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EUforIA Youth Weekend on Migration & Intercultural Dialogue
About this event: EUforIA Youth Weekend on Migration and Intercultural Dialogue

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Are you interested in the topic of international migration?

Are you irritated by the widespread negative discourse about the impact of immigrants on Swiss society?

Do you see potential to change something?

Are you eager to meet others who are also willing to become active in this field and discuss your opinions and projects for the future with them?



If you are between 18 and 28 years old, living in Switzerland, and would like to get more involved in social activities outside of your studies then you should not miss this opportunity to learn more about the possible ways to make a difference in the field of migration and intercultural dialogue.

We are offering a rich program with interactive workshops, time for discussions, social activities and food. You will learn more about how to become active and to make a difference at the local level!

Check out our website http://euforiaction.org/migration for more information!

March 13, 2009 | 5:41 PM Comments  0 comments

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EUforIA à SciencesPo Paris
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EUforIA with SciencesPo Paris
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Parisian students meet to discuss how YOUth edge contribute to the solution off total challenges!

On March 5 S? is held with Science-Po Paris the first event organized by the group EUforIA France (D? where L? French writing).


L? was objective of this first event to present EUforIA at the eager Science-Po students D? to act on their scale, against the total problems.

With did this occasion, President d' EUforIA Raphael Jerónimo Calderón briefly recall which were the factors having justified creation D? EUforIA: the feeling D? impotence of the young people in front of L? extent of the total problems as described by the policies and the media; the difficulty in selecting L? information in a media ocean; and finally the difficulty of S? to engage concretely and actively in the associative sector.


Also, our guest Christelle Van Ham, person in charge for the program Youth Venture of L? organization Ashoka (www.ashoka.asso.fr) presented the various tools placed at the disposal by Ashoka and the www.genv.net site to us for the young people eager to join the associative medium or to develop their own project.


Lastly, it is advisable to recall that L? object of the meeting being to mobilize students for creation D? a EUforIA project in Paris, Charlotte Feraille, president D? Did EUforIA France, underline L? importance of L? associative engagement of the young people. Thus, by presenting some projects organized by D? other members D? EUforIA and by proposing creation D? a Parisian project whose content will depend on the reflexion of the group, we mobilized ten people around our cause.


The meeting held with Science-Po in the greatest “illegality” S? is finally closed by an aperitif bio offered by YouthVenture, followed D? a discussion except establishment and the whole in good general environment. The group appears more than justified and prepares from now on for its first meeting which will be held this Friday March 13 with 8h (morning of course!) with Science-Po Paris.

For more information, do not hesitate to write with Charlotte (At) euforiaction.org

March 11, 2009 | 2:44 PM Comments  0 comments

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EUforIA WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
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EUforIA to win the international Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition!

AMAZING NEWS & A GREAT HONOUR - Excerpt from a press release:

“Paris, France — November 12, 2008 — Ashoka, the world’s community of leading social entrepreneurs, and Staples, today announced that EUforIA (www.euforiaction.org) is one of five finalist teams in the Staples “Youth Social Entrepreneur” Competition.



The Staples “Youth Social Entrepreneur” Competition was an online competition, created on Ashoka’s Changemakers’ platform that asked young people around the world to showcase how their projects are leading positive change and making an impact within their communities.



EUforIA’s project aimed at raising global awareness and encouraging local activism among youth was chosen out of 521 entries received from 61 countries for their outstanding impact, innovation and commitment to serving their community.



Finalists were selected by an elite panel of judges, including Franck Riboud, chairman and chief executive officer of Groupe Danone; Gilles Daniel, vice president of MTV France; Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist; Hannah Teeter, U.S. Olympic gold-medal winning snowboarder; and Kyle Freas, grand prize winner of the 2007 “Youth Social Entrepreneur” Competition.



All five finalists will be flown to Boston, MA, to be recognized during a special ceremony in their honor on November 20, 2008 at Staples’ headquarters in Framingham, MA. Staples will award the grand prize winner with €3.355 worth of Staples products to help run their entrepreneurial Venture, including a laptop, digital camera, printer and essential office supplies. The second place finalist will receive €776 worth of Staples products.“



The competition website is

http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/14035



EUforIA's Co-President Yoko & President Jeronimo were flown to Boston this week where they were loged in a 5-star hotel and officially received the award. We feel very honoured to have been awarded such an outstanding recognition of our work and are very happy that the potential of our initiative has been recognized by some of the leading international experts in the field of global change. As a new Ashoka youth venture we are looking forward to taking full advantage of the multiple opportunities ranging from networking to professional consulting and funding now offered to us. We are confident that this will considerably contribute to the successful realization of our ambitious goals and our intention to scale up and professionalize our young organization.

