Youth conference on political campaigning

YCPC-Youth conference on political campaigning

European elections 2019 are drawing nearer and during the last EP elections only 28%of the 18-24 years old cast their ballot. How can we encourage young people to get involved in the political process?

JEF Brussels, SAIES- Students’ Association of the Institute of European Studies, and Eyes on Europe are organizing the first YCPC-Youth Conference on political Campaigning.

We want to familiarize youth with the challenges and hot topics of the 2019 EU elections. We aim to show ways how the next generation can engage in this process, and therefore, how to turn the process of political campaigning more bottom-up. We see this conference as a platform where academics, practitioners and students can come together to discuss these issues.

Contact and Registration

If you wish to attend the conference, please fill out our registration form. Registration is not mandatory nor definitive. It is meant to help organizers with the event’s logistics.

If you have any questions, please contact us at : ycpc@gmail.com

The conference

This day-long conference will consist of four interactive youth-led workshops, where young campaigners can share their knowledge and experience with the participants. At the end we will organize a panel discussion, where the participants can address their questions to experts and insiders, such as practitioners from the institutions, campaigners and academics.

Workshop topics:

• Civil participation n the context of elections
• Social media strategy in the context of the 2019 EP campaign
• The place of the journalists in political campaigning
• Party Political Youth Organisations and their engagement in the elections

Panel Discussion:

2019 European Election campaign: what place for youth?

Tentative  Schedule

Saturday, October 13th, 2018

Institue for European studies of the Université libre de Bruxelles, Campus of the Solbosh, Roosevelt Avenue, 39-41, 1040 Brussels.

La conférence aura lieu le samedi, le 13 octobre 2018 à l’Institut d’études européennes de l’Université libre de Bruxelles, Campus du Solbosh, Avenue Roosevelt, 39-41, 1040 Bruxelles.

Les organisateurs

Young European Federalists

JEF is a transpartisan, politically pluralist youth NGO with about 30,000 members in over 30 countries. The goal of JEF is the creation of a democratic European federation as a guarantee for peace and a more free, just, and democratic society.

JEF promotes true European Citizenship, works for the widening and deepening of the EU and strives for a more just and integrated society on the European continent. It is independent from all political parties and ideologies and pursues its objectives autonomously. Nevertheless, the organisation can of course participate in the exchange of opinions and experiences with political movements, public institutions, associations and the public.

SAIES – Students’ Association of the Institute for European Studies (SAIES)

SAIES is an association of students from the Institute for European Studies of the Université libre de Bruxelles. Its main purpose is to create a space for reflection accessible to anyone, and in which the European Union is the focus of attention.

Eyes on Europe

Born in 2004, Eyes on Europe is an association based in Brussels with a dual goal. Composed solely of students, our aim is to enable them to develop professional skills, to become autonomous and responsible as well as to blossom through a project of their own. Working with a horizontal youth-to-youth approach, we also strive for raising awareness of European citizens, and the development of a critical but fair mindset towards the European Union.