities as well as with different partners such as schools, universities, civil society actors, politicians, media, as well as other foundations, ministries and partners in youth welfare.

In January, the Schwarzkopf Foundation and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin organised a media sem-inar on migration and integration with 20 students and newcomers. Within the framework of the Dutch German Forum 2017, the young participants from the Netherlands, Germany, Syria and Iran partici-pated in a discussion with the two foreign ministers Bert Koenders and Frank-Walter Steinmeier and interviewed panelists, produced small films and wrote blog articles. The travel grants launched from March onwards also successfully targeted Europeans from rural areas, as well as trainees and pupils from vocation-al schools and attracted especially young people with migration and refugee backgrounds.


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With important shifts in European governments, one of the main focus topics

at the discussion events of Schwarzkopf Foundation in 2017 were the elections

in the Netherlands, France and Germany, where we addressed European topics

in national elections as well as questions of populism and the role of media

in political debates.

Another focal topic centered around the role of minorities in Europe and

the questions of refugees and migration. Our young visitors discussed how

integration can work, on a political level as well as on the individual level.

In the field of historical education, discussion events featured historians

and authors on the Holocaust, members of the resistance against the Nazi

regime and those who saved Jews from deportation risking their own life.

Questions on the role of Jews in Germany after the Second World War

and a new Anti-semitism were also discussed.

DISCUSSING EUROPE Discussion events

“With its events, the Schwarzkopf Foundation offers something that schools cannot do: direct contact with well-known personalities

from politics and society. Young people get to know the people who make decisions and shape Europe with their ideas. Without barriers,

youth can freely ask their questions and talk to politicians, scientists and contemporary witnesses. That’s the reason why I appreciate

the foundation’s work so much.”

Torsten Schmidtke, Teacher at Docemus Campus Grünheide

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A year of EventsA selection of our Berlin event programme in 2017

“The US and the media – a glance in Europe’s future?” - Ines Pohl, chief editor of the Deutsche Welle

“The EU as a Global Actor: A new role for Europe in the world?“ - Volker kauder, chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary-group

“The Beauty and Europe“ - Festive Lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Christoph markschies for the 60th birthday of André Schmitz-Schwarzkopf

“Joint responsibility for safety, climate protection, development: Guidelines for a value-based German foreign policy“ - Cem Özdemir, top candidate of the Green Party for the German parliamentary election 2017

Interactive panel discussion for 350 young voters: “Germany votes – in Europe” With the top candidates of Berlin of the par-ties of the German Bundestag

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“My Europe - my future?“ - Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission in discussion with 300 students

Frank-walter Steinmeier, German Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Dutch-German Forum

“The State of Europe Speech“ - Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

“The role of churches in Europe’s civil soci-ety“ - Prof. Dr. margot käßmann, Ambassa-dor of the EKD Council for the anniversary of the Reformation in 2017

“How much power do National Parliaments hold in the EU?” - Thomas Oppermann, chairman of the SPD parliamentary-group

“The Fourth Estate - What does society expect from media today?“ - Patricia Schlesinger, director of the RBB

“60 Years Treaties of Rome – 60 Years European Integration; A New Generation Taking the Legacy - the New Europeans?“ - S.E. Pietro Benassi, Ambassador of Italy to the Federal Republic of Germany; Richard Kühnel, representative of the European Commission in Germany and a discussion between 4 young Europeans

“Historical Speech to Europe” - Sigmar Gabriel, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, comments on Egon Bahrs „Tutzinger Rede“ from 1963


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Elections and Populism in Europe

parliament. During the year we also discussed broader topics around elections: “How does media influence your political views and knowledge?” or “How do election campaigns work?” were among them. In intense discussions with scientists, jour-nalists and media experts our visitors could get a better understanding of how political opinion- forming works – both on the individual and the public level.

Elections play an important role in active demo-cratic citizenship. In our discussion events we offer young people a direct interaction with active politicians and experts from different fields. For example, shortly before the elections in Germany in September, we invited over 350 first time voters to discuss the European dimension of German politics with top candidates from Berlin for the German

“What’s up with the Americans? President Trump and consequences for the US, Europe and Germany” with Dr. Christoph von mar-schall, author and diplomatic correspon-dent of the editorship of the Tagesspiegel.

„France before the elections – political pathmaking for Europe“ with Theo koll, director of the ZDF foreign studio in Paris

“How to deal with right wing populism” with Dr. Christina Aus der Au, President of the 36. German Evangelical Church Congress.

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The rise of (right-wing) populism all over Europe was also intensively discussed from different view-points. The most pressing questions of our young visitors concerned the reasons for an increase in populism and who is most likely to be influenced by it. Other questions from our young audience

included strategies on dealing with fake news, as well as possibilities to enter into a constructive dialogue with right-wing populists. Analysing and understanding the changes in political landscapes and learning how to make your own voice heard is one of the main goals of our discussion events.

Interactive panel discussion for young voters: Germany votes – in Europe. With the top candidates of Berlin for the German parliament.

