Telescope“Reconsidering the International Relations:

New Look at Existing Horizons”

3rd National Selection Conference of EYP Azerbaijan

Editor: Teymur Mehdizade29.11.2014

Today the EYP is one of the largest European platforms for political debate, intercultural encounters, European civic education and the exchange of ideas among young people in Europe. The EYP network is present in 41 European countries, where thousands of young people are active as volunteers. The entire network organizes over 350 events every year.EYP is a program for young people, run by young people. We are proud to have over 1700 active volunteers all over Europe, running EYP’s National Committees, organizing events, chairing committees, acting as Session journalists, in short, being the heart and soul of EYP and the reason for its existence.

The EYP is an independent educational program for young European citizens.The EYP conceived in 1987 and since this time hundreds of young people have taken part in regional, national and international session, formed friendships and made international contacts across and beyond borders. The EYP has made a vital contribution towards European unity and bridging gaps between cultures.The mission of EYP is to support the development of young people into politically aware and responsible citizens by involving them in European political thinking and promoting intercultural understanding.

Dear all, I would like to congratulate all of you on occasion being selected as participant of the 3rd National Selection Conference of EYP Azerbaijan.The Nationals offers you an opportunity to represent Azerbaijan at 78th International Session of EYP which will be unique and unforgettable experience ever you had.

I am sure that all of you will contribute the Session with your own knowledge and experience and will not hesitate to express your own thoughts among others. I am quite excited to meet all of you and have fruitful discussions with you! Try to be as active as possible during Session in order to be selected as representative of our homeland. See you on Friday!Sincerely, On behalf of the Board of the Session, Tayfun Gudratli President.

Teymur Mehdizade, Editor.

My name is Teymur. I’m 18 years old and I live in Baku. I graduated from Baku European Lyceum and now I am studying in Azerbaijan Tourism Institute. I can say that I am very lucky in my life, because I am always surrounded by great people who always bring something new to my life. I was an exchange student for 3 times and I find it was a huge experience. I am a movie director. I write scripts and film short films. This is the greatest thing on Earth for me. I got in EYP a year ago and took part in a National Selection Conference and it was so good so I decided to join this year as Editor. I think, that creating such conferences and sessions as EYP has a very positive effect on the youth, so if you want to have a brighter imagination and be able to think critically, this is a great opportunity to learn so much more. Join EYP Azerbaijan!

Mahammad Ibrahimov, Journalist

Dearest EYPers,My name is Mahammad Ibrahimov, 4th year student of International Studies at ADA University. It is the 4th event of European Youth Parliament, I am participating in, and every time it bounds me more and more. For me, EYP is a great chance for young people as we, to express our come together, discuss what really matters for us, and propose our ideas to other European institutions. If I was told to describe EYP in 3 phrases, it would be: new friends, new cultures, new ideas.

Media Team

Esra Sulhivand, Journalist

My name is Esra Sulhivand. Im from Turkey. Im 18 years old. Im studing

International Affairs in ADA University. This is my second time being part of eyp. Im happy to be here in eyp as a journalist because i love photography. I love taking

photos of nature and objects. i think i have that skill and sight of a photographer.

Personaly, i think that every photographer sees one object in diffrent way. So, that is the thing that makes every photo special

one!Guseyn Shirayev, Journalist

My name is Agahuseyn, was born in Azerbaycan Baku in 1996, oldest son in family, went to school at 7 years and was studying for 9 years at 27 school of Xatai, last 3 years spending in school number 181 of Merdekan. I am always try to be helpful to environment, maybe sometime iI will become a good businessman and will help poor people reaching their dreams, but cannot do it without help. My hobby is playing basketball. it was my profession for some period of time(I wanted to be a sportsman), but now I change my direction and try to do my best to get to my goals. Now I am studying in Azerbaijan Tourism Institute and I am planning to start working. Togrul Hasanzade, Journalist

My name is Togrul and I am 18 years old. I'm at my second year of studying of economic faculty at the University of Azerbaijan.I have always been interested in German culture, and I have been learning german for 5 years. when I was in 11th grade I had an exchange year in Germany in Berlin.My interests include literature, history, politics, and sport. I love swimming.All in all, I believe that in the future I will be able to make a significant contribution to the development of Azerbaijan and our society.

Committee on Transport and Tourism

Chairs: Tayfun Qudratli (President) & Aykhan

Tourism in Azerbaijan has been always popular starting from ancient times and nowadays. Due to the good geographic location during ancient and medieval ages, Azerbaijan was the hub for transportation of goods and people. Modern Azerbaijan has become famous abroad for modern art, fascinating buildings, beautiful landscapes and culture; hence is visited by a number of tourists. What is more, country’s oil revenue foster economic activity and attract many international business companies.

You may ask why did we call our newspaper “Telescope”. The main purpose of a “Telescope” is to gather EYP’s important moments and interesting facts.Although, we are not always next to you, we see everything in all details.We are always “beside” you, even when we stay on the far distance.And the main reason to be a telescope is opportunity to be in touch with such interesting and smart delegates and being a part of, obviously, the best event for youth people.

Why did we call our newspaper “Telescope”?

