Support the Tibetan Youth!

Tashi Delek!
We are thrilled to announce our fifth European Tibetan Youth Platform* to take place from November 3-6, 2017, in Salenstein (near to Zurich) in Switzerland under the motto: WE ARE TIBET.

The European Tibetan Youth Platform (ETYP) is a unique forum designed to actively engage young Tibetans in the modeling of their own future society.


Our Main Goal

The ETYP provides an opportunity for young Tibetans to learn about their history and culture in a comfortable environment by bringing together the youth in order to learn, discuss with each other, and develop ideas and effective measures to advance the Tibetan movement and society. We encourage the youth to ask questions, talk over new topics, and form friendships beyond frontiers in an effort to build up a network and plan for our future leaders. The ETYP aims not only to inspire, but also to empower the Tibetan Youth by defining their position, appreciating their potentials, and strengthening the community.

More information about the conference: www.etyp.org

Who We Are

The fifth ETYP is organized by the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE). For over forty years, TYAE has offered a platform for young Tibetans where they can engage politically, culturally, and socially.

The TYAE seeks youth-orientated answers to all questions related to Tibet and works on many levels to strengthen political awareness and promote solidarity. The desire to provide a service to the community has always been, and still is, in the foreground.

More information about the organizers: www.vtje.org


We Need Your Help!

We are asking for monetary donations in order to cover the costs for the venue, food, and transportation of the speakers of the fifth ETYP. Furthermore, we also want so support young determined individuals with a bursary to enable them to attend the conference!

We thank you so much in advance for your support. Please share to help us reach our goal!


We can give you concrete examples:

With an amount of

CHF 10        you can cover the cost of the materials and manuals for one participant

CHF 20        you can subsidize the costs of the venue (correspond to the costs per night per person)


CHF 50        you can contribute to the costs for food (approximately the daily expenses per person)

CHF 120      you can support one attendee by covering the participation fee

CHF 200      you can enable a young Tibetan living in an European country to travel to Switzerland

CHF 500      you can allow us to invite interesting and knowledgeable guest speakers from abroad

Feel free to share with us your wish how you want to support our conference, but also general donations for the overall cost are very welcome.


History

On 9th April 2010, the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) successfully launched the first ETYP "WE ARE TIBET". The main goal is to strengthen the network within the Tibetan youth. It has been a great honor when His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressed the first gathering in person. In his speech, which was directed to the participants, His Holiness pointed out the great responsibility of the Tibetan youth in exile for the Tibetan movement. In addition to that, His Holiness also praised the convening of the first ETYP and called all the young Tibetans to build their own political opinion in the process of democratization.

Two years later, 120 participants from 9 different European countries gathered for the second ETYP “WE TAKE ACTION” in Einsiedeln. The third Youth Parliament themed
“WE ARE UNITED” took place in 2013 in Antwerp hosted by RTYC Belgium in collaboration with the TYAE. In line to the last motto, the fourth ETYP in Paris was organized by the three organizations RTYC Paris, SFT France & TYAE under the name "WE SHALL OVERCOME". 

The fifth ETYP will be convened again under the motto “WE ARE TIBET” since the youth is the future and therefore the ETYP is a starting point for greater involvement of future leaders in the Tibetan community and movement.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact us: [email redacted]

*Since many Tibetan youngsters were deterred because of the name "parliament" it was changed to "platform".