“The US under President Trump” with Ina Ruck, manager of the ARD studios in Washington.

“Populism in Europe – the great divide?” with Dr. René Cuperus, Director for International Relations of the Wiardi Beckmann Founda-tion and columnist for “de Volkskrankt”.

“Pulse of Europe and Co - where is the new Europe enthusiasm heading?“ with Dr. Daniel Röder, founder of “Pulse of Europe“.

“Russia, Germany, Europe - what is the way forward?”with Rüdiger Freiherr von Fritsch, German Ambassador to Russia

“Celebrate democracy - choose democracy!“ discussion and concert with wolf Biermann and Pamela Biermann and the Zentral-Quartett.

“Election campaigning – one hell of a trip: Elections and voting in Germany” with Frank Stauss, electoral campaign manager and political advisor.


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Integration and the Role of minorities in Europe

With over a million recently arrived refugees in Germany alone and much more people with migration and refugee backgrounds, the questions of integration, asylum politics and the reasons for migration are the central topic we addressed over the last years in our events programme, directed at young people from all educational backgrounds. We focused on the lives of refugees in Europe as well as the role of society and what obstacles for integration exist. Trying to understand where individual prejudices come from is as important as analysing the extent of hate and racism that migrants and people with migration back-grounds face every day.

A special focus was also laid on young people from the second or third generation of migrants living in Europe and how they continue to face a challenging role in society. Other minorities in Europe such as the Sinti and Roma also face racism and marginalisation, but are often not in the focus of public discussion. It is important for us to also cover those seldom mentioned groups to give our visitors a broader understanding of marginalised groups in society.

“Prejudices against Muslims - a look at the `middle of society´” with Prof. Dr. Andreas Zick, Director of the Institute for interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research.

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“Flight and refugees in Europe and worldwide” with Peter Ruhenstroth-Bauer, director of the UN Refugee Aid Organisation in Bonn.

“Hate in Europe – in the context of migration“ with Juliana wahlgren, Senior Advocacy and Network Development Officer at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

„Dreamland Deutschland? The first year after the flight. Two brothers from Syria tell us their story” with Antonie Rietzschel, author and journalist on the SZ.de

“Why do young German Turks vote for Erdogan?” with Prof. Dr. Haci Halil Uslucan, scientifical director of the Center for Turkish Studies and Integration Research

“Participation or isolation: Young German Turks as second class citizens?” with Cem Özdemir, top candidate of the Green Party for the German parliamentary election 2017

Movie screening „Nebel im August“


Historical Education

The historical understanding of Europe is essential to being a European citizen. In the field of historical education, the Schwarzkopf Foundation focuses on the Nazi era and the Holocaust. Especially with a newly elected right-wing populist party in the German parliament, the importance of Holocaust remembrance, information and discussions about National Socialism, racism and anti- semitism are – regrettably – still an important topic today.

“Conflict exhibitions – On the purpose of historical museums today” with Prof. Dr. Raphael Gross, president of the German Historical Museum Berlin

“Jewish perspective after the Holocaust” with Prof. Dr. Atina Grossmann, historian

In 2017, we offered a wide range of events for school and university students, includ-ing film and documentary screenings, readings, theatre visits and talks with contemporary witnesses. In the discus-sion events, we also spoke about how Holocaust education can develop and why certain aspects of today’s populism use the same mechanism as the Nazis in the early 1930s.

Learning from the past to understand the challenges of today


Movie screening “Brundibár Revisited”

„Friedrich Weißler - Ein Jurist und beken-nender Christ im Widerstand gegen Hitler“ with manfred Gailus, author and historian

“Journey of reconciliation” with Prof. Judith N. Levi

“Europe against the jews 1880-1945” with Götz Aly, historian and journalist

“Berthold Beitz - the biography” withDr. Joachim käppner, journalist and author

Reading: „Zwei Bäume in Jerusalem“ withCornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, author

Stage play „Ab heute heißt du Sara“ followed by a talk with Inge Deutschkron “The collection of Berlin museums – a Parlia-ment of exhibits?” with Prof. Dr. Horst Bre-dekamp,art historian and founding director of the Humboldt Forum


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Summer Academyin PortoTRAINING | 06 ⸺ 10 September 2017

