The EFAy visits Youth of European Nationalities Withsun seminar in the Danish town of Gråsten/Gravenstein. The host of the seminar with over 120 delegates from all over Europe was Junge Spitzen and DJN - Deutscher Jugendverband für Nordschleswig.
The topic of the yearly seminar was “the more I see you - the added value of minorities” referring to a competence analysis commissioned by the Schleswig-Holstein State parliament.
The competence analysis should serve as an instrument for the development of the multilingual region and also convince other regions to investigate the added value of multilingualism. YEN and Junge Spitzen also brought attention by issuing a resolution calling for a European study on the added value of minorities. EFAy welcomes this initiative and like to state that it is of importance for every European citizen to understand the “added value of minorities”. Minorities provide Europe with unique competences concerning multilingualism, culture and democratic participation. Issuing such a study could be perceived as an acknowledgement of the added value of minorities in states across Europe.
Later, during the seminar all delegates were involved in a simulation, in which they had to portray different fictional minorities, which came to a climax in an enacted hearing in the European Parliament.
The EFAy was invited to hold a presentation on youth politics in the European Union. Vice-president Andreas Dahlén held the presentation on Saturday 10th during the general assembly of YEN.
The EFAy is grateful for the opportunity to take part in this years YEN seminar and look forward to further co-operation with the youth organisation.
The whole speech as presented during the YEN general assembly can be found here.
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