5TIMES Newspaper of #Tirana2012 Issue 2 www.eyp.al

POWER OF EYP

Editorial NoteAloha folks,

After the amazing time we had during Team Building, now time to uncover ‘your hidden geniuses’ inside yourselves has come! General Assembly of the 5th National Selection Conference of EYP Albania needs your debating and public speaing skills! Are you ready to surprise us with your ideas applied in politically implementable solutions?

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The 5th National Selection Conference of EYP Albania

10 Blood and Honey Balkans 20 Chairpersons in the spot!

4 5 EU! EU! EYP! 15 Minorities in Albania - Still a minor discussion!

6 7 Presidential quotes

12 13 Albania: How much? 17 5Times people

16 Profile: HO

8 9 Your orgas!

5Team KRISTI VANGJELI XHESI HYSI EGI SHIJAKU MARLA NARAZANI DEBORAH BEQJA EMILJO JAZXHI BESNIK EJUPI

EU! EU! EYP! One decade after Albania and EU began the Stabilisation and Association Agreement talks, EU rejects Albania’s request for EU candidate status! Alarm bells are ringing for our country’s future. Deborah Beqja and Emiljo Jazxhi raise a simple, but com-plex question: Has EYP Albania ameliorated the situation by accelerating the process since its establish-ment in Albania?

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One of the main con-cerns nowadays is our country’s integration into the EU. There have been continuous attempts to and meet the criteria set and to reach the desir-able integration. This mat-ter is of interest even for our generation of young people. During teambuild-ing we managed to speak to some of the delegates about this topic.

After having gathered constructive opinions, we are happy to represent our youth as a highly ac-tive one. The question addressed was the same for everyone: “Can you picture Albania as a mem-ber of the EU in five years from now?” Most of them were already aware of the actual political situation and the basic criteria set by the EU. They strongly desire the integration but however, remain realistic when they assume that judging by what has been done until today, there is still a long run ahead. Quoting one of the mem-bers of the committee on economic and monetary affairs: “The barrel has so

far been filled with 5 lit-ers but the capacity is not less than 30 liters.”“I would like to get to know about politics not only through TV debates but also through debates in school considering the fact that Albanian teach-ers refuse to talk about issues concerning politics during classes. Having the opportunity to share my political opinions with my age peers is considerably going to enhance my po-litical understanding of dif-ferent situations.” –another delegate of the commit-tee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs told us.

To sum up, we have proudly reached in the conclusion that this EYP session will not only help them to make new friends, improve their Eng-lish and exchange ideas among them, but it will also prepare a whole new generation of future politi-cians who will someday be themselves responsi-ble for Albania’s integra-tion and will hopefully very soon be European citi-zens.

EU! EU! EYP! One decade after Albania and EU began the Stabilisation and Association Agreement talks, EU rejects Albania’s request for EU candidate status! Alarm bells are ringing for our country’s future. Deborah Beqja and Emiljo Jazxhi raise a simple, but com-plex question: Has EYP Albania ameliorated the situation by accelerating the process since its establish-ment in Albania?

On April 1, 2009, after hav-ing been ratified by 25 member countries of the EU, SAA (stability and association agreement) was also sanctioned in Albania. Seven sub-committees are currently organizing periodic re-ports through joint meet-ings between Albanian and EU representatives. Before the EU can grant Albania’s integration, our country has to fulfill the 12 set requirements. Rough-ly, these criteria include ensuring a fully demo-cratic state; providing civil and minorities’ rights; guaranteeing regional and international coop-eration and also setting a legislation similar to the EU’s regarding the free market economy, free movement of labor force, goods and capital, agricul-ture, fishing, taxation, edu-cation, tourism etc.

There are today only a few non-governmental organizations providing a link between Albania and EU. Among these, one of the most active ones is EYP Albania. European

Youth Parliament Albania started as an idea of a group of youngsters, who gathered to establish an official initiative in our country, aiming to make their peers an active part of the process of sharing the European values and the European Integration. EYP Albania started as a project under the ini-tiative of Besard HOXHA, Founder and President of EYP Albania (2006-2010), and was established as National Committee in 2008.

