Bonjour à tous,

merci de penser à emmener de quoi prendre des notes pendant le séminaire (papier, stylos...). Enfin les terrains de sport qui seront utilisés pour certaines activités sont sur parquet : vous ne pourrez y accéder qu'avec des baskets de salle propres (jamais utilisées à l'extérieures), qui sont obligatoires. N'oubliez pas de ramener les vôtres. Sinon ce sera en chaussettes...

Dear All,

please do not forget to bring something to take notes during the seminary (paper, pens...). To get access to the sports hall in which some activities will take place, you will also need clean indoor sport shoes (never used outside), which are obligatorily for these parquet floors. Do not forget to bring yours. If not, you will have to go with socks...

Liebe TeilnehmerInnen,

Bitte denkt dran Schreibsachen für das Seminar mitzubringen (Papier, Stifte...).  Ausserdem hat die Sporthalle in der ein Teil der Aktivitäten stattfinden wird Parkettböden: für den Zugang sind saubere Hallenschuhe (nie draussen benutzt) absolute Pflicht. Vergisst nicht, eure mitzubringen. Ansonsten geht es auf Socken weiter...

Hi everyone,

 

First of all, we [the Youth Council from Mulhouse (click here for more info)] are so glad you’ll come to Mulhouse, it’s a pleasure to welcome you in our city.

 

Then, I’d just like to tell you a bit about the Youth Council, it provides the opportunity for young citizens to express our opinions, to be heard and to engage ourselves actively in the democracy of our city. I think you’ve guessed the Council is important for all of us.

 

Now, about the European seminar. It’s the first year we’re organizing this seminar and it represents a lot of work for a lot of people, so we all hope it will work fine. We’re of course very grateful to all these people who support this project. We’re sure it will be a great experience for everyone and we would like the European seminar continues next years in the other countries.

 

That’s all for now.

 

If one of you have any questions, just ask by dropping a comment on the blog.

 

 

By Natalia (member of the Youth Council of Mulhouse).

This European seminar will welcome 66 young people in Alsace in Mulhouse and Colmar from November 11 to 14th of 2009: 7 delegations, each composed of 6 young people coming from twin-cities of Mulhouse [Chemnitz (Germany), Walsall (United Kingdom), Kassel (Germany), Timisoara (Romania)], from the Powiat of Wroclaw (Poland) as a partner of the Conseil Général du Haut-Rhin, and from twin-cities of Chemnitz [Lodz (Poland) and Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic)], as well as 24 Mulhousians. These young participants belong to youth representation institutions or are involved in reflexions and citizenship actions.

During this seminary, the young people will discuss about their life in their city considering three themes they have chosen: Europe and expression modes nowadays, sustainable development and living better together. These three themes are linked and corresponding to the european subjects of creativity and innovation, fight against climate change and intercultural dialogue. The discussions will be based on the realities and experiences of each participant and will lead to concrete propositions which will be submitted to political deciders.

In order to encourage successful debates, intercultural techniques will be largely used. Important moments will reinforce the discussions : meeting with elected deputies of the Conseil Général, the City and the Agglomération as well as visits and activities linked with working themes.