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With our Annual General Meeting (AGM) only a few days ahead, we kindly ask our members to have a look at the agenda and the Manifestos of the people who decided to run for Board Membership. You can find all relevant files here. The AGM takes place on the 15th February 2015 on 15:00 at the MZA Teuchelweiher, Theorieraum 0109, Zeughausstrasse 65-69, 8400 Winterthur. We kindly ask all attendants to be on time and are looking forward to seeing you!

EYP Switzerland is happy to invite its members to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the Chairs' Training. Both events will take place on the weekend of the 14th and 15th February 2015 in Winterthur. The Chairs' Training will take place on Saturday and Sunday and is led by Christian Macht (DE). He is a very experienced EYPer and will preside the Austrian National Selection Conference in Vienna this spring. We are glad that he will share his knowledge with our Alumni. The AGM will take place on Sunday, 15th February 2015, at 15:00, in Winterthur. The address is MZA…

We are very proud to announce that the 83rd International Session of the European Youth Parliament will take place in Laax (GR) in autumn 2016 and is being head-organised by our president, Nora Wilhelm! The bid was accepted by the Governing Body of EYP last week. If you want to learn more about Laax 2016, stay tuned: the Call for Organisers and the Session's Facebook page will be published soon!

With great pleasure we announce the dates of the upcoming Regional Sessions and open the Call for Delegates! For the first time, our RSs will last two days. They will take place in February and March 2015 all over Switzerland: Berne: Thursday, 26. - Friday, 27. February 2015 Basel: Saturday, 7. - Sunday, 8. March 2015 Geneva: Friday, 13. - Saturday, 14. March 2015 Zurich: Saturday, 21. - Sunday, 22. March 2015 People who are interested in getting involved in EYP and have never attended a session before are recommended to sign up as Delegates until the 17. January 2015.…

This weekend, our Alumni Weekend takes place in the lovely mountain village of Sörenberg LU. While the delegates of the National Selection Conference Fribourg 2014 learned about EYP Journalism, attending sessions abroad and how European institutions work, our more experienced members were given an insight into chairing and layouting and could give their input to the vision on our organisation. We thank everybody for their contribution and look forward to seeing you again at one of our upcoming events.

Now that Fribourg 2014 has come to an end, it is time to return to daily business. During the session we held an Extraordinary General Meeting to elect two new members of the board. The assembly unanimously elected Mohamed Atiek and Lars Kieni as new members of the board. While Mohamed will be the new treasurer of EYP Switzerland and take care of membership, Lars will take over the communication portfolio. We wish them all the best in their new positions.

EYP Switzerland is very pleased to have been granted a Podio sponsorship, enabling us to use the intranet platform that facilitates the work and communication of our organisation for free! The Board of EYP Switzerland has started working with Podio earlier this year, setting up different apps and folders for every department to make cooperation and coordination among the Board Members a lot smoother. The benefits of working on Podio for Board Members that live all over Switzerland are clear. Amongst others, the digital calendar allows us to have an overview about everyone's availabilities, thanks to the comment section we…

Each student who participated in an event of EYP Switzerland automatically becomes a EYP Switzerland Alumni. Every year, we organise various events for our Alumni community. Among others the Easter Brunch, Christmas Dinner and Chairs' Trainings take place annually. Moreover, all Almuni are invited to the Annually General Meeting (AGM), taking place early in the year. Our next Alumni event will be Easter Brunch. As soon as the date and other details are fixed, all infos and the registration form will be published here as well as on our Facebook page. Stay informed about all our activities and like us on Facebook!

EYP Switzerland is inviting its members to an Extraordinary General Meeting, taking place on the 6th of September in Fribourg, with the main purpose of electing two new Board Members. Please find the draft agenda here. Are you also in for some more EYP fun? Right after the Extraordinary General Meeting on the 6th of September there will be an alumni event organised in Fribourg. Make sure to save the date and stay tuned for more information!

Are you interested in organising the annual flagship event of EYP Switzerland? We are now looking for bids to host the 19th National Selection Conference in 2015. During its last meeting, the board has elaborated on the selection criteria and procedure for future National Selection Conference organisation bids. Amongst the changes are the time of submission, specificity of the different session elements such as venues, budget and partners, and the level of experience of the Head Organisers. While the board expects a high amount of dedication and professionalism for the organising team of the NSC, individual Board Members support sub-departments…