boundaries that each team operates within
old ones, and crucially, between working
at a typical EYP event, we will explore ways
hard and having fun.
in which we can effectively bridge the gaps between the Academic, Media, Jury and
One key pillar in which we want to push
Organising teams during the session.
limits
has
already
been
put
in
place:
sustainability. Antwerp 2021 aims at giving Aside from format concerns, we hope to
back to the earth by keeping the ecological
foster an event culture that caters to the
footprint of the conference to a minimum.
needs and desires of each participant.
Concretely, the session will be a vegetarian
Within EYP, it is very easy to lose sight of
and
individual aims and desires in respect to the
organising team, but every participant will
more grandiose goal of sculpting young
be influenced by a zero-waste and giving
political
will
back mindset. Zero waste goes further than
likely have these dreams, but we also want
environmentally. We aspire to have zero
to cater to those with simpler aspirations:
wasted time, to push everybody to think
those
creatively and organise their schedule of
leaders.
who
Many
want
to
participants
learn
to
speak
zero-waste
day
event.
for
Not
only
maximizing
the
confidently through General Assembly, or
the
skills
those who want to learn more about politics.
development. We aim at developing these
Through this, and other measures such as
two core ideas even further down the line,
the provision of an Inclusion Fund for
while more and more participants hop on.
delegates, we hope to provide a more inclusive event environment.
Through this statement of ‘Pushing Limits: discovering all boundaries’, one can come
It
is
here
of
to understand we strive to achieve with
“Discovering all boundaries” in our vision
Antwerp 2021; what we hope to impart to
statement is important. We hope that every
each participant. However, as we continue
participant of Antwerp 2021 will be able to
to develop the session vision as the team
come
an
expands, it is likely that we will begin to
understanding of what they are and are not
incorporate several other concepts that
comfortable with. However, one can only
underpin this vision. Consequently, whilst
truly understand where these boundaries
one can understand the goal of Antwerp
are by pushing one’s own limits. As a result,
2021
we hope to strike an effective balance at
understanding the ways in which this goal
Antwerp 2021; between pushing limits and
will be achieved will require commitment
asserting
and creative thought on the part of those
away
where
from
the
the
inclusion
event
boundaries,
with
between
incorporating new ideas and building on
through
this
simple
phrase,
who join the leadership team of Antwerp 2021.
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