Earlier this week we spoke to Gjergj Lushaku (chair of the commit-tee on Foreign Affairs at the 5th NSC of EYP Alba-nia) who shared with us some of his thoughts re-garding EYP Albania’s per-formance in years since he first attended the 1st NSC in 2008: “I recall only 40 delegates attend-ing our first session and today this number has rapidly increased reach-ing up to 85 delegates and only three organiz-ers while today there is a large orga team. There

has also been an impor-tant expansion because of the addition of the press team. We didn’t manage to have a press team during our first ses-sion. Doing EYP is a lot of hard work. It involves con-sequent sleepless nights, occasionally bad food and important meetings at 3 AM. However, ultimately it’s a very rewarding ex-perience from which I’ve gained connections, cul-tural exchange and it has definitely made me a better person.”

One might simply ask: What can I as a com-mon Albanian citizen do to contribute to further shrinking of the current gap between us and the European world? The answer to this cannot be an axiom as it is up to each of us and also to our community as a whole to proceed as fast as pos-sible, considering also the lack of awareness as well as action on the part of the public sphere.

Presidential quotes On first times and not so first experiences: Interview with our president Monica Bota Moisin. An interview by Xhesi Hysi

-What are your expectations re-garding the session?

I expect the orga team, the chairs and the journalists to provide a good time for our delegates. I

hope that this experience will be so unforgettable that they’ll want

to come back.

-How do you predict you work with the chairs team

will translate into a success-ful GA debate?

I have faith in the team because they are very enthusiastic and they

have high expectations of themselves from

what I’ve noticed so far. We have gone through

a long period training and I think they’re more than ready to face the

challenges ahead. I think we are going to have a very good debate if the delegates are willing to

engage fully and prepare their topics accordingly.

-How does Monica feel in Albania? It’s your second time here.

I feel very comfortable and I have the feeling that I didn’t travel far to get here.

Although last year was my first time here , I easily got used to the people and, sometimes, the craziness that

makes Tirana a capital. For one thing, I’m quite happy and always sort of

amazed that there is so much food, al-most everywhere and at any time. And

of course I’ve always felt wanted and welcomed which is a very important

thing when traveling abroad.

-How do you manage to keep your work with EYP fresh and interesting considering your long period of experience?

This is a challenge that most experienced people in EYP face. You reach a point in which you’ve presided several sessions after chairing, editing and journoing as well, and the natural conclusion is, “That’s it. I’m done. There isn’t anything left to do.” Personally, I think that’s not case. After you pre-

side a session you realize that if before you were there to learn, now your task is to give, to share the knowledge that you have. This doesn’t mean

that you stop learning because that never ends. The people you work with have always something to give, to teach you about EYP and about your-self, and you simply need to open your mind and your heart to it. Every session is unique in its own way and there are always different settings and backgrounds from which you can gain a great deal of knowledge.

-What would you consider the best session you have attended?

Because it’s the last session I attended, I’d say the IS in Istanbul which ended just a month ago. I was an editor and what made it so special was my press team who were all brilliantly talented people, that worked very hard and gave me so much of themselves. Although, now that I think

of it, a session I’ll never forget is my first ever National Session. I remember it quite fondly be-cause it’s basically the reason I’m still doing EYP.

Presidential quotes On first times and not so first experiences: Interview with our president Monica Bota Moisin. An interview by Xhesi Hysi

-What is the experience of being president like since I know it’s not your first time?

It’s quite interesting. I’d say it’s very different from chairing or journoing. It’s more similar to editing or head organizing a session in the sense that you have a high degree of respon-sibility. You also need to make sure that you can be there for

those who need you and provide your experience. All the diffi-culties aside, ultimately it’s a very fulfilling experience in that it gives you the chance to share your knowledge with others. There’s an idea that presiding is quite daunting and stressful, but I can say that I’d happily do it again. The key is to always

be aware of the potential of those you’re working with and to have realistic expectations.

-How do you manage to keep your work with EYP fresh and interesting considering your long period of experience?

