Official Magazine of the International Forum on Integration in Wiesbaden, 2011

Issue Two

In this Issue:EurovillageFairy TalesAdventurePlenumPuzzles

2.

From within the LandtagDear participants of the International Forum onIntegration in Wiesbaden,

It is easy, for me at least, while taking part in an EYP

event, to somewhat forget the outside, 'real' world. As

humans, we naturally tend to focus on our immediate

surroundings, and when surrounded by EYP it is quite

natural to become somewhat institutionalised.

Yesterday, however, as I walked to the GA venue,

immersed as I was in the Forum and its integration theme,

I could not help but notice the people I passed on the

streets. These were the people who gave our discussions

meaning, these were the people who lived the statistics we

use in our Committee Work.

And now, as you discuss your project proposals, as you

strive in five different ways towards that elusive Project

Open Society, you may be proud to think that what you are

working on here has real world effects, is of benefit to real

people. Take inspiration from this, if you would, as well as

conviction in your hard work.

Your Editor,

Eoin O'Leary.

Editorial

ContentPage 2,

Gwen Pare reviewsOpening Ceremony and GAPage 3,

Philipp Magin & ZeynepEkinci take you on a unique

tour ofWiesbadenPage 5,Vanessa Janas explains

the Plenum to a six year oldPage 7,Leo Kaindl integrates

maths and our Forum's themePage 8,Zeynep Ekinci & Philipp Magin

discuss the Eurovillage nightPage 10,Zeynep Ekinci presentsyour Head OrganiserPage 11,

Weronika Myck lives aFairy Tale at the ForumPage 12,

Vanessa Janas has a puzzle for you

3.

Gwen Pare takes inspirationfrom this morning's OpeningCeremony and General As-sembly.

Opening Ceremony granted us some

new perspectives on the issues that we

have been tackling in Committee

Work in the form of speeches by our

honourable guests, each professionals

of certain experience and distinguish.

The video message from László An-

dor gave us more insight on Europe

2020 and made it clear to us that the

demographic development in our so-

cieties renders immigration vitally im-

portant as a human resource to our

aging labour market population.

David Deißner struck a positive tone

in his keywords, arguing that integrati-

on and its achievements are better than

its reputation and that we must stick to

“multi-culti” as the promising strategy

of the future.

Our President, Jari Marjelund descri-

bed our position as young citizens of

Europe's stable democracies as a his-

toric moment of peace and cultural

amnesty among neighbours. His re-

minder of the iron curtain, a presence

in Europe until not so long ago, was

meant to strengthen our empathy for

those further neighbours of ours outsi-

de Europe, outside what some now

call ‘Fortress Europe’ . In these coun-

tries, sometimes even quite close by,

the democracy we take for granted is a

difficult battle yet to be won, or, as in

Morocco, Tunis, Libya and others,

only at the beginning of a long and

stony path. Jari’ s words may be com-

mended for bringing both our privile-

ges and the duties that result from

them to mind.

Opening Ceremony was followed by

the General Assembly. The debates

began with EMPL’ s resolution and

thus the Delegates took those issues so

eloquently introduced by our guests

and President into their own hands.

Amidst the inspirational beauty and

grandeur of the Hessian parliament,

the discussions unfolded and develo-

ped their own dynamics, placards rose,

young voices were heard, cameras

clicked and coffee cups clinked and

manifold footsteps clattered in the lob-

by.

Dear President, honourable Members

of the Board, dear Delegates: you may

all be most proud of your participation

and contribution.

From within the Landtag

Jounalists Zeynep Ekinci andPhilipp Magin got a little lostin the streets of Wiesbaden.Luckily, they had theircameras and their sense ofadventure with them.

Journos' Journey

When our dear Editor Eoin told us to go to the city center and

get some nice architectural shots for the first issue about

Wiesbaden, we were totally motivated and started our work

already before leaving the youth hostel.

However, being a Journo doesn't

necessarily mean having unlimited

knowledge and we learned that getting lost

is part of the daily hazards of journalism..

Fortunately we had brought a map.

The entire journey it did not seem that we passed anybody so

crazy as EYP Journos.

4.

Back on the way, we found out that

Wiesbaden is very friendly to EYPers, we

are even allowed to pass the one-way

roads in the oppposite direction.

