On Friday, 23 March, and Saturday, 24 March, eights students attended a European Youth Parliament (EYP) General Assembly and outreach event at the headquarters of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in Udine. Over the two days, the students prepared, discussed and voted on draft resolutions that touched on a variety of issues relevant to politics, economics and international affairs: from civil liberties, justice and home affairs to the environoment, public safety and healthcare, as well as policies to promote gender equality, the security situation in Europe and the regulation of Internet access. In doing so, they met and closely collaborated with students from several other secondary schools in the region.
The eight UWCAD students students involved, accompanied by Marek Hlavac – the College’s economics teacher – were:
– Ruslan Dominic (Moldova)
– Song Eraou (Malaysia)
– Cara Mai Gilliland (United Kingdom)
– Yoshiyuki Ishikawa (Japan)
– Tamara Kocharyan (Armenia)
– Valentina Musco (Italy)
– Lydivine Nduwawe (Rwanda)
– Esraa Youssef (Egypt).
Pictures courtesy of EYP days – Trieste and Udine 2018 (credits to Chiara Savarese and Sofia Kravina).