Training Campin Ivano-FrankivskTRAINING | 09 ⸺ 13 August 2017

International Forumin yerevanSESSION | 15 ⸺ 22 September 2017

Diversity Labin yerevanTRAINING | 10 ⸺ 15 October 2017

Power Shifts International Forum

in HeidelbergSESSION | 09 ⸺ 16 September 2017

International Sessionin BrnoSESSION | 19 ⸺ 30 July 2017

Alumni meetingin Berlin

GOVERNANCE | 21 ⸺ 22 February 2017

Board of NationalCommittees meeting

in BerlinGOVERNANCE | 03 ⸺ 05 November 2017

Council meetingin Berlin

GOVERNANCE | 10 ⸺ 12 March 2017

Fundraising Summitin Berlin

TRAINING | 01 ⸺ 03 December 2017

International Forumin RigaSESSION | 15 ⸺ 19 September 2017

National Sessionin VilniusSESSION | 04 ⸺ 07 November 2017

Regional Sessionin minskSESSION | 01 ⸺ 03 December 2017

International Sessionin Trondheim and Roros

SESSION | 21 ⸺ 30 April 2017

Training Campin BakuTRAINING | 22 ⸺ 25 August 2017

Regional Sessionin TelaviSESSION | 04 ⸺ 08 September 2017

International Sessionin TbilisiSESSION | 11 ⸺ 19 November 2017

University Forumin moscowSESSION | 22 ⸺ 25 March 2017

A selection of events in the European youth Parliament

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“The European Youth Parliament is an excellent example of a program that allows young people to discuss the pressing topics

of our time, in a peaceful and respectful setting. The European Youth Parliament is tremendously valuable, because it teaches young Europeans that by acting together, they can overcome the challenges

of todayas well as those of tomorrow.”

Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

The European Youth Parliament

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This year, our largest programme, the European Youth Parliament brought

together over 30.000 young people from more than 40 countries to debate

pressing topics of our time.

By taking part in over 500 events, young delegates learned ways to engage

in their communities, from a local up to a European level, express their opinions

in a constructive manner and build lasting friendships across borders.

With the European Youth Parliament being a peer-to-peer network, all of its

activities are driven by youth who work together in a spirit of solidarity

and open-mindedness. Its mission is to support the development of all the

participants into politically aware and active citizens and promote international

understanding, intercultural dialogue and diversity of ideas and practices.

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“All the changes that EYP has undergone and is currently undergoing are the result

of ideas and actions of its members. Today’s EYP bears the fingerprints of all

the hundreds of thousands of people who have participated in it.”

maria manolescu, Romania

Empowering and Inspiring young Europeans

In the European Youth Parliament, young people create spaces to debate pressing topics of our time, and to jointly suggest solutions. Getting together in a spirit of mutual respect and constructive dialogue, they present an inspiring example of how the complex challenges of today’s world can be addressed through peaceful collaboration across national boundaries. One of the main strengths of the EYP is the fact that all its activities are conducted by young people, and steered in a participatory and democratic manner. By working with their counterparts from 40 countries across Europe, young people acquire skills and shape their organisation in a genuinely hands-on approach. All EYP events are designed in a participatory, needs-based manner and offer plenty of opportunity to engage in non-formal and informal learning.

The EYP’s peer-to-peer approach to civic education

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Our methodology

Every session includes several topics to be discussed by working groups (Committees). Participants agree on resolutions, putting forward solutions to the given challenges. EYP volunteers facilitate and support this process in a peer-to-peer manner with specific moderation techniques

and preparation material. The solutions are debat-ed with all participants in a parliamentary setting. It is the young people’s individual opinions that matter - the EYP is not an emulation of existing policy proposals or country statements.

The EYP’s main events are called “Sessions”. They follow a well-established format, and usually include the following elements:

TeambuildingExperience-based methodology is used for outdoor and indoor games and other activities, in order to form international teams and set the ground rules for cooperation.

Committee workParticipants convene in international working groups and discuss current European topics, with the aim of propos-ing solutions in the format of a written resolution.

General AssemblyAll committees come together to debate their proposed reso-lutions during the General As-sembly, following a standard parliamentary procedure.

Cultural ProgrammeThroughout the session, a cultural programme gives the participants opportunities to get acquainted with each other’s cultures and traditions.

Teambuilding at an International Session in Roros, Norway

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Debating Topics of Current Interest in Europe

The empowering setting of the European Youth Parliament enables youth to discuss topics relevant to their social environment, current news and political debate. EYP sessions vary in length from two hours to ten days and are thus flexible to feature different types of topic complex-ities, discussion settings, and expert input. The topics of an EYP event can center around current topics on the European political agenda, such as active citizenship, security or human rights.

Projects such as “Building a Strong European Society” or our “Baltic “Forum” in Riga (both made possible through support from the German Fed-eral Foreign Office) highlight topics that are of particular relevance to certain regional contexts. Finally, thematic projects can address complex topic areas over a longer time span, in several con-secutive sessions. This approach was successfully implemented during our energy debates in “Power Shifts – Reflecting Europe’s Energy” in cooperation with the innogy Foundation.

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ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN EUROPE

85th International Session in Brno, Czech Republic

Why did the turnout of young voters rise during the last UK elections? Does it mark the beginning of a shift towards young people becoming more interested in voting? Or what reforms should the EU implement in response to the issues highlighted in areas where Euroscepticism is high, such as the Visegrad Group?During 19-30 July in 2017, the city of Brno hosted 300 participants from 40 countries. The discussion topics included active citizenship in everyday life and ways for European institutions to react to current challenges and how they can proactively uphold common European goals and values. Two EU Commissioners, Commissioner Christos Stylianides for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Man-agement, as well as Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis for Health and Food Safety, discussed policies and potential solutions with participants while visiting the Brno International Session on its opening day.

