Annual Report 2008 - European Youth Parliament

European Youth Parliament-Belarus
The National Committee of the European
Youth Parliament in Belarus
Belarusian participation in EYP began in 1998, and in 1999 a delegation of Belarus
youths attended an EYP International Session for the first time. EYP is now active
in 7 cities of Belarus, each of which has a local organisational group. All attempts
to obtain official registration as a Belarus NGO failed in the period 2002 – 2004.
EYP is therefore considered as an NGO development activity. The absence of legal
registration means there is no State assistance available, and thus no official access
to School or University facilities. Annually there are three national sessions, of
which one is now held in the Summer in Ukraine. An elected National Committee
manages all events including selection for International Sessions. In 2008 over 200
Belarus youths experienced an EYP session of at least 3 days duration. The majority
of these sessions were held as regional activities outside Belarus in partnership
with the neighbouring countries of Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine. Up to 35
Belarus youths attend each of these regional sessions. In Belarus EYP acts as one
of the few coordinated youth activities which is independent of State direction. It is
a leading contributor to the development of civil society and pluralist democracy in
Belarus
Activities in 2008
Vitsebsk, Belarus Micro-National
Session
March 1 - 2;
Number of Participants: 20
Aim: to provide EYPers from the
Northern region of Belarus with EYP
experience.
Baranavichy, Belarus National
Session
April 5 - 6;
Number of Participants: about 35
Polatsk, Belarus Mini-National
Session
October 4 - 5
Number of Participants: 30
Other events in 2008
NC and City representatives
meeting and training
Minsk, Belarus
May 25; Number of Participants: 15
Aims: to strengthen local groups in
all the regions, to establish new EYP
development strategy, to train in new
comers searching and EYP presenting,
to get acquainted with problems
connected with relations with
KGB (Committee on State Security)
and other official institutions.
Contact
EYP-Belarus
National Coordinator
c/o Dr Alan Flowers
Kingston University
KT1 2EE, UK
Kingston-upon-Thames
A.Flowers@kingston.ac.uk
Phone +44 208 547 2000
EYP-Belarus
The National Committee
http://eypby.org
eypbelarus@gmail.com
Chairman of the NC (till
Feb’09)
Yauhen Yakimenka
jjauhien@gmail.com
Mobile +375 29 558 04 78
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