Category Energy

Power Shifts project cycle goes forward! This time energy was discussed as one of the topics during a session in Villach, hosted by the European Youth Parliament Austra in mid-January 2019.  Around 40 participants from the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Serbia, France, Ukraine, Austria, and Germany discussed the pressing challenges of today under the motto: “Modernisation ahead – can technology power our society?”.

The energy-focused committee (ITRE) discussed the question of how the EU can provide its citizens with affordable, clean energy and technologically advanced energy production methods while ensuring energy security across all European borders.

As the new year approaches, we are happy to look back into the achievements of 2018 as well as into the future. For the Power Shifts fund 2018 we have received 18 very competitive applications and were able to support 7 great events happening in 2018 and first half of 2019. Energy-focused sessions in Denmark, Austria, Greece, Ireland, France, Ukraine and Azerbaijan have been awarded the fund for their energy-related activities.

In the upcoming 2019, we are happy to provide support to up to 7 regional, national and international energy-focused events with a total fund of 15.000 EUR. We are opening a call for applications from all EYP National Committees and organising committees.

Events taking place between February 2019 – December 2019 should focus on “Technological Innovation in the E...

End of November the first event supported from the Power Shifts Fund 2018 took place in Denmark. All topics discussed at the Regional Selection Conference of EYP Denmark in Vejle formed around the notion of resilience, which is prominent in the public discourse of the area since Vejle is the third smallest city in the 100 Resilient Cities Network. Around 30 participants from the area and all around the country had the chance to discuss energy related and environmental topics at the Rødkilde gymnasium which generously supported the event.

We had a chance to talk to the Head Organisers of the session, Anne Seeneha Henriksen and Christian Fuglsang Pedersen, who shared with us their impressions as well as the reasons they decided to incorporate an energy related session concept.