THE CAUCASUS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Regional Session in Telavi, Georgia

115 Participants from Armenia, Azer-baijan, and Georgia gathered in the capital of the Georgian region Kakheti in Telavi in May for three days to dis-cuss topics related to the integration of internally displaced people and immigrants, e-democracy, green growth and how to fight interna-tional crime. The session welcomed participants from the Caucasus region with ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Georgia and young Armenians and Georgians. Additionally, it brought topics to the agenda that are not only relevant to Europe in general but have a specific effect on the Caucasus region and participants’ personal experience.

ENERGy TRENDS AND TRANSITION CHALLENGES

Power Shifts Academic Forum in Heidelberg, Germany

Digitalisation, decentralisation, decarbonisation – these are the top three trends from the past years in the energy world. The Power Shifts pro-ject dedicated three years and three international forums, with Heidelberg being the final one, to break down the complex topic of energy. At the fo-rums, a core focus was to prepare and enable young people across Europe to follow the trends and to develop their own solutions to issues related to energy transition and challenges, Europe’s role in the world, environ-ment and green transport as well as the EU’s energy strategy. From 9 to 16 August 150 participants from 27 countries came together in Heidelberg and welcomed energy experts to join in the discussions of the young par-ticipants, such as Rainer wieland, Vice-President of the European Parliament or Peter Terium, CEO at innogy SE.

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Fostering youth Participation

Governance and training

The European Youth Parliament is organised by young people, for young people. It is driven by the efforts of thousands of volunteers all over Europe, believing in the power of volunteering and participation. youth is at the core of all decision- making processes on the national and the inter-national level of the organisation. They exercise democratic values and develop their management

skills in the day to day running of the organisation, and take a leading role in shaping the destiny of our growing network. The governance structures of the EYP feature a variety of roles and positions, all granting substantial opportunities for genuine participation, personal development and informal learning.

“Leading an NC board was the best possible preparation for my career - from strategising and coordinating with our member base in Germany, over speaking with teachers and CEOs about our

project to building consensus within the board about concrete policies, I got to work with fascinating people and learned something new every day.”

Franziska maier, former president of EyP Germany

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“Take the values you learned at EYP: trust, fun, friendship, hard work, being open minded and tolerant, and apply them.”

Sohael Patel, United kingdom

Summer Academyis an international training event gathering representatives from all 40 member organisations of the EYP, aiming to support their work. By attending training modules in National Committee management and devel-opment, communication, inclusion and fundraising, participants become network knowledge advocates and act as multipliers in their respective organisations at home.

Training Camp in UkraineAt the international training event in Tatariv (Carpathian mountains), Ukraine, 100 youngsters, mainly from the Eastern Partnership countries came together for capacity building and civil society cooperation and to develop their skills in various areas such as group moderation and project management.

Head Organisers SummitAt this annual meeting Head Orga- nisers of past and future International Sessions, the flagship events of the organisation gather in Berlin for a training on project management, including fundraising, team leadership and communications as well as an extensive exchange of best practices.

A selection of training events in the network

The European Youth Parliament aims to contribute to the personal skills development of European youth. For the many volunteers engaged in the organisa-tion, the EYP offers diverse opportunities for skills development, in particular through training and taking various roles within the organisation. Training is institutionalised as a key component of almost every EYP event, and we strive to hold a wide range of training events every year to ensure successful knowledge transfer.

Skills participants gained in 2017:

CreativityLanguage skillsActive listeningwriting skillsConstructive dialogue Organisational skillsTeam managementProject managementProblem solvingLateral thinkingOpen-mindednessCultural sensitivity


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“After traveling to Armenia I realised that Europe is not determined by geography, it is not limited by/to the physical continent. Europe is in mentality, in culture and in our minds.

It is our connecting point.”

Lesya Pohorila, Ukraine, travelled to an event in Armenia

welcoming Environmentfor All young Europeans

Fostering diversity among EyP participants

Inclusion is one of the four pillars of the Interna-tional Strategy of the EYP 2016-2020, and diversity has become an important topic in the network. In 2017, the EYP put a special emphasis on assisting its National Committees in improving reaching out to a multitude of participants.

In October, 9 participants from 7 countries met for a week in Yerevan in the Diversity Lab to learned more about available tools and to reflect on their own organisations’ outreach measures, as well

as to understand better how to take the next steps towards becoming more inclusive. Participants were enabled to act as multipliers for outreach and inclusion within their National Committees and encouraged to follow up with each other via a working group on outreach and inclusion.

In the framework of our ‘Baltic Forum’ in Riga, 120 young people from 22 countries participated, including many from minority groups. Together, they discussed minority issues and integration, and suggested ideas that would foster a more inclusive society.

