DO YOU SPEAK EUROPEAN?
AER competition for youth from European regions
- 19 May 2010 in Brussels: the European event “What can Europe do for you(th)?" and the Grand Final of "Do You Speak European?"
- Media coverage from regions
Media coverage (films and press clippings) from the regions will be available soon.
- EuroParl TV
The 2nd edition will be followed by the European Parliament TV Youth Channel. The European Parliament TV will cover specifically national competitions in order to film the events and make interviews with young people who will have a great opportunity to ask questions to Members of European Parliament via the channel. The recordings will be available on: www.europarltv.europa.eu/youngEurope.aspx
Launched in 2008, AER ‘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 across the whole of Europe on three levels – regional, national and European. Each participating region organises its own regional-level competition (Autumn 2009). Each winning from a participating region will go through to the next level of the competition – the national heat. Here, the team that you have put forward will make their presentation again, competing against the other regional winners. This will all happen in the Winter/ early Spring of 2010. Finally, the winners of each national competition will go on to compete at European level, at the Grand Final on 19 May 2010 in Brussels. The teams competing at the European Final will not only be representing their regions, but also their countries.
31 regions from 11 countries participated in the 2nd edition of the competition.
Information Paper
Invitation
Do you speak European?
AER Youth in Europe Competition
2008
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) organised 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 took place all across Europe on three levels: regional, national and European. Each participating region (37 regions from across Europe) organised its own regional-level competition. The winners of each regional competition went on to represent their region at national level. Finally, the winners of each national competition competed at the European level, at a grand final held in Brussels on 3rd December 2008.
2009 COMPETITION: FILM
Results of the European Final
- 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
EN - Do you speak European? Competition
About Competition
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
For further information about the "Do you speak European " and the European Final, please feel free to contact:
Justyna Hejman
Youth and Citizenship Officer
Assembly of European Regions
6, rue Oberlin
F-67000 STRASBOURG
Tel.: + 33 3 88 22 74 46
Fax: + 33 3 88 75 67 19
Email: j.hejman(at)aer.eu
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