This is a challenge that most experienced people in EYP face. You reach a point in which you’ve presided several sessions after chairing, editing and journoing as well, and the natural conclusion is, “That’s it. I’m done. There isn’t anything left to do.” Personally, I think that’s not case. After you pre-

side a session you realize that if before you were there to learn, now your task is to give, to share the knowledge that you have. This doesn’t mean

that you stop learning because that never ends. The people you work with have always something to give, to teach you about EYP and about your-self, and you simply need to open your mind and your heart to it. Every session is unique in its own way and there are always different settings and backgrounds from which you can gain a great deal of knowledge.

-Do you think the people involved set the tone of a session?

Pretty much, yeah. EYP is essen-tially a people organization, con-nection between peoples and cultures being one of its main

goals. I mean, the setting is im-portant in the sense that it gives the whole experience a cultural background, a sort of context, especially in National sessions. But ultimately, what give a ses-sion soul and life are the people involved from officials and orgas, to delegates. It’s what they bring

to the table that moves EYP forward, gives it new energy and

competitive ideas. I think that if you ask EYP-ers about this,

they’ll tell you that there is a cer-tain something that makes all

sessions the same, at their core. You can call it the EYP spirit, but it’s the ingredient without which you can’t make EYP magic. As long as you can inject the spirit into everyone involved, it’s guar-

anteed that a session will be unforgettable.

-What’s your message to our delegates?

I’d say have fun and give it your best. Don’t over think , be in the moment and enjoy every single minute. Participate as

much as possible because you’ll regret it if you don’t.

-What do you expect the difference will be between this year’s

session and the previ-ous?

I think this one will be an excellent

chance for the Al-banian committee to gain experience as still is relatively young. The peo-ple involved are extremely eager to help and learn which is never a

bad thing. Also, judg-ing from the del-

egate applications we will have some

really prepared debaters which

I’m sure will result in a great debate . I daresay it will be even better than

last year.

Underneath the Session: Organising Team

“Being an organiser literally means to be invisible: delegates should not know we are here. It’s about work and work and work!

It is nice to know that your work is appreciated.”- Ditmar Halla“We deserve to sleep!” –

Jona Rizvanolli

Underneath the Session: Organising Team Behind all the happening of this session, there are the

invisible hands of some en-ergetic youngsters, who you do not see much, but whose

work you can feel every-where. From coffee breaks to markers and blindfolds,

organisers make it possible for everyone to have their taste of the session. They

are the first to wake up and the last to sleep; they are

the people who can answer every question of yours and prepare lunch break at the

same time. Besides, they get along with all the organis-

ing pressure (?) and our tiring questions.

If you think organising a ses-sion is not that difficult, you are mistaken: the organiz-

ers’ part is maybe the most tiring and stressful one. It dates back to 4-5 months before the session starts

and does not end after eve-ryone of us gets back home

sound and safe.

“We are the phantoms of the session!“- Ejona Gjeci

“Big contradiction in our overloaded minds: At times you have endless chores to do, but sometimes it feels like

we have little.“ – Grigor Malo

Balkans again! FYR of Macedonia and Mitrovica dragged the attention of the World a month ago when an ethnic conflict was about to start. words by besnik ejupi

Close to nine years af-ter NATO intervened mil-itarily, Kosovo declared itself an independent and sovereign state on February 17, 2008. These developments marked a new stage, but not the end of concern. Ser-bia does not recognize Kosovo’s independence and ethnic pressure is still present in Kosovo, but why?

In a long lasting conflict between Balkan states there is nothing easy, but what we can learn from history and from European states is that states and nations can always overcome con-flict and become part-ners for common future. For example, the long lasting conflict between France-Germany has been long overcome and both states work closely together and in the EU.

But there does the conflict come from and where is its source?

The wars in the Balkan have caused a large number of casualties, no victories and have resulted in the creation of “mafia” kingdoms, with abolishment of law and order and the creation of tremendous business opportunities for organized crime ac-tivity. Organized crimes are multiethnic, cross border, and well inte-grated: Kosovo Albanian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian conflict provid-ers are happy to work together.

People do not promote conflict but criminals do; we can take a look in several places in FYROM where people of differ-ent backgrounds are living together, as long the places have no gain from organized crime the places are peaceful. Also in the northern part of Kosovo which bor-

ders with Serbia, where a “heaven” for border smuggling and illegal crossing of goods exists, the conflict between Albanians and Serbi-ans is fueled by criminal groups who use these ethnic tensions for their smuggling activities.

