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30TH REGIONAL SESSION OF EYP LATVIA<br />
04.07.2018<br />
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SALDUS 2018<br />
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30TH REGIONAL SESSION OF EYP LATVIA<br />
04.07.2018<br />
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CONTENT<br />
WORD FROM HEAD ORGANISERS<br />
Dear applicant,<br />
02 WORD FROM HEAD ORGANISERS<br />
03 PRESIDENTIAL VISION<br />
04 APPLICATION QUESTIONS<br />
We the head organizers of SALDUS’18 want to thank you for showing<br />
interest in helping us reach our goals for this session. We both study together<br />
which has and will continue to be a huge benefit to the progress being made.<br />
Our session is meant to be something innovative to EYP in a way. We want to<br />
shift our focuss to themes and topics that may seem rarely discussed in these<br />
events in order to reach a wider range of young people who may be afraid of<br />
the word one word - politics. Our main theme is culture. With that said we are<br />
going to put an accent on the diversity of it and the acceptance of it.Truthfully<br />
the venue of the session speaks for itself being an art school which has also<br />
been an important architecture landmark for Latvia in the past years. With the<br />
human society changing rapidly we need to learn to adapt. Because at the end<br />
of the day our shared values define us much more than our differences. And we<br />
can only improve by adding something new to the already existing product.<br />
With love,<br />
Jānis Vēveris and Laura Polkmane,<br />
Head Organisers 30th Regional Session of EYP Latvia
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PRESIDENTIAL VISION<br />
FOR VP’S<br />
Dear potential applicant,<br />
Saldus 2018 will be a unique first-hand experience for the delegates acquiring the<br />
opportunity to participate. With a five-day stretch for officials, four days for delegates, Saldus<br />
2018 already constitutes the space for new and innovative approaches to the concept that<br />
makes a regional session. The beautiful and architectural city of Saldus will in October<br />
welcome approximately 80 delegates divided into six committees. I would now like to invite<br />
you to form this experience together with me, either as Vice-President or Editor.<br />
STRUCTURED PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT<br />
First and foremost, Saldus 2018 will be a platform for you, the Leadership, to<br />
extensively contemplate, track and structure your own personal development for the<br />
session at hand. Personal development in the context of EYP is nothing newly<br />
emphasised on, though it is rarely tracked down and evaluated. A session process,<br />
especially a long one, can often make it hard to pinpoint the gems of the experience.<br />
In order for you to develop to the fullest in the position of Vice-President or Editor, it<br />
is essential for you to continuously evaluate your previous experiences, as well as<br />
Saldus 2018.<br />
AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED SESSION<br />
In the same tone as the above mentioned personal development, Saldus 2018 will<br />
focus on the individual and both the academic and personal development of every<br />
participant attending. The Vice-Presidents will work closely with two committees<br />
respectively - actively helping each individual chair to pinpoint the gems of the<br />
experience that will make their Saldus. The Vice-Presidents will manage one<br />
academic and one ’emotional’ buddy group correlating to the two committees<br />
provided - whilst me as the President instead will focus on the entirety of the team<br />
and all the individuals constructing it.<br />
The Leadership will together create a safe and stable environment for everyone<br />
involved, where fears are overcomed and failure is welcomed with constructivism and<br />
support rather than breakage.<br />
INTERACTIVE ACADEMIC CONCEPT<br />
Saldus 2018 will introduce a new, ’unconventional’ concept to the regional sessions<br />
of EYP Latvia. With the reduction of the amount of committees from eight to six - the<br />
three VP:s will be given the opportunity to full-heartedly focus on the chairs’ and their<br />
academic and personal development. Moreover, you, as Vice-President, will together<br />
with me, the President, outline the topics that you further will work with during the<br />
session process in context of the academic buddy-groups.<br />
Furthermore, in order to ensure that the delegates experience a thorough and<br />
constructive first-hand experience with EYP, I believe that it is important to pursue an<br />
environment where they not only receive an extensive preparation period - but also<br />
that they during the session is provided with the appropriate time and tools to outlive<br />
the educational aspect of both Committee Work and the General Assembly. Both<br />
