European Youth Parliament, Sophienstraße 28-29, 10178 Berlin, Germany. www.eyp.org. [email protected] INTERNATIONAL TRAININGS 2013/2014 It is one of EYP’s main priorities to develop towards a training-based organisation and to further improve the capacities of our organisation. With the support of our partner, the Mercator Foundation, the International Office is now able to offer con- siderable financial support for EYP’s training activities in some priority areas. We see this as an important contribution to develop the EYP’s capacity and the quality of our events. For the period from July 1st, 2013 - June 30th, 2014, the EYP-SF will give out up to € 10 000 of funding for trainings organised by the National Committees. We hope that you take advantage of this great opportunity and look forward to your applications to host trainings in 2013 and 2014. CALL FOR PROPOSALS We are looking for National Committees interested in organising trainings which last 2 – 4 days, involve 15 – 20 participants and take place between July 1st 2013 and June 30th, 2014. The training needs to be open to participants from the EYP network. The possibility for participation must be made public through an open call. At least one of the trainers involved needs to come from the EYP’s pool of trainers or be a qualified external trainer with relevant experience (this can also be an EYP alumnus, if relevant competence has been devel- oped outside EYP). The organisation of the training could be supported by the EYP International Office (e.g. participant admin- istration). The International Office can also help with applications to be made to receive co-funding (see below). The EYP Academy would give advice on concept for the training and the implementation and needs to be involved in the planning process. Trainings would be part of the EYP’ Training Academy programme. The EYP Academy is the EYP’s training working group. The task of EYP Academy is to increase the quality of EYP (events and experience) through trainings, trainers and materials. Support to trainings in 2013/2014 Proposed trainings should address one or more of these priorities: • Media and Communication • Session Management • Managing a National Committee • Reaching new target groups, such as disadvantaged youth (EYP Outreach) This does not exclude funding for excellent training proposals on different areas. However, training propos- als focussing on the priority areas will be much more likely to be granted funding. Priority Areas