The state representa-tives of counties in Balkan must focus on what really matters to the people and of-fer economic develop-ment and prosperity into the EU, and use their resources against organized crime and corruption. To overcome the conflict states must work together and join forces to fight crime, reform their legislation, and strengthen the rule of law. On the other side we hope for a greater involvement of the EU as our prime partner to support and assist Bal-kan states in their devel-opment.

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Overcoming Balkan’s conflict

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ALBANIAN VILLAGE TIME!

As an old tradition of every EYP session, Albanian version of the famous EuroVillage brought a taste of Albania under a new

format. words by emiljo jazxhi

One of the most interesting parts of EYP and the time I expect the most is Eu-rovillage! The sharing of traditional dishes, deriving from different cultures in Europe, or currently Albania, being called Eurovil-lage, is the most unofficial traditional sec-tion of EYP!

Few of the most distinguished traditional dishes were brought to our session by a variety of committees and individuals. Being so hungry, thus trying to eat “byrek” even before the official opening was com-mitted, I had the chance to try one of the most delicious meals of my whole life. Re-calling some of the most awkward dishes’ names, which sound strange in Albanian too, such as “qifqi”, “raveni”, “sheqerpare”, “levrek ne tave”, “lakror” and “japrak”.

Taking into account the large variety of sweets, who made it to impress our Presi-dent Monica, one may clearly consider this part of the session an exceptional suc-cess.

Best food: Shkodra

Best table composition: Saranda

Stingiest table: Gjirokastra

Albania: How much? In spite of the recent debate spotlight-ing the economic monopolies in Albania, widely found in the market of travel operators, Egi Shijaku brings a detailed examination backed by figures and facts that need no further comments. Despite its very powerful location in one of Europe’s most attractive regions, Albania is not among those countries who you could easily reach. Public trans-port is almost inoperative; railway system is outdat-ed, while bus schedules are irregular and not punc-tual. There is only one airport in Albania, situated in the suburbs of the capital city. Main flight destina-tions include various cities in Italy, Vienna, Ljubljana and Munich. Malev airlines used to connect Albania to main European cities, but since its bankruptcy earlier this year, its air traffic is now relocated to Aus-trian Airlines (via Vienna) and Adria Airlines (via Lju-bljana). These are more expensive alternatives, but offer daily connections to almost every European metropolis.

Low-cost airlines are still a dream to Albania. There is currently no such company operating in the coun-try, and it seems the situation is not going to change any time soon. The market is still fragile, while 1 or 2 companies dominate the whole air traffic departing from Rinas Airport, thus resulting in a limited num-ber of direct lines from Tirana.

Following are approximate flight prices from some European cities (booked well in advance):

Kiev (Ukraine) – € 270 Rome (Italy) - €160Helsinki (Finland) - € 310Barcelona (Spain) - € 250Tallinn (Estonia) - €350Munich (Germany) - €180Prague (Czech Republic) - € 280Stockholm (Sweden) - € 330Istanbul (Turkey) - €200Lyon (France) - € 320

As you may have noticed, there rarely are any

cheap alternatives to flying to Albania, but there can still be some seasonal offers or promotional deals. Other options include travelling to neighboring coun-tries (i.e. Italy) and then taking the ferry to Durres or Vlora; this will result in a lower cost but exhausting travelling hours.

Getting around Albania is a tough, but challenging experience. As I mentioned before, the public sys-tem does not offer the most comfortable; though, travelling by bus is a cheap and fast alternative, with bus lines covering every corner of Albania and daily routes to Kosovo, Greece, Macedonia and Montene-gro.

With all these alternatives travelling to the Balkans can be a thrilling experience. Albania is considered as one of the treasures of Europe, for its Southern Riviera and Northern Alps. Moreover, its ever-improv-ing road infrastructure is playing a major role in the country’s growing rate of tourism. Along with its friendly people, lovely climate and amazing scener-ies, Albania is truly yours to discover!