5.

Journos' Journey

. . .and great to have some fun.This object immediately reminded us of the

logo for Project Open Society. Worth

taking a picture.. .

This very appropriate artwork belongs to

the playground of the European primary

school of Wiesbaden.

We did eventually get around to our official assignment. This

here is the town hall.

It also seems that the London Tower Bridge made

a visit to the Wiesbaden Lego store.

At the bus stop we encountered the very first delegate arriving

that day.

The organizers were quite as excited as we were.

EYP Reloaded The Isaac Newton Style

6.

Vanessa Janas takes a look atthe Plenum through the eyesof a child.

The International Forum in Wiesba-

den: Usual procedures meet a new

concept. EYP meets NGOs.

Often, however, a new idea with which

you have come up yourself is hard to

explain to another person, particularly

if they are used to a somewhat diffe-

rent way of thought.

So – how to explain it to a child?

The Standard EYP:

A Session is organized by the Organi-

sers who take care of the accommoda-

tion, the food, the programme and all

the needs of the other people taking

part. Their team is expanded by the

Journos who are responsible for the

Sessions media produce and the

Chairs who mentor the final group of

participants: the Delegates. They are

young people interested in politics

who will actually do the real thinking.

On the first days the Delegates have to

teambuild with their Chairs and get to

know each other. They then discuss

different topics in their Committees

during Committee Work. The last step

of the normal procedure is the General

Assembly. Here the Delegates debate

their solutions in the form of a Resolu-

tion.

The New Strategy:

Here in Wiesbaden, however, followi-

ng the usual procedures, the Delegates

as well as the Officials experience the

latest EYP concept: The Committees

will work with their personal Project

Partner, a representative of a NGO, to

develop a concept for a project related

to their resolution topic. This concept

has to be suitable to the work and the

possibilities of the partner organisati-

on.

The Delegates then have to prepare a

presentation of their project. In this

presentation they have to define their

aims and the problems that could be

solved through these. Moreover it

should include the length of the pro-

ject, its target group and the resources

needed.

Each Committee will receive a booklet

containing all the concepts and, with

this, the Delegates have to prepare

themselves in order to be able to ac-

tively take part in discussions about

the concept.

It is then time for the Plenum, where

every Committee presents their project

concept. After this an open discussion

takes place in which the Delegates ha-

ve the opportunity to make suggesti-

ons and express their own, and

hopefully new and innovative ideas.

The debate on the concepts in general

and the judgement about them must be

in accord with specific criteria. Addi-

tionally, good proposals for realising

the spirit of the concept should be dis-

cussed.

After the discussions the Committees

have another meeting with their perso-

nal project partner. Besides the points

made during the Plenum they talk

about their strategy for the future.

Through this, the project can be im-

proved in order to finalise a concept

which affects and truly helps the so-

ciety of the European Union.

The Resume:

This new kind of an EYP – Session

produces new results. These will not

be just phrases. These will be the re-

sult of developing a thought into an

elaborated concept. This can be car-

ried out through the support of an ex-

ternal organisation and gives us the

opportunity to actively take part in Eu-

ropean society and to shape its future.

Special thanks to Chairperson Ri-

chard's niece – the inspiration for the

writing concept of this article.

7.

Have you ever wonderedabout the integrative aspectsof an apple falling from atree? Leo Kaindl has.

Working together brings success.

Anything we share with others will

potentially transfer to our memory

easier than hours of lonesome

contemplation. It is through memories

that we are taught and therefore they

might perhaps be the ideal means of

social learning. Still, creative ideas

can arise and be formed in, reflected

on and finally expressed by a loners'

mind. Working together may even

hinder productivity in some cases,

should we act more as a bunch of

egoistic human beings than a group

performing a example of co-operation.

Blimey. Clearly a case that lacks a

definite answer. Clearly unclear, or

maybe an obvious contradiction? At

least it is not so bad as the following,

which is certainly a paradox.

You will be familiar with Sir Isaac

Newton. The commonly known story

about him goes back to a time long

before he was permitted to enter the

Royal Society and entitled to call

himself 'Sir'. When he was about your

age, he liked to escape the summers in

London and redraw to the countryside

and it was at one of these occasions,

according to folk legend, that he got

inspired by an apple falling from the

tree under which he was taking shade.