Over 650 people have received travel grants and support to travel to events abroad, including countries as Am, AZ, By, CZ, GE, NO, RU, UA

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Engaging local communities at our events

At the Trondheim International Session in April, Sami culture was very present and participants could familiarise themselves with the indigenous people of the Nordic regions, among others through the participation of Marja Mortensson, a sami joiker. “Music creates beautiful meetings between different cultures, but it can also help us to find internal strength and discover our own path in life”, Mortensson says.

#withRefugees

Questions concerning refugees and migration have become an integral part of public debate since 2015, and will most likely remain on the European political agenda. In order to relate topics such as asylum and state-lessness better to its participants, a new coopera-tion with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established in the framework of the EYP International Sessions:

◉ the UNHCR provided experts who joined committees at the International Sessions.

◉ In addition, (former) refugees and stateless persons were involved in the session as delegates.

“EYP was such a heart-filling experience for me, as it renewed my hopes of the future of Europe at what seems to be a “dark time”, and seeing this young open and enlightened

gathering of people who care about humanity’s issues and future - in actions and words, and not just loud ignorance - left me with a cozy

feeling of being loved and accepted. I would definitely love to go back to some EYP

event, to meet those wonderful people, whether as organizers or participants.”

Sebastian Abdou, 25, from Syria living in the Czech Republic since 2014,

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pupils shared with our peer trainers their views on Europe

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“How do I personally connect to Europe?”

“Which of my values do I share with people from other countries?”

“What does Europe feel, smell, taste and look like?”

Discovering Europe through the travel and seminar programmes of the

Schwarzkopf Foundation leads to finding connections between one’s own life

and questions related to European understanding as well as opportunities

for participation.

The seminar programme includes empowering and training young European

multipliers in democratic citizenship education, the deve-lopment of educa-

tional materials and courses as well as participatory event formats on active

citizenship in 14 countries in Europe. The EU Crash Courses and EU Asylum

Courses, part of the Understanding Europe project, are conducted by young peer

trainers directly in schools. Understanding Europe is a pan-European project run

by the Schwarzkopf Foundation in cooperation with the European Youth Parlia-

ment, the mercator Foundation and TUI Foundation and is co-funded by the

German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, women and youth

as part of the federal programme “Demokratie leben!”. They bring European

perspectives into everyday life for many young Europeans. The EU Crash Cours-

es take place in fourteen countries: Armenia, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina,

Azerbaijan, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain,

Netherlands, Portugal and Ukraine.

In order to bring Europe closer to young people, the foundation also issues

a number of travel grants each year for projects with a European focus. Young

people are encouraged to cross the borders to countries they have not been

to before, to speak languages that are not their mother tongue, and most of all,

to engage in discussions on current European topics with local people

in different corners of the continent.

DISCOVERING EUROPE Seminars and travel grants

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mapping Pupils‘ Questions on Europe in 2017Questions raised by pupils during the EU Crash Courses in 2017

“What does the distribution of refugees in the EU look like?”Germany

“In what way does the conflict between Russia and Ukraine affect the EU?”Austria

“Does the EU have a future? Will it last?”Czech Republic

“What are the EU plans for refugees?”Austria

“How are boarders controlled?”Spain

“Russia shows aggression in Baltic countries. Is the EU really effective?”Ukraine

“What is the EU doing to solve the conflict in Ukraine?”Italy

“Will the EU be able to deal with the migration crisis? And, do you consider the approach right?”Aserbaidschan

“What is going on with EU and Turkey?”France

“What needs to happen to bring the EU to collapse?”Bosnien and Herzegovina

“Which are the most powerful countries in the EU?”Sweden

“Will the EU be as powerful as it is, in 50 years?”Aserbaidschan

“What does brexit mean for the EU?”Germany

How can I change politics?

“Are there going to be spe-cial conditions for Islamic countries in order to become a member of EU?”Aserbaidschan

“How are the EU-US relations after Trump?”Netherlands

“Do you think that the EU will fall apart after Brexit?”Netherlands

“How will the presidency of Trump influence the EU?”Austria

“Could we restart completely the EU project? (On a good basis this time.)”Belgium

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Our qualification programme for peer trainers pro-motes the development of young adults towards self-aware and self-confident multipliers for active democratic citizenship. This year, 25 train-the-trainer events took place in 14 European countries. Between 17-20 August, 69 trainers and coordinators from Austria, Arme-nia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Ukraine met in Berlin to share and discuss best practices as well as to welcome new members to the team.

Training for Peer Trainers

Sharing best practices across Europe

key modules of the Understanding Europe training curriculum include:

1. SELF-REFLECTIONWhat is my motivation as a peer-tainer? Which roles do I have as a peer trainer?

2. TEAm-BUILDING How do we want to work together? What makes us a team?

3. mETHODSHow can we deal with challenging situations during a course? How can we intiate and moderate dialogues? What strategies are there to counter hate speech?

4. PROFESSIONAL INSIGHTSWhat do experts say on current European issues?

5. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVESDiscovering the range of perspectives: Which voices are heard and by whom?

