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  The 16th National Selection Conference of EYP Switzerland was officially opened today at the Alte Kantonsschule Aarau. The participants had the pleasure of welcoming Mrs. Pascale Bruderer Wyss, Councillor of State and patron of the session, as a guest speaker to their Opening Ceremony. "I like EYP for three reasons. Firstly it is by young people for young people, secondly it is based on the work of volunteers, and, finally: young people are so talented at debating", said Mrs. Bruderer Wyss. She pointed out that direct democracy is based on an informed electorate – a goal which the EYP can…

Not attending Aarau 2012 as Officials but you still do not want to miss out on the session? Join us for our Alumni reunion at the NSC in Aarau! We will meet on Saturday, September 1st at 4pm at the train station in Aarau. After a visit to the first part of General Assembly, we will go for dinner and join the rest of the participants for a party with the theme "nerds" at Aarau's famous KiFF club. The city of a fairly successful nerd, Albert Einstein, should be inspiration enough for a brilliant costume. Sign up here on Facebook…

Austerity, eurobonds, growth stimulation- what is the way out the European debt crisis according to you? You can make your voice heard by taking part in the current European Youth Poll: The Way out of the Debt Crisis.  The survey is available in English, as well as in German and French. Share the link and spread the word amongst your friends!

We're very pleased to announce the officials' team joining session president Kerstin Mathias (DE) for Aarau 2012 - 16th National Session of EYP Switzerland: Chairs' team Mark Brakel (NL) - Vice-President Sophie Scannell (IE) - Vice-President Boaz Manger (NL) Zuzana Holakovskà (CZ) Theodor Hall (CH) Oona Kiiskinen (FI) Rónán O'Connor (IE) Emilie Tilstam (SE) Harm van Leeuwen (NL) Maximilian Kiehn (DE) Faustine Bidaud (FR) Veronika Drzkova (CZ) Press team Karlis Caune (LV) - Editor Giada Benfatto (IT) - Editor Sebastian Gerbeth (DE) - Video Editor Willem Koelewijn (NL) Bernet Meijer (NL) Dean Connolly (UK) Sorcha Forster (IE) Louis Wouters (BE)…

EYP Switzerland is delighted to launch the call for officials for our 16th National Selection Conference, Aarau 2012. The session will be presided by Kerstin Mathias (DE) and officials are expected to stay from the 28th of August til the 2nd of September. We're now open to applications for Vice-Presidents, Chairs, Editors and Journalists. More details about the session can be found in both the attatched call and under www.eyp.ch/aarau2012. The application form can be found here. The deadline for applications is 23.59 CET on the 14th of May.  

Students from all over Switzerland are invited to participate in our upcoming National Selection Conference in Aarau. From the 29th of August to the 2nd of September 2012, some 150 participants will gather to discuss European issues under the umbrella theme Networks – weaving the fabric of society. Schools are invited to sign up until the 14th of May 2012. We are thrilled to announce that Ms Kerstin Mathias (DE), an experienced alumna and President of EYP Germany, will preside Aarau 2012. The call for Officials will follow later this month. More information can be found on the session website:…

The first ever round of Regional Sessions of EYP Switzerland are in full swing. The first session in Geneva on March 2nd took place at the Salle du Grand Conseil of Geneva and was presided by Tiago Correia Machado (PT). The academic preparation of the delegates as well as their passion for debating made the session a resounding success. Lively debates also took place in Basel, where the second Regional Session was held one week later on March 9th, under presidency of Rita Grant (IE). You can read more about these session on our Regionals website, where you can also…

EYP  Switzerland is looking back at an eventful 15 year anniversary. In our annual report for 2011 you can read about our activities and the various new projects we launched during the last year. If you missed out on the General Assembly 2012 on February 18th in Zurich, you can find the minutes here.

Thank you to all our members who came yesterday to the General Assembly to elect the new board. A particular welcome to our two new board members, Cecilia and Lukas. The members of EYP Switzerland elected the following board for 2012: Ueli Staeger - President Sophie Hall - Vice President, National Coordination Cecilia Mihaljek - National Coordination Support Konrad Staeger - Communication Delia Berner - External Affairs Lukas Bock - National Events Dominic Degen - National Conferences Filip Winzap - Finances & Membership We look forward to another year with you all!

On Saturday, February 18th EYP Switzerland will hold its annual General Assembly, one of our most important events. We warmly invite our members to join us for GA in Zurich on Saturday, 18 February 2012, where we will look back on 2011, elect new board members and also present our strategy for 2012. The Head Organisers of the Zurich International Session 2013 will also be present some updates about the project. Meeting point: Saturday, February 18th, 2012, 2:45 pm at Zürich HB On the same weekend, we will also organise a Chairs Training (for more information, see here), where Schima…