That which he developed afterwards,

the revolutionary concept of

gravitation, is legendary and its

ramifications can be perceived

constantly, everywhere around you.

Newton's natural science built up our

understanding of the world, with one

of his inventions becoming a

fundamental component of any

computer simulation, statistics or any

dynamic system.

Imagine Isaac Newton's apple. The

subtle movement of the air that

initially loosened it from the twig, its

gradual acceleration and growing

impetus on its way downwards, the

initial impact on the grass, one or two

small jumps and a few turnovers. Not

to forget a surprised looking Isaac

turning his head, or in the funnier

version of the tale, a Newton trying to

get the apple fragments and the juice

out of his hair.

Incidents like this can either be merely

watched or appropriately analysed.

The dynamics of the 'Twig-Apple-Soil'

system will be, as humans tend to

consider it useful, examined by its

changes along the dimension of time.

The rate of change of the apples

falling speed, that is its acceleration

due to gravity, is may be expressed as

dv-dt (image). This process of

measuring rates of change is called

differentiation, which most of you will

have studied at school. Pupils also

learn how to calculate the apple's

height above the ground at every

single moment, which is the opposite

of differentiation. And happens to be

called Integration, the Isaac-Newton-

kind of integration. Surprising how

isolation from society, a very

individualistic way of thinking and

lonesomeness lead to the invention of

integration, isn't it?

The Isaac Newton Style

Zeynep Ekinci presents thevery best of Eurovillage.

After a great day full of funky chi-

ckens, sonic booms, Zulu dancing , an

extremely exciting bucket game and

some logic games as well, it was time

to get to the one of the best liked ele-

ments in the session – Eurovillage.

One of the things most worth high-

lighting about Eurovillage is that it re-

ally makes you feel the “United in

Diversity” spirit which is at the core

of the EU. Tasting the traditional food

and drinks from the tables , laughing

together, taking lots of photos, seeing

the special clothes, hearing the songs

and even some dance performances

all helps to make you realise that we

all are very original and unique sha-

ring the same soul in different ways.

Just like the small but very important

pieces of a puzzle.

The Eurovilage adventure of the Inter-

national Session on Integration in

Wiesbaden began with an enthusiastic

walk from our lovely Hostel. Once the

Delegations arrived at Georg-Buch-

Haus, our venue for the evening, it

was time to start getting prepared and

discovering the small but essential kit-

chen ( thanks to which we could eat

hot pasta! ).

Having the chance of seeing people

make their preparation with a great ef-

fort was amazing, but the result was

even better – each table was looking

impressive with both the content and

the style.

The German Delegation showed ex-

actly how a host country should get

prepared for the Eurovillage. Their ta-

ble was HUGE. The food had a nice

role near the real star- the beer. I must

admit that seeing the Haribo packets

always “macht mich froh” since my

childhood.

The Polish table was a really brief ex-

planation for the question “How to

make people very happy with a few

things?” – the Polska vodka and cho-

colate were amazing. Thanks to our

dear Journo Weronika.

One Delegate from the Luxembourg

table could be seen wielding with his

knife with a wild energy. Fortunately

all this effort worked for good since

their table looked lovely.

Merci beaucoup to the French Delega-

tion. The Montmartre style artistic

hats were a great addition.

The Kosovian Delegation was most

friendly and they also get points for

their very special traditional hats.

The Turkish table showed a very detai-

led preparation. It was wonderful with

both its food and also with the intel-

lectual preparation (a fully objective

note from an absolutely neutral Jour-

no! ).

Everyone really appreciated the Italian

Delegation for their great effort of ser-

ving hot pasta. That was something le-

gendary. Thanks also for the Nutella –

just the existence of which was

enough to make us satisfied; although

the Germans were wondering whether

Nutella should have been at their ta-

ble.

The Danish proved that imagination is

really the key word when it comes in-

venting new popularities. I had swallo-

wed and enjoyed a tasty snack at their

table before I was informed of its in-

gredients – pig bones and skin. I did

Thumbs up for Eurovillage

8.

Just the

Facts

9.

still think it tasted nice though – de-

spite knowing the truth!

One thing I must confess – in every

Eurovillage that I attend, I definitely

look for one thing: Baileys. Luckily

the Irish delegation had some, along

with smoked salmon, which was too

delicious to last very long at the table.

