The Organising Team of sessions consists of one to three project managers, maybe a few core organisers, and two to ten organisers. The Organising Team works mainly on booking the venues, food, fundraising and booking guest speakers. The organisers help bring the session vision to reality and create a welcoming atmosphere for both officials and delegates.

The Project Managers create the vision for their session and are the ones that can shape the session based on that vision. They have a major role in all selection panels, which is the process of selecting officials participating in the session together with the leadership.

The Academic Team of sessions consists of one President, two to three vice presidents and five to twelve chairs that guide and create the academic output. The academic output consists of the academic prep kits with topic overviews and is responsible for the academic pre-session work, committee work, resolution typing and General Assembly.

As president or vice-president for a session, you will be given extensive opportunities to work on different aspects of the session. Such can be taking a crucial part in the selection process of the academic team. As a chair, you will be supported by the leadership to write the topic overviews which are distributed to the delegates prior to the session, lead the committee’s work during a session, and support your delegates during the general assembly.

The Media Team of a session consists of one to two Editor(s), two to three Editorial Assistants and three to ten Media Team Members depending on the size of the session. This team works together to create the media output. Such output is usually infographics, videos and photos of the session. The Media Team is generally less bounded by the session elements than the other teams since they work on projects independently.

As an Editor, you take part in the leadership of a session, and you are given the opportunity to form your vision for your team, but also take a crucial part in selecting the Media Team. The Editor, Editorial Assistants and Media Team Members work closely together to create the media output prior to, during and after the session.

The Jury Team of sessions consists of one Head of Jury and two to three jury members. This team works to provide a fair selection of delegates in the National Selection Process. The Jury Team follows the selection criteria that are agreed upon and voted on by EYP Sweden. EYP Sweden’s National Board helped with the implementation of the criteria at the session.

As Head of Jury, you will be given the opportunity to form the vision for the Jury Team, have a crucial role in the selection process of the jury team as well as help the leadership of the officials team. As a Jury Member, you will help delegates further develop their skills by providing them with feedback.

In order to be an official at our sessions, you need to send in an application when calls open. Since the regional sessions take place in November, and the national session usually takes place in March, the calls open regularly, especially during the summer and autumn.

If you want to apply as a project manager, the bid to host a session is usually open in January or February. It is recommended that if you want to apply as a regional session project manager, you should attend at least one session firstly as a delegate and maybe as an official. If you want to apply as a national session project manager, it is recommended that you should have been an official beforehand, preferably as an organiser or regional project manager. These recommendations are not a must hence we look at the quality you can bring rather than the experience you have.

Different official roles require different prerequisites. For example, if you want to apply as a chair to a regional session, your level of experience in the organisation can be as new as a delegate. But if you to be a vice-president in a regional session, you must have chaired at least once or twice beforehand to understand the academic process. The level of experience required becomes more demanding the bigger the session is. To be a President, Editor, or Head of Jury, it is highly recommended that you have been part of that specific team before such as a Chair or a Vice-President to be a President. A Media Team Member or Editorial Assistant to be an Editor. A jury member if you wish to be a Head of Jury.

If you want to apply as an official, keep an eye on our social media (Facebook, Instagram etc.) hence we make posts when calls are open for officials. The Calls open on EYP Members Platform, and it is required to create an account to send in your application.

Board Academic Training is an event that is held for two days once a year in order for the National Board to get to know the elected members as well as prepare them for their engagement in the organisation and also set up goals for the year. It is held by trustees from the National Board. During the event, you will learn about how to encourage engagement, how to work with the Regional Sessions and how to plan the Board’s work among other things. It also allows the Regional Board trustees from all regions to meet and get to know each other! The place and city where BAT is hosted differ from year to year.

We think it is absolutely necessary that trustees get the right tools to be able to do a good, meaningful and sustainable engagement during their time on the Board. Some of the trustees have never been part of any youth boards, and therefore it is important that they feel comfortable and confident with their work.

You do not have to be a student in a secondary school to be a member or to engage in EYP Sweden’s activities. Below you will find information on how to engage outside of a school.

Wildcard: You can still apply for sessions, regional, national and international ones, even if you are not a student in a secondary school. That is called being a Wildcard. A Wildcard applies as an individual rather than being part of a delegation (the four students representing their school). We always make announcements on our social media when we open calls for wildcards as there is always a spot available for them in any session.

Officials: Ahead of a session you can apply for a role as an official. An official can be a chairperson, a journalist/media person or an organiser. Officials have a position of responsibility during the session and are representatives of the organisation. You can read more about the roles here.

International engagement: Other National Committees in Europe are often looking for delegates and officials from other EYP countries to join their sessions. This is announced on a Facebook group and Members Platform.

National/Regional Board: Join the National or Regional Boards! Once a year in May/June new trustees of the Boards are democratically selected at the yearly meetings. We always encourage and welcome members to apply for the posts! When the time has come you can read more about this on EYP Sweden’s social media.

Committees of EYP Sweden: You are also welcome to be part of the Committees of EYP Sweden, which you can read more about below.