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30TH REGIONAL SESSION OF EYP LATVIA 04.07.2018 PAGE 02/02 CONTENT WORD FROM HEAD ORGANISERS Dear applicant, 02 WORD FROM HEAD ORGANISERS 03 PRESIDENTIAL VISION 04 APPLICATION QUESTIONS We the head organizers of SALDUS’18 want to thank you for showing interest in helping us reach our goals for this session. We both study together which has and will continue to be a huge benefit to the progress being made. Our session is meant to be something innovative to EYP in a way. We want to shift our focuss to themes and topics that may seem rarely discussed in these events in order to reach a wider range of young people who may be afraid of the word one word - politics. Our main theme is culture. With that said we are going to put an accent on the diversity of it and the acceptance of it.Truthfully the venue of the session speaks for itself being an art school which has also been an important architecture landmark for Latvia in the past years. With the human society changing rapidly we need to learn to adapt. Because at the end of the day our shared values define us much more than our differences. And we can only improve by adding something new to the already existing product. With love, Jānis Vēveris and Laura Polkmane, Head Organisers 30th Regional Session of EYP Latvia
30TH REGIONAL SESSION OF EYP LATVIA 04.07.2018 PAGE 03/03 PRESIDENTIAL VISION FOR VP’S Dear potential applicant, Saldus 2018 will be a unique first-hand experience for the delegates acquiring the opportunity to participate. With a five-day stretch for officials, four days for delegates, Saldus 2018 already constitutes the space for new and innovative approaches to the concept that makes a regional session. The beautiful and architectural city of Saldus will in October welcome approximately 80 delegates divided into six committees. I would now like to invite you to form this experience together with me, either as Vice-President or Editor. STRUCTURED PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT First and foremost, Saldus 2018 will be a platform for you, the Leadership, to extensively contemplate, track and structure your own personal development for the session at hand. Personal development in the context of EYP is nothing newly emphasised on, though it is rarely tracked down and evaluated. A session process, especially a long one, can often make it hard to pinpoint the gems of the experience. In order for you to develop to the fullest in the position of Vice-President or Editor, it is essential for you to continuously evaluate your previous experiences, as well as Saldus 2018. AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED SESSION In the same tone as the above mentioned personal development, Saldus 2018 will focus on the individual and both the academic and personal development of every participant attending. The Vice-Presidents will work closely with two committees respectively - actively helping each individual chair to pinpoint the gems of the experience that will make their Saldus. The Vice-Presidents will manage one academic and one ’emotional’ buddy group correlating to the two committees provided - whilst me as the President instead will focus on the entirety of the team and all the individuals constructing it. The Leadership will together create a safe and stable environment for everyone involved, where fears are overcomed and failure is welcomed with constructivism and support rather than breakage. INTERACTIVE ACADEMIC CONCEPT Saldus 2018 will introduce a new, ’unconventional’ concept to the regional sessions of EYP Latvia. With the reduction of the amount of committees from eight to six - the three VP:s will be given the opportunity to full-heartedly focus on the chairs’ and their academic and personal development. Moreover, you, as Vice-President, will together with me, the President, outline the topics that you further will work with during the session process in context of the academic buddy-groups. Furthermore, in order to ensure that the delegates experience a thorough and constructive first-hand experience with EYP, I believe that it is important to pursue an environment where they not only receive an extensive preparation period - but also that they during the session is provided with the appropriate time and tools to outlive the educational aspect of both Committee Work and the General Assembly. Both mentioned elements are usually rushed due to a lack of time, resulting in the delegates mostly focusing on their topic alone, rather than learning from the overarching experience that any academic concept seeks to provide. Therefore, I will introduce a interactive academic concept for which the delegate’s experience can be outlived to its fullest potential. After the first day of Committee Work, the committees should be aimed to have reached a ‘first draft’ on the resolutions. Similar to a ‘Lobby Event’, the delegates will then have ‘Affection time’, where they present different constructive ideas to each others’ resolutions, whilst also initiating discussions about their own topic/resolutions. Day two of Committee Work will then create time for adjustments for the changes presented during the affection time - and reach a final draft by lunch on day two of Committee Work. The resolutions will then be ready quite early, which allows for extensive GA-preparations. After each debate during the General Assembly, 5-10 minutes will be allocated to the responding committee to change/add to/remove an existing clause - after which they will be able to present the culmination of the debate in the ‘Debate Summary’, after which the ‘Rally Speech’ is to be held in regular order. Ending the debates with amendment-time will also provide the General Assembly with a sense of “having a purpose/end-game with the debate”, and hopefully help create a constructive mindset for the delegates.
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