After a fantastic Eurovillage, with our

stomachs filled by great food and

souls satisfied by the intercultural ex-

perience, it was the perfect time to

start the party!

The music, though not as loud as ex-

pected for feeling like a real “party

animal”, still had lots of people enjoy-

ing themselves on the dance floor. A

personal ‘thank you’ to those who we-

re also encouraging other people to

dance.

The balcony outside the party hall was

even more popular that the hall itself –

with smokers, the irresistible Turkish

snack “çekirdek” (yeah, there is some-

thing existing inside that seed for you

to eat! ) and the sophisticated atmos-

phere.

Special congratulations to those Orga-

nisers and Journos (especially our

photography-addicted Journo, Leo)

for their incredible talent of balancing

work and fun during the night.

The party finished a bit earlier than

expected, but taking into consideration

the long day everyone had had, it was

also a chance for everyone who wan-

ted a nice rest and to wake up in a

good mood the following day for

Committee Work .

From Philipp Magin.

There was a mysterious separate table

near the entrance presenting some

wonderful brown bread and a

delicious assortment of cheese.

The Danish liquid dessert apparently

tastes so good, that allegedly some

Danish people eat up to 11 litres per

hour. I didn't try that, but I really

loved it too.

The world's best chocolate, available

to you on the Polish table, needed

some advertising to become popular

within the delegates.

Both Austrians and Germans were

rivalling for the best potato salad. The

press team couldn't declare a winner,

both of the salads really had their

advantages.

Jari seems to like Czech beer very

much.

Is Nutella Italian or German?

Delegates seemed to ask this question

to the Italian Delegation quite a lot.

Chairs Kati and Sandra were

professionally running the German

table and showed their good German

language skills while promoting their

adopted country's foods and beverages

to the Delegates.

Spoiling original Irish Baileys by

drinking it from a used cup will cause

a catastrophe, according to Eoin.

Better eat some bread with salmon

instead then!

Thumbs up for Eurovillage

PiaZeynep Ekinci gets personalwith the leading lady of theForum, Ms Pia Spiesmacher.

You may wonder why I decided for the

least interesting title (not, of course,

that Pia’ s name is boring) but I

simply can’ t find which adjective

worthy to stand up there with her

name. Making her acquaintance was

great enough, but having the chance

of interviewing her was something

very special. Pia is like a toy-box, and

we never know what surprise will her

– only that it will always be something

to inspire fun, humour, friendship and

good behaviour.

I started with that extremely original

question, her age. She stared at her

right and her left and before revealing

24. She added that her birthday is the

19th of November. She has been

involved with EYP since 2003, her

first session was in Frankfurt, but she

has only been active in EYP in 2006.

She had waited patiently for three

years, until one day, while she was

reading the EYP Newsletter, she

decided to attend a Session close to

her hometown.

Pia has studied economic education.

When she told me that I just said that

it was cool, and she told me people

normally asks what it is rather than

telling her that it’ s cool. Basically this

means that she could be a teacher for

teaching economics but this is not

what she wants. She would prefers

something to make her feel as though

she is doing EYP in everyday life, so

she wants work as a trainer , for

companies and such.

She speaks German, English and

Dutch. She learnt Latin, she uses her

10 words of Italian in order to impress

people, and she had 2 years of Spanish

classes but she has no real idea of the

language.

Our lovely Head-Organiser

sometimes loves brief answers. Yes,

she remembers her first session. She

says that EYP made her become who

she is today, and you can understand

from her eyes that she really feels that

way. She claims that she used to be a

really very shy person and she adds

that we will have an idea of that

version of Pia when she is holding her

speech. When I tell her that it is

impossible to think so, she explains

that she becomes more outgoing in

groups where she feels comfortable.

She feels that being an Organiser in

EYP is just right for her since (only

for EYP) she likes to see working

people and dealing with organisational

issues.

When I ask for her favourite EYP

game, she thought for two seconds.

“Big Fat Pony” is obviously her

choice, especially if played in a big

ground. She explains her addiction for

Big Fat Pony :“ It’ s big, it’ s fat and it

is a pony; what else you could want?”