Albania: How much? In spite of the recent debate spotlight-ing the economic monopolies in Albania, widely found in the market of travel operators, Egi Shijaku brings a detailed examination backed by figures and facts that need no further comments.

cheap alternatives to flying to Albania, but there can still be some seasonal offers or promotional deals. Other options include travelling to neighboring coun-tries (i.e. Italy) and then taking the ferry to Durres or Vlora; this will result in a lower cost but exhausting travelling hours.

Getting around Albania is a tough, but challenging experience. As I mentioned before, the public sys-tem does not offer the most comfortable; though, travelling by bus is a cheap and fast alternative, with bus lines covering every corner of Albania and daily routes to Kosovo, Greece, Macedonia and Montene-gro.

With all these alternatives travelling to the Balkans can be a thrilling experience. Albania is considered as one of the treasures of Europe, for its Southern Riviera and Northern Alps. Moreover, its ever-improv-ing road infrastructure is playing a major role in the country’s growing rate of tourism. Along with its friendly people, lovely climate and amazing scener-ies, Albania is truly yours to discover!

Route Travel Time Schedule Roundtrip Ticket

Tirana to Durres 1 hour Several/daily €1.5

Tirana to Elbasan 2h 3-4 times daily €4

Tirana to Saranda 6h Twice/ daily €15

Tirana to Shkodra 2h 3-4 times /daily €6

Tirana to Prishti-na

5h twice daily €20

Tirana to Skopje 6.5h twice daily €15

Tirana to Athens 14h twice daily €45

- No Interrail- No Ryan Air- No EasyJet- Extremely high ticket prices!

Globalisation is a word that often carries a somehow negative meaning whenever brought up in conversation. It implies, as we’re told repeatedly, a new global “standard”, a worldwide culture at the altar of which we all

worship, no matter the degree.

Those who reject it warn the world of its horrible effects on the variety of culture in general, as they insist this new mainstream source has already begun to erase the differences between peoples and countries. It is, how-ever, impossible to deny the advantages of globalization which has so far

helped people connect, exchange, and of course, borrow from one an-other.

The mistake pessimists make when criticizing this phenomenon is that they declare that culture is a rigid set of values pertaining to a country or people. Culture is as diverse and thriving as the people who make it. It’s a living organism that is in a continuous process of building itself, shedding skin after skin to find one it’s comfortable in. Globalisation, more than any-

thing, has helped the evolution of cultures by facilitating the exchange and intensifying the experience of living in a culture. Forced to witness

the reality of one another, cultures find the need to reinvent themselves or put greater emphasis on the values they feel to be defining. Globalisa-tion is the stimulus cultures need to be always in motion, tweaking and

creating, in an effort to preserve originality and vitality.

Dynamic Cultures walking the way of Globalisation!

The definition of minority and the consequences of establishing such a definition have always been a hot topic in the European political sphere. This is mostly because minority has first and foremost been a question of percentage, namely what percent-age should constitute a minority. With the status come certain rights; after all what most minorities demand is to be recognized within their respec-tive societies so they can have a life in which their identity is respected and embraced.

In Albania the word “minority” has usually made one think of ethnic populations such as the Macedonian, Greek ect. The latter is recognized by law which translates into several rights, such as schools where the language of instruction is their own. Generally, the Albanian society as a whole is quite accepting of the “other” be that foreigners or other religious communities. We are well known for the exemplary religious tolerance and what are religious people but a minor-ity of their own?

Ethnic minorities make up 2% of the Albanian population and there has never been any fierce opposition, be that political or social, from the rest of the population. These minorities haven’t made demands of secession and they’ve been left pretty much to their own devices. However, they still aren’t satisfied with the level of in-volvement, especially in politics, both locally and on a national level.

In recent years the concept of minor-ity has evolved in our society. Just a month ago TV channels nationally as well the general public debate were dominated by a rather new topic. The LGBT* community emerged in the Albanian public sphere and their spokespeople are currently campaign-ing for greater equality and accept-ance.

