The Young Citizens Danube Network Conference, Budapest

Deadline: 11 April 2011
Open to: young people coming from all 14 countries of the Danube region
Dates and Venue: 17 – 19 of June 2011, Budapest, Hungary
Fee: the conference fee is set at 30€.

The Young Citizens Danube Network was founded in July 2010 as part of the European Union. Strategy for Danube Region (EUSDR) with the aim of bringing young people together to exchange experience and ideas and to give them opportunity to participate in shaping the region’s and their own future.

About

The three day conference is expected to gather approximately 50 young Danubians who will be given the possibility to partake in interdisciplinary workshops and discuss challenges of the Danube region.

The Conference aims to provoke a dialogue among young people coming from all 14 countries of the Danube region. Through dialogue YCDN wants to enable young generation to successfully learn from each other and share and expand their views of the regional cooperation and youth. The Young Citizens Danube Network is hoping to use the June conference to establish a successful and lasting youth network.

Conference Workshops

The workshop titles respect the main pillars of the EUSDR and are the following:
1. National identity, myths and feeling: Breaking the stereotypes
2. Protecting the environment in the Danube region: Sustainable Development, biodiversity, quality of air and water
3. Building prosperity in the Danube region: How did the countries react to the financial crisis and what impacts does this have on their future?
4. Strengthening the Danube region: How to counteract Human trafficking in the Danube region?

How to Apply

Interested students and young professionals are invited to apply for workshop participation by submitting a paper (up to 1500 words) on one of the workshop topics by April 11, 2011. Papers and CVs should be written in English (Times New Roman, font 12, double spacing), should not exceed the set word limit, should be practice oriented, and above all, should emphasize the youth perspective to listed topics. Successful applicants will be expected to present their papers at the workshop introduction session. The YCDN team will revise all the received papers and notify all applicants of the results by mid May, 2011.
Please send your papers and CVs to the concerned workshop representative:

Workshop 1: Anja Ster ster@ycdn.eu
Workshop2: Peter Kumer kumer@ycdn.eu
Workshop 3: Jovana Saracevic saracevic@ycdn.eu
Workshop 4: Ivan Matic matic@ycdn.eu

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