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media Literacy and ActiveDemocratic CitizenshipMedia poses threats to democracy and offers opportunitiesfor active democratic citizenship at the same time.In 2017, the seminar programme defined media literacy education as one of its cross-cutting working priorities.

wORkSHOP ON mEDIA LITERACy “CHECk yOUR SOURCES!“

A Snapchat experiment to raise media awareness

During two workshops in Munich and Kyiv in May and September 2017, teachers, activists and a team of young seminar trainers from the countries of the Eastern Partnership, Russia and Germany designed a snapchat experiment to raise media awareness among young people. The new work-shop module tackles issues that seminar trainers frequently experience conducting EU Crash Courses.

LIVE BLOGGING: DUTCH-GERmAN FORUm 2017

How can we discuss challenges of migration in a constructive way?

In January 2017, the Dutch-German Forum tackled current challenges and changes under the over-arching theme of “Destination Europe – Migration and Integration in Europe”. The forum brought together more than 200 participants from civil society and politics. Twenty Dutch and German stu-dents had the chance to join the forum, interview the Dutch and the German minister of Foreign Affairs on their visions for Europe, and learn how to publish a live blog.

Media team at Dutch-German Forum in January 2017, interviews with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter

Steinmeier and the initiator of the Dutch-German Forum, former Dutch minister Jan Peter Balkenende.

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Opportunities for youth ParticipationMaking young voices heard

2017 was an important year for active democrat-ic citizenship. Elections took place in several EU countries, including France, Germany and the Netherlands. The Schwarzkopf Foundation aims to encourage and empower young people to build their voting decisions critically and defend their democratic values actively — in the elections as well as beyond.

On November 20th, EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger discussed European policy-making with school pupils in Hamburg.

Participants of election dialogues conduct peer interviewson youth participation.

Dialogues on youth participation

In the context of the German elections, the Schwarzkopf Foundation invited young voters to join five dialogues on youth participation in Berlin, Hamburg and Bochum. During the participatory events moderated by the young Understanding Europe trainers, more than 600 pupils discussed

party positions with representatives from parties’ youth organisations as well as political activists. The pupils developed their own political claims and plans for participation – from voting to cam-paigning and demonstrating. A small goup of pupils worked as a media team and interviewed their fellow pupils to make their demands public.

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what Can I Do to Change Politics?

„What can I do to change politics?“ is a question raised by pupils in almost every EU Crash Course. Katja, Lucas, Danielle and Joshua explain in eight short videos why and how they are politically active. Their aim is to inspire others. They talk about their biggest challenges, toughest tasks and their source of motivation.

Katja is a seminar trainer in the Understanding Europe team in Berlin. At the same time, she is a passionate campaigner. Together with other young people, she initiated the pro-European campaign “The European Moment“. Once a month, they demonstrate for Europe.

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Sira Thierij is an Understanding Europe trainer alumna in North-Rhine Westfalia and a young jour-nalist. After conducting several EU Crash Courses and EU Asylum Courses in 2017, Sira had an idea: together with her journalist colleague Bastian Kaiser she designed a multimedia scrollytelling on young, social changemakers from different European countries. The audiovisual format brings a range of perspectives on youth participation into the classroom.

Multimedia stories of youth participation

“It’s all about priorities. Busy is a myth. If you really want to do something,

you can make time for it!“

Ali Furkan Cetiner, 21

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Travel Grants

Our travel grants are designed to give young people the opportunity to travel to other European countries. The grants aim at promoting deeper understanding of specific cultural or political aspects of European integration on the ground.

In 2017, almost 80 young Europeans from diverse backgrounds received a travel grant from the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe, documenting issues ranging from populism and open borders to digitalisation and responses to the refugee crisis.

Eva Chalupova (CZ)travel route:Poland - Germany - Denmark - Sweden - Netherlands - Germany - Switzerland

Leroy Brünner (DE)travel route:Italy - Greece

Iisa Arvelin (FI)travel route:France - Italy - Germany

Giacomo Decano (IT)travel route:Netherlands - Germany

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marion Gachet (FR)travel route:Spain - France - Austria - Hungary - Serbia - Greece

Binnur kinay (TR)travel route:France - Spain

Srishti Chaudhary (UK)travel route:Germany: Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, Heidelberg

Zsolt Hodovány (HU)travel route:Serbia - Montenegro - Albania - Greece - Formal Yugoslav- Republic Of Macedonia


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In the oldest programme of the Schwarzkopf Foundation, young Europeans aged 17 to 27 travel across the continent for a minimum of three and maximum of six weeks. They embark on a journey to explore a European topic by themselves. The travel grantees receive close guidance from the Schwarzkopf Foundation while also enjoying

the freedom of choosing their travel route and making other travel arrangements independently.This year, the travel grants were funded through the following cooperation partners: Bundes-vereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberver-bände (BDA), Airbnb Deutschland GmbH, Deut-sche Bahn and Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung.

Adriana Bielkova: Documenting war memorials in Eastern Europe.

Lucie Poláková: Comparing the views and opinions on the EU of its young citizens.