Just twenty years ago Albania sur-faced from a communist regime that during its 40 year rule devastated the country’s resources and imprisoned its people. The country’s difficult histo-ry of transformation that has involved numerous invasions as well as con-tinual economic stagnation have pro-duced a mentality that finds it hard to accept the unorthodox. What stands out as different is watched with a jit-tering sense of fear, like a grenade that might explode at any moment and taint our people’s long lasting tra-ditionalism.

Is the LGBT* community a minority? By all intents and purposes the num-ber of people who have, so to speak, come out, is very small. Discrimination and stigma are the two sentiments one gathers from observing the cur-rent debate. There is little understand-ing of sexuality as a spectrum and truths are buried under prejudicial myths.

Some time ago there was a discus-sion on same-sex marriage in which the government wanted to propose a law that sanctioned it. If implemented, this law would grant this minority a legal right, thereby bringing them one step closer to equality. However, the project-law was soon abandoned as the agenda was already crowded with more immediate problems.

The future looks muddled. In a coun-try as small as ours, mentality is a dominant force in decision making. Perhaps in the years to come, when our current generation of leaders will be substituted by a younger, and frankly, better one, minorities will be granted the rights they deserve. I be-

lieve youth can bring a fresh and lib-eral viewpoint into the discourse, qualities that will ultimately make space for respect and acceptance.

Minorities in Albania, still a minor discussion?Amidst an unprecedented wave of praising human rights and especially those re-garding to minorities, as always, radical controversies tend to obscure this new real-ity in Albania. words by xhesi hysi

Head Organiser’s confessions!Ejona Gjeci, the Head Organiser of the session, found time to tell us a little something about the behind-the-scenes of the session. Between continuous phone calls and endless tasks, the lovely Miss Gjeci explains the process of

organizing the schedule of the session.

How has the experience of headorganising been so far? What impact has it had on you and the whole

team?

I actually didn’t plan being the HO of this session, but I am glad it was given this chance to me. It has been a great experience so far. My team and I have been

enjoying the real pleasure of being an Organiser of an EYP Session.

Which has been the most difficult task?

We did not have any potential difficulty/problem, which couldn’t be solved. I guess that in every session the

first thing that should be done, is preparing a strategy for time management. Everything with our session has been great so far, and we hope that we get the

same feedback from the Delegates.

Which has been the best session you have ever taken part in?

I don’t have an answer for that, and I have a simple explanation for this: In each session I’ve had a different role (delegate, journalist, organiser and Head-Organis-er). Getting to know EYP from different kind of views,

makes it much easier to know how everything works and to appreciate every single detail of it.

What do you expect from your delegates? On your opinion, what does it take to be a good delegate?

I would like them to feel the real EYP Spirit, while they enjoy every part of the entire activity. If they learn to look through it, they will be the best Delegates ever;

and will be the happiest HO!

Screenplay By

Xhesi Hysi and Egi Shijaku

5 Times: The People Behind the Words!

Screenplay By

Xhesi Hysi and Egi Shijaku

Scene 1Int.Day, The Editor’s Room, Door Open. The Editor is lying in bed with his Fi-

nance textbook on his lap, deep in thought, studying for his Mid- Term which is, incidentally, tomorrow. Except, he has given us deadlines. And he wants

timely reports. To enter or not to enter,

KRISTI“I’m financially

editing”

Scene 2Int, Day. Hostel Lobby. Deb-orah and Besnik have been assigned an article on cul-tural diversity in Europe. They have to analyze every-thing from high art to tra-ditional cuisine. A local

artist just happened to have his exhibit open today. And this is how our two jour-nalists ended up working on

art. Literally.

DEBORAH AND BESNIK

“Lemons? REALLY? “

Scene 3Int, Day. Mar-

la’s room. A room she shares with, well, four others. Gjergji asleep on his bunk bed. Meanwhile, Marla is, as per usual, up to no good.

Scene 4

Int, Day. Besnik and Emil-jo’s room. Emiljo’s dead-line is in 1 hour and he has to write 500 words. So he does the only thing he can, at this point. He eats

and eats.

E.N.D

The committee of AFCO was one of

the most energetic committees of

this 5th session and also won the

Ninja game against DROI!We should

also mention that one of their fa-

vorite games was the virgin and the

pervert but on the other hand they

created a dead monster without a

proper head,no legs or hands and so

the final creature was the most ab-

stract monster we had ever seen.