mentioned elements are usually rushed due to a lack of time, resulting in the delegates<br />
mostly focusing on their topic alone, rather than learning from the overarching experience<br />
that any academic concept seeks to provide. Therefore, I will introduce a interactive<br />
academic concept for which the delegate’s experience can be outlived to its fullest<br />
potential.<br />
After the first day of Committee Work, the committees should be aimed to have<br />
reached a ‘first draft’ on the resolutions. Similar to a ‘Lobby Event’, the delegates will<br />
then have ‘Affection time’, where they present different constructive ideas to each<br />
others’ resolutions, whilst also initiating discussions about their own topic/resolutions.<br />
Day two of Committee Work will then create time for adjustments for the changes<br />
presented during the affection time - and reach a final draft by lunch on day two of<br />
Committee Work. The resolutions will then be ready quite early, which allows for<br />
extensive GA-preparations. After each debate during the General Assembly, 5-10<br />
minutes will be allocated to the responding committee to change/add to/remove an<br />
existing clause - after which they will be able to present the culmination of the debate<br />
in the ‘Debate Summary’, after which the ‘Rally Speech’ is to be held in regular order.<br />
Ending the debates with amendment-time will also provide the General Assembly with<br />
a sense of “having a purpose/end-game with the debate”, and hopefully help create a<br />
constructive mindset for the delegates.
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APPLICATION QUESTIONS<br />
CONTENT<br />
FOR EDITOR(S)<br />
The Editor(s) will play a crucial role in implementing the above mentioned<br />
vision, as well as the theme of the session. This role will also be crucial in order<br />
to achieve my vision for a open and extensive inter-team cooperation. You will<br />
therefore be welcomed with warm arms to cooperate with the both the chairs’-<br />
and organising team before/during the session to together build a face for<br />
Saldus 2018. While doing this, you, the Editor(s), will be provided with<br />
complete freedom when it comes to developing a medial concept,<br />
team-structure and output.<br />
’Come and taste the culture’ will provide the session with a first-hand<br />
experience in cultural-exchange through academic and social inquires. This<br />
constitutes a lot of freedom for you to develop a theme expressing creativity<br />
and cultural understanding. The rest of the vision for Saldus 2018, is for you to<br />
construct.<br />
Yours,<br />
Gustav Dahlquist,<br />
President of 30th Regional Session of EYP Latvia<br />
QUESTIONS FOR VICE-PRESIDENTS<br />
1) Without mentioning occupation or everyday interests, introduce yourself to the<br />
selection panel. Who are you?<br />
(max 200 words)<br />
2) What values are you being true to, and how will you facilitate them in your role as a<br />
leader for a mixed team of both experienced and inexperienced Chairpersons?<br />
Here you can describe your style of leadership, and also bearing in mind how that<br />
translates into strengths and weaknesses for you as a Vice-President.<br />
(max 300 words)<br />
3) How do you view the vision and interactive academic concept for Saldus 2018? How will<br />
you as a Vice-President commit in order to ensure that the vision is implemented for<br />
everyone attending? Do you have any ideas for the academic concept that you would like<br />
to implement?<br />
Here you can take into account that regional sessions gathers mostly first-time delegates,<br />
and what you would do to ensure that the delegates have a positive first time experience<br />
through this specific academic concept and vision.<br />
(no word-limit)<br />
QUESTIONS FOR EDITOR(S)<br />
1) Are you applying together with someone? If so, please state the full name here and<br />
make sure that you send in one individual application each.<br />
2) Without mentioning occupation or everyday interests, introduce yourself to the<br />
selection panel. Who are you?<br />
(max 200 words)<br />
3) There is often a perceived lack of interaction and communication between all Officials<br />
teams. How would you address this issue?<br />
(max 300 words)<br />
4) What is your editorial vision for Saldus 2018? How will you integrate this vision into the<br />
session theme while also enforcing the vision presented for the session?<br />
Here you can address: incorporating the session's theme; the structure of your team; your<br />
team's role at the session; the team's products/outcome.<br />
(no word-limit)<br />
5) Please present some of your previous work. This could be everything and whatever you<br />
feel is relevant for this role, as well as something that you feel proud of in any context. This<br />
does not have to be EYP-related.<br />
(no word-limit)
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