Francesco melito: A Journey in the Baltic States; A Story of People and Freedom.

melissa klemme: Sustainable mobility and train travelling in Europe.

Giancomo Decano: New innovative fields of study.

Srishti Chaudhary: Education and Vocational Training in Europe - what can we learn from each other, how can we benefit from each other?

Zsolt Hodovány: How to overcome cultural differences.

Cleo Pollard: From europhilia to euriscepticism - a study of how young Europeans identify.


“The travel grant made it possible for me to get a first-hand understanding of what drives populism in Europe. It was highly interesting to talk about the subject with other young people from diverse European countries.“

Felix Vemmer, Germany

Delila Bajrić: My personal cultural experience in new environments.

Rafaela Höpker: The ideal of Europe - almost extinct? Svenja miltner: Gender equality as part of European integration. The case of the Czech Republic.

Sulficar Saleh: Greece: with refugees hand in hand.

Felix Vemmer: What drives populism in Europe?

marion Gachet: Grassroots intiatives for refugee help.

marcel Roth: Sustainable mobility in Europe.

Iisa Arvelin: How to combine climate protection with travels in Europe?

Lisa Gmerek: Why we need open borders.


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On May 9th, the opening of the art installation “Europa leuchtet” (Europe lights up) took place in Berlin.

CELEBRATINGEUROPE

Celebrating Europe is about treasuring what is beautiful, what is unique,

and worth fighting for in our European society. Just like every family organises

its reunions and weddings, we too want to gather a couple of times a year

for some special occasions.

With our annual awards, we highlight the work of individuals and institutions

that tirelessly reach for a brighter future for our continent. At our yearly

Christmas concert and Summer Party we bring young Europeans together

in a festive atmosphere.

“We want to continue to live in an open, democratic and solidary Europe. To take action for this idea of Europe we have, and to build on our common

European house, it is undoubtedly worth it.”

André Schmitz-Schwarzkopf, Chairman of the board of the Schwarzkopf Foundation,

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SCHwARZkOPF EUROPE AwARD 2017Emily O’Reilly

“The creation of the union was for some a poetic act, an act of redemption and an act of hope, and fundamentally

an act of love but it was and is also about trade and tariffs, security and cross border migration,

the most unpoetic parts of daily life and of international co-operation. Maintaining

the idealism and the vision of the early years of the union, keeping the poetry alive

and meaningful is the challenge.”

Emily O’Reilly

The Schwarzkopf Europe Award is awarded to in-stitutions or public figures who have distinguished themselves in an outstanding way by a committed and dedicated service to either European under-standing or the growing together of Europe.

In 2017, the award was given to the EU Ombuds-man Emily O’Reilly for supporting the integrity of the different institutions of the European Union and for upholding the European idea in her work.

The Schwarzkopf Foundation would like to thank the Representation of the European Commis-sion in Germany for the cooperation in regards to the award ceremony that took place on 24 April, 2017 in Berlin.


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yOUNG EUROPEAN OF THE yEAR 2017Nozizwe Dube & Haris Kušmić

“I believe that my country can be shaped into an open society where citizens fully

participate in public life, where people have their voices heard, and also where young peo-

ple represent the driving force behind progress. I believe this future is not just a scenario,

but an inevitable reality.”

Haris Kušmić

“We should all, young people and policy makers, always view the diversity we have

as a strength. Let us be open to learning from one another, to exchanging ideas. But to have

a constructive dialogue, we need to have different voices bought together to the table.

This is where inclusion begins.”

Nozizwe Dube

The awardees were announced at the #YouthUp Gala of the European youth Forum on 20 April, 2017 – a gathering of youth activists and member organisations of the European Youth Forum.

With the award of the Young European of the Year, the Schwarzkopf Foundation has since 1997 high-lighted the work of young people who have shown extraordinary engagement in European topics and European integration. Exceptionally, two young people received the award this year:

Nozizwe Dube (20) is actively shaping Flemish politics through her presidency of the Flemish Youth Council, making the voice of young people in Flanders more present in political decision-making. Haris Kušmić (24) is the founder and president of the national chapter of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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The margot Friedländer Award gives young people a chance to develop projects on the topic of the Second World War, the Holocaust, modern day discrimination and persecution in order to highlight the importance of these topics in modern society.The 2017 ceremony, held on the 21 March in Berlin, awarded two prizes. The first prize went to Carl Bosch Oberschule in Berlin Hermsdorf for their project “mov-ing Sculptures“ on the subject of the so called ” eu-thanasia murders” and the history of the institution on Eichborndamm 238 where the patients, mostly children, were murdered. The second prize was awarded to

Gottfried-keller-Gymnasium in Berlin Charlottenburg- Wilmersdorf. Their project researched the history of the Jewish residents in the school vicinity and commemorated them in different formats.In 2017, the award was opened to applicants from all regions of Germany for the first time and the foundation increased its efforts in supplying pedagogical and practical advice for the applicants.

