The results of the Power Shifts fund 2019 have been announced. Out of 19 competitive applications 5 favourites were chosen to receive support for the innovative energy-related activities for the events taking place in 2019.

The European Youth Parliament (EYP) is a unique educational programme which brings together young people from all over Europe, to discuss current topics in a parliamentary setting. The EYP is a non-partisan and independent programme. The EYP consists of a network of 40 European associations and organisations in which thousands of young people are active in a voluntary capacity. With its international, national and regional sessions it reaches out to ca. 30 000 young people all over Europe every year. The international umbrella organisation of the EYP is the Schwarzkopf Foundation, which hosts the International Office of the EYP.

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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.