November 25, 2008 | 3:14 PM Comments  0 comments

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A highly successful EYS'08 launches EUforIA's Informed Action campaign to raise global awareness and encourage local activism among youth
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EUforIA does not only aim at raising global awareness (inform) but, maybe even more importantly, also at encouraging young people to become active in their local context to have an impact on global issues (activate).



The EUforIA Youth Summit 2008 (EYS'08) allowed more than 100 young people to explore how they can get involved in the area of a global challenge crucial to them. As a direct result from the event, many new initiatives where started and we are impatient to see what all those highly motivated young people are going to achieve. As for now, the new projects undertaken by the participants of the EYS'08 are:



* Organizing the EUforIA Youth Weekend on Migration and Intercultural Dialogue (http://www.euforiaction.org/migration/)

* Organizing the EUforIA Youth Weekend on Consump(ac)tion (http://www.euforiaction.org/consumpaction/)

* Organizing the EUforIA Latin American Youth Summit 2010 (http://www.euforiaction.org/elays/)

* Organizing the EUforIA Youth Summit 2009 (http://www.euforiaction.org/eys09/)

* Organizing the Euro-Mediterranean Youth Summit 2010

* Joining Amnesty International, Ethnopoly, YouthRep, EvB, IDEM and other organizations promoting global change on a local scale

* Doing an exchange year in order to increase one's intercultural skills

* Starting a new Youth NGO aimed at raising global awareness and supporting motivated school kids in Switzerland

* Setting up a group of students in Geneva who will fight for the protection of indigeneous rights in Mexico

* Launching a new social entrepreneurship venture with solar energy projects in Senegal intended to facilite and cheapen access to energy for poor rural communities

* Promoting the Agenda 21 commitments in one's academic institution and local community

* Creating more awareness of and supporting projects of sustainabledevelopment in India

* Organizing charity concerts that aim at raising money for a good cause and creating more awareness for a particular global challenge


If you would like to join our efforts and raise global awareness among youth and encourage local youth activism with your own project, then please contact us right away (contact@euforiaction.org) and we will see how we can support you!

November 7, 2008 | 7:10 PM Comments  0 comments

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EUforIA Youth Summit 2008 - EYS'08 - www.euforiaction.org/eys08
About this event: EYS'08 - EUforIA Youth Summit 2008

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I wanted to let the TakingITGlobal community know about an event that is certainly of greatest interest for all members, but in particular for SWISS YOUTH:

The EUforIA Youth Summit 2008 (EYS’08 – www.euforiaction.org/eys08) will take place in less than three weeks, October 17th-19th, in Geneva, and bring together young students from all across Europe and Switzerland that are just like YOU interested in global issues.

What makes this event so special and valuable is the fact, that it is the expression of a feeling of discontent among our generation with the way the world is portrayed in the media at present: We get constants “news” about how the UN Millennium Development Goals won’t be reached, how climate change gets worse every day and how many people were killed in the last terrorist attack.

This event was organized because we do no longer want to talk about problems and what is all bad in this world, but about personal challenges and what we can do to make a difference. In workshops, speeches, panel discussions, group work sessions and even during a movie screening and a party the participants of this event will exchange themselves about possible commitments and solutions to today’s most pressing global challenges.

Make sure you check out www.euforiaction.org/eys08, read a bit about the event, inform yourself about the workshops and APPLY RIGHT NOW (deadline is approaching fast!) on www.euforiaction.org/eys08/you! & MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR FRIENDS along!!!

If you haven’t got any plans for the weekend of the 17th-19th yet, you simply can’t miss this event! I’m sure it will not only be very interesting for you, but also a whole lot of fun and you’ll get to know tons of incredibly interesting people from all across Europe and Switzerland!

And if you don’t feel like you can/want to pay the application fee (100Sfr), then please write in general comments, that you’re willing to pay 50 Sfr (all delicious food/drinks during the event are included, so it’s not like you would spend more money!). ok? But really only if you need the $$$, because we need them too ;)

Looking forward to welcoming you in Geneva!
Jeronimo

PS don't hesitate contacting us with any questions eys08@euforiaction.org

September 30, 2008 | 11:33 AM Comments  5 comments





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