The Margot Friedländer Award is supported by the German ministry for Family, Seniors, women and youth within the framework of the federal program “Demokratie leben!”, Ernst & young and the Berliner Sparkasse.

The margot Friedländer Award

“It is really wonderful that the Award gave us the chance to immortalise our project in the form of a book.

This motivates us to pursue other projects in the future. “

Samuel kantorovych, Archive AG, Hermann-Ehlers-Gymnasium, Berlin. Alumni

of the margot Friedländer Award 2016 and member of the Jury

Supporting the development of young perspectives

Margot Fridländer with the Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller and the award winners.

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Annualcelebrations

above: The annual Christmas concert, held this year on 14 December, gathers Christmas tunes from all corners of Europe into one festive evening.

to the left: On 8 July, 2017 the European Summer Party gathered around 500 guests in the Paulinenhof courtyard in Berlin.


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30 years of the European youth Parliament28th-29th July 2017 celebration in Brno, Czech Republic

What do three decades of life in a Europe-wide youth network look like? The 30th anniversary celebration of the European Youth Parliament took a glimpse at the answer. During two days at the In-ternational Session this summer in Brno, Czech Re-public alumni and active members of the EYP came together to reflect on the state of the organisation, as well as to plan alumni management, fundraising and strategic diversity for the EYP together.

“I do not know where the EYP is heading or how it will look like 30 years from now. But I hope it continues to teach generation after generation about the power of embracing differences;

about approaching differences with curiosity and genuine interest, rather than suspicion of fear; about the value

of having faith in others and offering unconditional support for their self-development. As for us, I hope we take these

lesson outside of the EYP – that we do not only apply them in the limited confines of this weekend or any the EYP event; that

we advocate for these values in our daily lives. So that little by little, just like we shaped EYP into the magic organisation

that it is today, we can alter the shape of the world.”

maria manolescu, active in the EyP 2004 - 2017

FROm A SCHOOL PROJECT TO A VIABLE EUROPEAN NETwORk

1987 The European Youth Parliament was founded as a school project at the Lycée François-Premier in Fontainebleau, south of Paris.

2004The former international umbrella organisation was disbanded. Follow-ing this, the National Committees of the EYP mandated the Schwarzkopf Foundation to act as a new interna-tional umbrella organisation for the EYP.

2006The Charter of the EYP was signed by the Schwarzkopf Foundation and rep-resentatives of the National Commit-tees in Paris. The Charter laid out the structure of the organisation.


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Cultural programmeDisplaying the diversity of Europe has always been an important part of EYP events.

2015The Building A Stronger European Society project (BASES) started within National Committees in Eastern Partnership Countries.

2017With almost 600 events held across the network every year, including more than 35.000 participants from 40 countries, the European Youth Parliament today is the largest organi-sation for non-formal European political education.

The Euroconcert at the 30th anniversary celebration of the European Youth Parliament in Brno, Czech Republic.


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The Schwarzkopf Foundation is extremely happy with the positive response to the founding of its Circle of Friends, and wishes to extend a special thank you to the friends of the foundation who joined in 2017. The Circle of Friends offers support to the work of the foundation, ensuring vital functions and bridging different sectors of society closer to the foundation, such as academia, arts, politics and the private sector.

If you are interested to find out more about the Circle of Friends, we warmly invite you to sign up for information and to become a member at:https://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/circle-of-friends/

The Board

Circle of Friends

From left to right: Tobias Bütow, Theo Koll, Lars-Erik Nyborg, LL.D André Schmitz-Schwarzkopf (Chairman), Sophie Hall, Hans-Christian Schwarzkopf, Dr. Ekkehard Nümann, Dr. Michael Maßbaum and Dieter Kosslick. In the picture are also European Youth Parliament Programme Manager Krista Lagus (on maternity leave) and Schwarzkopf Foundation Director Anne Rolvering. Missing: Dr. Eric Schweitzer and Georg Fahrenschon.


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The Team

Josephine Pöge, VolunteerElisa Mauke, Volunteer Vanessa Schmidt, Volunteer

Tobias Frietzsche, Programme Manager Events Anna Saraste, Programme Manager Awards & Travel Grants

Olga Kusnierska, Head of Communication

Viviane Otto, Project Manager Understanding Europe

Heiko Seiser, Head of Administration Brian Buhrke, Project Assistant Communication and Administration

Simon Heuser, Personal Assistant to the chairman of the board

Tuna Dökmeci, Human Resources Assistant European Youth Parliament

Valeriya Boyko, Project AssistantEuropean Youth Parliament

Bernard Dröge, Project Manager Seminars Aya Ruzycki, Project Manager Seminars Alexandre Narayanin, Project Assistant Seminars

Kerstin Eckart, Project Manager European Youth Parliament / Understanding Europe

Monika Seidel, Project Manager European Youth Parliament

Anya Suprunenko, Project Manager European Youth Parliament

Lena Prötzel, Programme Manager SeminarsLukas Fendel, Programme Manager European Youth Parliament

Anne Rolvering, Executive Director


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