However, it does not mean that tourism sector in Azerbaijan is efficient, that is why, committee on Transport and Tourism at 3rd National Selection Conference of EYP Azerbaijan gathered to give the suggestions of youth in order to resolve problems arising in this sector.

President of the Conference, Mr. Tayfun Qudratli and Aykhan are co-charing TRAN. As it is known, in order to solve the hard tasks, team should be composed of really dedicated and friendly members. This is what I have felt during the first meetings of TRAN. Delegates are so much into to the topic and so much dedicated that they even refused to play games during committee work since they are enjoying the process of discussion. I think this shows the professionalism of delegates of TRAN as well as the huge experience and preparation of chairs.

During the first day committee members played different games during teambuilding, and this gave delegates the chance to know each other better and agree upon the way they are going to solve moments and make decisions during tough times at committee work. At the second day of the conference, delegates discussed the topic of TRAN and came up with a number of problems, which should be fixed for making tourism and transportation in Azerbaijan efficient.

Some of the problems, which delegates came up with should be noted. First of all, TRAN members argue right that Azerbaijan has a great intercultural potential due to so many ethnicities believing in different religions, who live there. In other countries, multiculturalism and the land of a number of religions would be the main promotional campaign for countries. In contrast, this fact is not wisely used by tourism agencies of Azerbaijan. Another problem, which delegates found out, is the fact that prices for tourism attractions and infrastructure are too high while the quality of these places is not as good as in neighboring countries. Thirdly, delegates argued that there is a monopoly in this field, which decreases the efficiency of functioning of the tourism sector. What is more, inefficiency of tourism also affects the environment in the way that the pollution of the Caspian Sea increases as well as environment is damaged hardly by creating new tourism attractions and infrastructure.

As the journalist of TRAN, I have seen in the process how much effort delegates put to the committee work, and I wish them good luck at General Assembly. Mahammad Ibrahimov

DROI Committee

Chair: Ruslan Mursagulov

The question of protection the confidential information and personal data on the Internet today is worth more than ever. Anyone who carries out daily electronic processing of personal data through the use of portable devices, computers, servers, Internet resources are at risk of information theft and cyber-attacks.Loss or leakage of personal data can lead to irreparable consequences. I take part in 3rd National Selection Conference of European Youth Parliament as a journalist of LIBE commitee and this issue was their question of discussion.Since the very beginning of the discussion there was a sharp dispute between delegates and even those who were late very quickly involved in the discussion process. It was very interesting to listen to different ideas, even those who don’t understand the topic a bit. Delegates were deeply intrigued in the discussion. Ruslan Mursagulov, The Chair of the comity, was very professional as a director of the group and everyone was following him and his ideas as they were coming up with their own. Then the guys (delegates) began to look for ways to solve the problem of the leakage of personal data. There were a lot of different solutions, many of which were valuable and useful. But as they were doing some active ideological battles, a lot of funny games and energizers also took part. These games helped them to relax from the topic and know each other well. At the end I want to add, that EYP gives a huge experience for people interested in different political and social issue and problems of the world. Plus, I got to know a lot of new people from different backgrounds with various views. Thanks for such great memories.

Toghrul Hasanzade

Working with LIBE.

Chair: Mammedova Narmin

First of all I want to speak about the atmosphere all around the team, its so friendly and warm, guys are open minded and close to each other because the everyone in group are very friendly, bright and very smart guys. The committed work was looks very fine, the discussion went very interesting. Having “golden rules” like: respect each other, talk one by one, stay active and e.t.c. shows how fine chair prepare against noise and some other fact, which could be a reason of chaos. And as expected the group works very shipshape and it is caused of the quality of the solving the problem.The problem, the teams work on, was “taking into account the juvenile marriages as a tradition in Southern Caucasus, what measures should be taken to prevent negative effects of them?”Really very actual problem nowadays, because it may cause many problems in future, and it very important to care about the new families, in fact the future of all humanity depends on them as well.

So there was many suggestions about how to save the “future” and not let mistake on marriage. It includes such problems as early marriages, why girls sometime see the marriage as an hope to start a new life ( family problems), is it important to have an advanced education for girls, marriages with cousins, and is it right to have an strong rules at family by man and e.t.c. everyone have their own opinion and many interesting ideas, and measures was giving from each, as the theme is really interesting but hard to be solved even discussed, the LIBE well done their mission, and get many helpful for their own, get information that maybe helps them in future, And you know, I never imagine that the one theme could include such wide understandings, many historical facts, took place there so actually it is sometimes go to politics and show business also. All guys was full of ideas and very nice could express their mind and suggestionsGuess all of members of team I work in, will be a great persons as they are very talented! My impressions about the LIBE- very polite and very nice, smart people, love their work, and respect their opinion, that the reason of the brilliance suggestions. It is clear that speaking non-

stop is getting boring and everyone gets tired, so telling some joke or doing something out of theme was important part of discussion. The team does very well, I love them.

Guseyn Shiraliyev

Guys, please note that, this is NATIONAL SELECTION CONFERENCE. So we are choosing delegates to represent us on the International Sessions. According to your attendance and active participation in

the conference, EYP Azerbaijan will name 3 delegates who will participate in International EYP Conference in Izmir, Turkey and 3

delegates to be a part of International session in Finland! Good Luck and show us your best!