Victory is sweet, especially when is between two totally different committees like ENVI and EMPL.

They won the Skin the snake game during the second round of Teambuilding.The funniest

moment was during the Cover game where the delegates had to cover a person from the com-

mittee using only their bodies. The game started to be more difficult when Denisa took two persons

out and there were only 5 of them left.Also we were totally amazed with their drawing skills! Come on

you EMPL!

Being mostly of the same age, their chance to cooperate and break the ice was great. The delegates were enjoy-ing every single moment of the TB, and they found it helpful for the continuity of the next phase. Gjergji as a young of-ficial started a very well communication with delegates and had full energies to explain each game.

In the beginning there were borders to know each other, brought obvi-ously by the fact they met each oth-ers for the first time. Then the bond created was really good. The reacting towards the energies was amazing. They immediately responded to the energizers with energy and excite-ment. After the first game, they realized this axiom in order to be suc-cessful and conductive. Thumbs up for ECON!

#TB_UpdatesMarla and Besnik have been watching you!

They had common problems in the

beginning and then started to un-

derstand themselves. Then tried to

participate on each game and really

worked hard. Through the teambuild-

ing games they started to have con-

fidence and to feel comfortable with

each others. They were very motivat-

ed for further researches about the

topic. DEVE, the floor will be all yours!

Energetic.Nice.Vivid.Interesting. These are the words that can briefly de-

scribe the lovely committee of ENVI.They were able to untie the Gordian

Knot in less than 5 minutes.Mak-len gave us an amazing dancing show,by performing cha-cha-cha

and salsa.They really enjoyed the Vir-gin and The Pervert game ,but also

worked a lot on the trust games.

The Committee on Human Rights

went smoothly through the Team

Building procedure. Their lovely chair,

Izaura was a friendly guide to help

them socialize, at first, and deal with

problem solving games later on. Their

progress was surprising, as they were

a little intimidated on the very first

beginning, but built an interesting team

towards the end of the Team Building.

It is a small committee, but with great potential.

The lovely committee of LIBE chaired

by Aida, went through a very quick

swamping game and after that en-

joyed a lot playing Alele performed solo

at first by Aida. Through the help of their

amazing chair, the team managed to

face other difficult group games. Ab-

bygail overcame their inner barricades,

making their innovative opinions some-

how stubborn, thus not reaching a final

decision. One will be easily impressed

by their diplomatic skills and they are

looking forward to the forthcoming

committee work.

Chairpersons in the spot!

Julian The lovely chair of DEVE/ Julian is 19 years old and currently studying Applied Arts/ He declares himself as a fundamentalist/ He is also an egalitarian and believes that everybody is born free/ One

odd thing about him is the fact that he is a pastafari (you can google that)|

Adi The youngest chair,is the “leader” of AFCO ,together with Mon-ica/The weirdest fact about Adi is that he is a cocaholic and even if it may sound weird he loves drinking coke because to this is better

than being a alcoholic or a smoker|

Silvia As you all may not know she is 18 even though you might not believe that/And actually that’s also the weirdest thing about her

because everyone thinks she is 15 or 16|

Gjergji AFET’s chairperson and crazy basketball fan/He is 18 years old and senior at Sami Frasheri high school/He is a former basketball player and participated as a delegate at the very first National Con-ference of EYP Albania 2008/One thing you would have never found out about Gjergj is that he is the best cooker of Torta cacciatore in

Albania|

Izaura Izzy is 19 years old and studies Economics in Pireus/ Choco-lates are her favorite food/During the second year of elementary

school her mother cut her hair in a very boy-like hairstyle and since then she has never cut her hair short again/Chairing DROI|

Aida Our semi German Vice president chairing LIBE/She currently lives in Germany and also studies there/One of the weirdest things

happened exactly this week because she slept 2 times witha laptop and a charger in her bed because she was too lazy to put it on the

table that actually was only a few steps away|

Eni Our second vice president, chairing ECON is 20 years old and studies Finance/ In 2009 she bought a very expensive ticket to

watch the match Tirana-Milan ,in which Tirana won 2-1|

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