Do you speak European?
AER Youth in Europe Competition
2007/2008
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is organising an exciting new competition, which gives young people the opportunity to explore for themselves what it means to be a part of Europe. ‘Do You Speak European?’ is a public speaking and personal expression contest which gives teams of young people between the ages of 14 and 18 the opportunity to prepare and present their views on the question: ‘What does Europe mean to you?".
The competition is taking place all across Europe on three levels: regional, national and European. Each participating region organises its own regional-level competition, which will take place in Spring 2008. The winners of each regional competition will go on to represent their region at national level, in a competition that will take place in Summer 2008. Finally, the winners of each national competition will go on to compete at the European level, at a grand final to be held in Brussels in December 2008.
AER together with Brussels Capital Region organises the European final that will take place 3rd December in Brussels. At the same day of the competition, Brussels Capital Region organises the European event “What can Europe do for you(th)?”, an information day about: jobs, education, culture, travels and languages. There will be almost 1 000 young persons coming from different European regions and countries and from Brussels: students, young jobseekers, and active young people. The event will also draw the attention of other regional offices based in Brussels.
12 winners of the national level competitions from across Europe will arrive to Brussels to compete at European level. The rules of the European final are similar to the rules of the regional and national competition. That means:
• Teams of young people compete against each other to present their views of Europe in an original and informative way.
• All participants must be between the ages of 14 and 18 and they should be a maximum of 5 young people per team.
• Each team prepares a 5-7 minute presentation, which addresses the question: “What does Europe mean to you?” The presentations can be made in any format.
• At the end the jury decides on a winning team.
The jury for the European final will consist of prominent Europeans and policy-makers from different countries.
The winning team will benefit from exposure in the European media and will be presented with a prize from the AER and Brussels Capital Region.
To register to the Final Competition, please fill out the registration form and read all documents!
Invitation letter
Registration Form for the European Final
Programme of the European Final
Practical Information
- 1st November 2007 Deadline for member regions to inform AER Secretariat of intention to participate
- 30th November 2007 AER Secretariat confirms lead region for each country
- November-December 2007 Member regions organise logistics of regional competitions (Select regional juries, prepare local information packs and advertise competition)
- January-April 2008 Regional heats of competition take place
- 25th April 2008 Deadline for submitting results regional heats to AER
- March-April 2008 National lead regions organise logistics of national heats
- May-August 2008 National heats of competition take place
- 26th September 2008 Deadline for submitting full finalist details from each country to AER
- December 2008 European Final in Brussels
The AER has also prepared a comprehensive information pack, detailing how regional and national competitions can be organised, and providing all the templates necessary for preparing invitation letters, programmes and other materials.
Entry Form for European level
Entry Form for schools and youth organisations
Letter for Judges
National Level Form
Registration Form for schools
Registration Form on national level
If your region would to participate in the ‘Do You Speak European?’ competition by organising a regional contest, please complete the enclosed registration form and return it to the Youth and Citizenship Officer at the AER Secretariat before 1st November 2007:
Malgorzata Kucinska
Youth and Citizenship Officer
Assembly of European Regions
6, rue Oberlin
F-67000 STRASBOURG
Tel.: + 33 3 88 22 74 48
Fax: + 33 3 88 75 67 19
Email: youth.officer(at)aer.eu
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