General

EYFON authored a process-accompanying evaluation from the perspective of an applicant in the ERASMUS+ Programm / EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS on behalf of the Member of the European Parliament, eng. Paul Rübig, PhD. The contents of the study are related to the experiences of three applications for the calls of the European Commission (2 x Quality Label and 1 x application „Traineeship und Job“).

EYFON has henceforth received the approval of the European Commission to appoint employees and we are looking forward to the support of Ms. Ena Dervisefendic and Ms. Viktorija Blazheska from mid-July 2019.

Click here to open the study! (in German)

The European Youth Forum Neumarkt wants to enthuse young people for Europe – an appeal to young people to use their right to vote at the European elections on the 26^th May for a Europe that belongs to us all.

Vienna (OTS) – Styrian young people from EYFON (European Youth Forum Neumarkt) discussed the youth´s chances in Europe in the run-up to the Europe Day on the 9^th May together with the President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, as well as the president of EYFON Christoph Leitl and the CEO of EYFON Christian Buchmann in Vienna. “EYFON´s goal is to rouse enthusiasm for Europe in young people. That is also my goal,” emphasizes President Alexander Van der Bellen.

„The European thought of peace and togetherness may be old, but a glance at what is going on in the world shows us: the idea of a peaceful and solidary Europe is more topical than ever!“, says Leitl, the President of EYFON. It is up to the European youth to help pave the european way towards a safe, peaceful, and stable future.

However, young people also have to be “aware of their European responsibility”, underline both President Van der Bellen and the President of EYFON Leitl – for example by using their democratic right at the European elections on the 26^th May and voting “for a Europe that belongs to us all”. “A united Europe is not self-evident!”, say Van der Bellen and Leitl. This has been shown not only by Brexit. Austria is one of only two countries of the European Union where one can already vote in the European elections at the age of 16.

The European Youth Forum Neumarkt EYFON, which has been initiated by Leitl in the past year, is a meeting point and dialogue centre at the Europaburg Castle Forchtenstein in Neumarkt in Styria that concentrates on European young people aged 16 to 25. Different forums are organised at the castle, such as YouthDays and TraineeDays for young people, whereby the focus is on Middle, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Last year, the castle hosted a total of around 1000 young people from 20 countries.

Important partners and sponsors of EYFON are among others the Vienna City Insurance Association, Magna International, OeNB, LinzTextil, the representatives of the European Commission in Austria, the federal state of Styria, the chamber of Commerce of Austria/Styria, and the school council of Styria.

EYFON has recently applied for a project funding within the EU-programme “European Solidarity Corps”. The application has been granted and EYFON has not only received the Quality Label – we are very happy that in summer 2019 a young european job trainee will have the opportunity to get to know and support the project!

Neumarkt is covered with deep snow at the moment and Europaburg castle has entered its “winter mode”. Time to get ready for the new season: Our booking platform “Go for EYFON” has gone online a couple of weeks ago, the promotion of EYFON all over Europe has started and our booking calendar is filling up. The EYFON-Team is looking forward to welcoming many young Europeans at the Europaburg castle and offering them a various and fascinating programme in a year which will be exciting and challenging for the EU at the same time.