16 February 2009

Spring Day in Europe 2009

On Monday, 16 February 2009, the organisational team of “Spring Day in Europe 2009” held a press conference at the EU InfoCentre in Skopje to announce the start of this year's activities.

Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, President Branko Crvenkovski as well as the members of the organisational team Sasha Bogdanovik, Brankica Georgievska and Ana Malceva addressed the representatives of 10 organisations which initiated the event this year.

Spring Day for Europe is an annual campaign that is going on in all European countries simultaneously and enables young citizens to express their views and make their voices heard. Spring Day for Europe in the country is traditionally organised for the seventh time. The 10 organisations which initiated the event this year, as well as the previous 3 years, are: AEGEE, AIESEC, Young European Federalists, ЕМSА, Youth Educational Forum, Youth for Youth, HERA, SSFON, Vavilon Porta and Creator.

The 2009 Spring Day will include a Youth Educational Spring Camp which will gather over 100 young people on series of debates on EU related topics, a round table “Macedonian Youth: Equal and Different” with participants from the Spring Camp, representatives of youth NGOs, Government representatives and EU experts, a campaign entitled “All Different-All Equal”, etc.