Activities
Since the International Summer School in Kortenberg in 2004 summer schools are held annually around a specific theme or political issue and offers participants lectures, workshops and excursions. ECPYN/ECPYouth organized summer schools in 2005 in Lunteren, (Netherlands), in 2006 in Birštonas (Lithuania), in 2007 in Würzburg (Germany), in 2008 in Chişinău (Moldova), in 2009 in Risan (Montenegro), in 2010 in Ohrid (Macedonia), in 2011 in Paris (France), in 2012 in Zagreb (Croatia), in 2013 in Helsinki (Finland), in 2014 in Brussels (Belgium), in 2015 in Cambridge (United Kingdom), in 2016 in Bern (Switzerland), in 2017 in Odesa (Ukraine), in 2018 in Wrocław (Poland), in 2019 in Tbilisi (Georgia), in 2021 in Kerns (Switzerland), in 2022 in Skopje (Macedonia), in 2024 in Bucharest (Romania) and in 2025 in Lisbon (Portugal).
ECPYouth started to organize winter schools in Lviv (Ukraine) in 2011 followed by Esztergom (Hungary) in 2012; and Soest (Netherlands) in 2013. The most recent winter school was the winter school that took place in February 2025 in Rome (Italy).
ECPYouth organises Regional Conferences as well in different parts of Europe. Regional conferences took place in:
- Hellenthal, Germany in October 2008
- Tbilisi, Georgia in October 2010
- St. Vith, Belgium in October 2011
- Amsterdam, Netherlands in December 2015
- Tallinn, Estonia in April 2016
- Tbilisi, Georgia in September 2016
- Paris, France in April 2017
- Madrid, Spain in early 2023.
- Brussels, December 2023
- Berlin, Germany in December 2024
Furthermore, ECPYouth organizes study visits. In 2012 a study visit went to Podgorica, Montenegro to study the situation of minorities, especially the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian groups. In 2012 ECPYouth started an in-depth training program, the ECPYouth Academy, under the title 'Crossroads – Christian Democratic Political Academy'. The first round took place in Timișoara, Romania; Zagreb, Croatia; Kyiv, Ukraine; and Soest, Netherlands. The program rebranded to Christian Changemakers later on, and still runs nowadays while completing 3 successful editions.
In 2017 ECPYouth started holding bi-annual General Assemblies, instead of annual, one during the summer school and one in February, in the Netherlands. This was accompanied by political cafés, in 2018 on the topic of human trafficking.
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