European Arts Forum 2019, an Event to Remember
World Youth Alliance (WYA) has successfully completed the 5th edition of European Arts Forum (EAF). The theme of this edition was “Capturing Truth in Art” and the event took place in Brussels on 22nd and 23rd of November. EAF gathered together participants from different countries around Europe like Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Netherland, Portugal and […]
Shaping our vision for human dignity together!
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Objective observation: 24.9.19, Kreuzherrengasse, 1010 Vienna. What do you see? Young people from all over Europe (more specifically Spain, Portugal, Poland, Austria, Italy, Kosovo, Belgium, Croatia) gathering at the main venue, looking around shyly, sipping coffee and watching for their team members while others already lead lively discussions in their respective national […]
WYA has instilled in me the desire to change the world
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] This week, from September 24th to September 29th, I had the opportunity to participate in an event in Vienna organized by WYA. It’s been a year ago since I got to know this organization but after 4 preparational meetings and finally this week in Vienna it has been now time that I […]
Meet the New York Interns of Fall 2019
This fall, the World Youth Alliance welcomed its last batch of interns for 2019. Their first week in New York overlapped with the 2019 United Nations General assembly with other conferences also happening around the city. This allowed them an early exposure to different discussions on topics such as Human Rights. Together, the interns will […]
The EU Parliament continues its regular activities
A short overview of the September plenary session STRASBOURG, 23 September 2019—The European Parliament continued its regular work with the first plenary session after the summer break held on September 16–19 in Strasbourg, France. Presided over by the Italian MEP David Maria Sassoli, the agenda was very diverse and the plenum saw a number of […]
At ELC, I realised – It is us who have the power to make changes!
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] First of all, I want to express my utmost gratitude to the WYA Team and how they organized this project; for the great opportunity to attend the Emerging Leaders Conference in Brussels and the opportunity to hold an in-depth debate on current and future challenges with experts, leaders and decision-makers in the […]
Convenient and Inconvenient Truths about the “Right to Die”
In 2016, a romantic movie based on a novel hit the big screen which captured the interest of young people all over the world. It had a familiar love story: wealthy boy meets poor girl; they fall in love; they fight; but eventually reconcile and live happily ever after. Or so it first appeared, until […]
Impressions from the Emerging Leaders Conference
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Between July 8 and July 10, we had an opportunity to participate in the international conference Meet the New European Parliament, organized by the World Youth Alliance, namely its Austrian Chapter and European Regional Office. The aim of this unusual project was to connect young people from different parts of Europe and […]
Emerging Leaders Conference – Meet the New European Parliament
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Today I would like to present an extraordinary project that is called Meet the new European Parliament in which I had the opportunity to participate in thanks to the World Youth Alliance Austria. However, it will not be one of these day-to-day reports on the activities in which we took part in. […]
Where is the energy to (re)charge our global SDGs?
On the 18th and 19th of June, along with three other European World Youth Alliance interns, I went to the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels. A whole new world opened up when I walked through that door. Was it due to the several airport-like security checks? Could be at least part of it. At […]
