European Youth Press

National Network
Belgium
Address

European Youth Press
Rue de la Tourelle 23
B-1040

Brussels
Belgium

Telephone
+32 492556508
E-Mail
office@youthpress.org
E-Mail (2)
c.paun@youthpress.org
E-Mail (3)
k.morton@youthpress.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
EYP is an umbrella organisation lead by 7 volunteer board members. There is one person employed as staff in the EYP office in Belgium. We have 24 member organisations (www.youthpress.org/members). Budgetary resources available in a year: Between 100.000 and 150.000 Euros. Sources of funding: European Commission, Council of Europe, Open Society Institute Modalities of action (concrete projects, exchanges, seminars, scholarships etc.): http://www.youthpress.org/about Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: European Commission DGs, European Parliament, European Youth Foundation, member organisations
Mission and Objectives

The European Youth Press (EYP) is an umbrella association of young journalists in Europe. It involves more than 50,000 journalists younger than 30. The European Youth Press has organized numerous events for young journalists and has promoted the role of youth media and the freedom of the press in Europe. EYP also takes part in discussions about journalistic education standards and media policies throughout the European Union. The EYP sees itself as serving the national structures through the development and coordination of projects organized by young media makers in Europe. EYP provides contact forums and educational seminars for multipliers of the member associations. Above all, the aim of all member associations and of EYP is to inspire young people to become involved in the media and take an active part in civil society by fostering objective and independent journalism.

Main Projects / Activities

In 2007 and 2008 European Youth Press has organized, together with the European Parliament, the biggest event for young media makers from the 27 member states: the European Youth Media Days. This event brought together every year around 300 participants from the EU who had the chance to report from within the European Parliament for 3 days, to attend conferences and speak to MEPs. The young journalists met and produced media together. You can discover the media production from 2007 and 2008 at www.youthmediadays.eu.
Together with the European Commission and Media Consulta, EYP has coordinated the young journalists’ network for the Youthweek 2007 and 2008 and has promoted across 35 countries the European Young Journalist Award.
The European Youth Press aims to enable young people to give voice to their opinions on a European level and provide a critical view of media and politics through journalistic education as well as learning by doing. Orangelog.eu has been created to provide an interactive, multimedia platform for event coverage. Young journalists from all over Europe meet for the first time and take the challenge of working together to report about different events happening across the continent. In 3 years, Orangelog.eu young journalists have been reporting from more than 30 events like: The United Nations Human Rights Conference in Paris, France (2008), the NATO Afghan Student Forum in Pisa, Italy (2007), the first Asia-Europe Young Urban Leaders Dialogue, Madrid, Spain (2008), the Presidential Elections in Armenia (2008), etc. You can find more information about Orangelog on www.orangelog.eu.

Contact (1) Full Name
Carmen Paun