Participate

The Forum is open to anyone aged 18 to 25 (as of July 9th, 2010) and living in one of the EU states, Iceland, Norway, Turkey and Liechtenstein.
An EYP experience for chairs and journalists will be required.
The European Youth Parliament being a purely non-political association, there is no political criterium to sign up for the Forum.

Participation fees

Participation fees are 70 euros per participant (20 euros for the chairs and journalists) and include accommodation, food, transport in the forum, costs related to activities planed on the programme and the whole logistics necessary for the Forum.
Everybody’s attention is drawn on the fact that these fees remain extremely low when compared to the real cost of the European Forum, since they only cover 10% of the whole budget, the remaining 90% being financed by public and private sponsors.
Will remain at the participants’ expense: travelling costs to come to Reims and to go back home, dinner during the night of “committee dinner” (12 to 15 euros), drinks during a party (5 to 10 euros), personal “extras” and potential activities which are not planned on the programme and performed during spare time.

Working and spoken languages

The only official working and spoken languages of the European Youth Parliament are French and English. Debates play out in both these languages only, and working documents only are written in these languages as well. It is subsequently essential to be able to understand them. However, we draw participants-to-be’s attention on the fact that English is usually the mainly used language during debates and activities of the Forums.

General policy of the Forum

Participants travel under their own responsibility and to their own costs. They have to comply with the law concerning immigration services (identity card, passport, visa…).
At their arrival to the Forum, participants will have to be able to justify their identity and their nationality by producing any valid official documents.
By registering to the Forum, you commit yourself to a firm and definitive participation to the entirety of the activities planned in the programme. Usual rules of well-behaviour naturally have to be complied with during the Forum.
Participants to the Forum remain, as adults, under their complete responsibility and therefore have to be insured for any damage or injury they could cause during the event.
Any infringement to the general policy of the Forum and/or any indecent or behaviour or any demeanour willing to disorder the normal sequence of the event would lead to the immediate and definitive exclusion from the Forum, without prejudice of potential judiciary pursuits which the association could deem good to undertake.

Notice concerning the media-related coverage

The Forum includes a great media-related coverage. Participants will therefore have to sign down a mandate for their image to be used as soon as they’ll arrive.

Help from the Organising Committee to participants

After the validation of your registration, the Organising Committee may provide official certificates in order to ease the prospecting of financial supports for your coming to the Forum or the potential obtaining of a visa.
Within the months prior to the Forum, the Organising Committee will keep a permanent contact with participants in order to prepare their arrival and their journey, and will remain available for any information, question, anxiety…