She really is proud of her wristbands

in her right wrist, the oldest one was

from a festival in a neighbouring

region, she sniffs it and tells me that

it’ s still fine. The other one is from

the International Session in Frankfurt ,

where she organised.

Pia is a very calm person in case of

normal conditions, but she may get

angry when she sees adults not

behaving like a role model for

children, not teaching them moral

values properly.

One last thing for the interview, she

believes that new participants in EYP

should take challenges as a gift. She

gives an inspirational example from

herself: there was a time when she

thought her biggest success in her

EYP career would be making a point

the Open Debate, and now here she is,

as Head Organiser.

10.

11.

PiaWeronika Myck presents youwith the first part of theForum's fairy tale.

Once upon a time, in the summer

when the sun was shining high,

Delegates from all across Europe were

travelling to the land called

Wiesbaden. They were exhausted and

really, really hungry. They reached a

little house and could see, as they

approached, that the house was built

of bread and covered with cakes, and

that the windows were of clear sugar.

Suddenly the door opened, and a

woman as old as the hills called

Zeynep, who supported herself on

crutches, came creeping out. The

Delegates were frightened though the

lady seemed quite lovely. She took

them inside the house, fed them, and

let them sleep over. When the

Delegates woke up they found

themselves trapped in a cage.

In the meantime, Phillip, the Puss in

Boots, happened to be travelling in the

area looking for new adventures. He

heard the Delegates crying for help

and decided to rescue them from the

Old Witch Zeynep and show them the

way to Wiesbaden.

They travel for days and found

Wiesbaden, the kingdom of Twelve

Organisers ruled by the King Jari and

Queen Pia who welcomed them to

their castle on the hill called the

Hostel. Pia and Jari were a really upset

royal family because over the years

their daughter princess Sandra had

been imprisoned in a tower by the bad

wizard Eoin. Delegates therefore

divided themselves into Committees

in order to work on resolutions and

find the way to rescue princess

Sandra. They strongly recommended

the Queen Pia to invite a knight so she

released the call for knights and

received many applications. One of

them really stood out and, before long,

the bravest knight Richard set off with

EMPL committee and the Puss in

Boots.

On the way the EMPL committee met

a group of 10 distraught dwarfs from

CULT II. The dwarfs were deeply

concerned about Weronika the Snowy

White. Weronika had been poisoned

by the old witch Zeynep who got mad

after loosing the Delegates she

kidnapped earlier. Richard wanted to

show off in front of the pretty ladies

travelling with him and save Snow

White. However it turned out he had

no idea how to do that. He sat next to

Weronika's coffin and started whining

about his silly problems and fears. His

issues were so trivial that Snow White

couldn't help laughing so hard that she

spat out the piece of apple which had

poisoned her.

The Dwarfs were so happy about

Snow White's rescue that they decided

to join EMPL on their adventures.

They managed to find the wizard

Eoin's tower. The brave knight Richard

got so scared of Eoin he ran away

leaving the Delegates on their own.

Luckily Phillip the Puss in Boots

managed to quickly contact Wiebke

who then took her carriage and drove

to neighbouring kingdom and picked

up prince Christian.

The Story will continue at the final

issue of Pieces. Do not forget to read it

if you want to know what happens

with the knight Richard, CULT I's

appearance at the Euro Party, FEMM's

magic skills and alchemists from

DROI, as well as whether Sandra will

be rescued and what will happen to

the old witch Zeynep and the bad

wizard Eoin in the end.

Wiesbaden:A Fairy Tale

Vanessa Janas portrays some keyaspects of the Forum – with somebodily help from the Delegates.

On Thursday, each Committee received the

same task: to depicted three expressions one by

one, using only themselves as objects.

Here you can see the best displays they came up

with.

Now it is your job to be creative: Guess the

expressions each Committee is trying to depict

in the pictures.

To give you a little help: All the words are all

related to our Forum. Some are more specific

than others because they are related to the

specific Committee and in a way to its topic.

Therefore the name of the Committee is given

as well.

If you guess right, you can enter the highlighted

letters in the final box to solve the final

keyword.

Guess What?

CULT II

DROIEMPL

9 2

51

12.

13.

6 9

CULT I

DROI

EMPL

4

FEMM

8

3

Now enter the highlighted letters into the correct spaces (indictacated by the number in the highlighted

box) to reveal the keyword: