WEMEP Lier 2018
25th January 2018 - 30th January 2018
The second WEMEP session will take place in Lier from 25 – 30 Januari 2018. Lier is a small city in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. The city is home to approximately 35 thousand inhabitants. Beneath you can find a video that takes you on a tour through Lier.
Guest speakers
On friday every committee will be visited by an expert, this will give them the opportunity to ask some questions about the topics they will be discussing during this session.
The experts are:
- Bart Martens: He’s a specialist in energy and durable development. He’s also a former member of the European Parliament. [ITRE]
- Elhasbia Zayou: She works for ‘Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen 11 11 11’. [LIBE]
- Rolf Falter: He’s an author and principal of the Bureau European Parliament. [CULT]
- Jeroen Van Ranst: He works for the ACV, the biggest trade union of Belgium. [ECON]
- Sophie Raeymaekers: She’s a Police Superintendent for Lier. [SEDE]
Locations
Arrival
- Sint-Gummaruscollege, Polyvalent room (L027), K. Davidlaan 10, 2500 Lier
Official Opening WEMEP 2018
- Auditorium Thomas More Campus Lier, Antwerpsestraat 99, 2500 Lier
Committee meetings on friday
- Stadskantoor Dungelhoeff, ‘Pallieter’, Paradeplein 2, 2500 Lier [ITRE]
- Stadskantoor Dungelhoeff, ‘Symforasa’, Paradeplein 2, 2500 Lier [LIBE]
- Youth Center Mouvement, Aarschotsesteenweg 1, 2500 Lier [CULT]
- Wezenkapel, Margarethastraat Pompstraat 4, Begijnhof, 2500 Lier [ECON]
- Politiebureau, Paradeplein 1, 2500 Lier [SEDE]
Committee meetings on saturday and Sunday
- Sint-Gummaruscollege, , K. Davidlaan 10, 2500 Lier
- Room 104 [ITRE]
- Room 109 [LIBE]
- Room 115 [CULT]
- Room 213 [ECON]
- Room 215 [SEDE]
Lobby evening
- Sint-Gummaruscollege, Polyvalent room (L027), K. Davidlaan, 2500 Lier
General Assembly
- Former Jesuit Church, Berlaarsestraat 12, 2500 Lier
Organisation
This is Paul Van Turenhout. He is the organizer of this WEMEP session. From the start of the first conference, in November 2016, Paul was there to coordinate all the things that had to be done so that the participants can enjoy a carefree WEMEP session this year. It has been a busy year for Paul, so now he is glad the session can finally start.
Here you have Emma Hanegraef. During this session she will be the head of presidency. MEP is a project for and with adolescents, so why not by them? Therefore Paul switched Emma in to help him with the organisation of the session. And she didn’t only do the things Paul asked her to. The youth is full of creative ideas and good advices, and Emma is a perfect example of that.
Another important person is Sofie De Wachter. Normally she teaches geography in the Sint-Gummaruscollege, but since the summer she has been busy to put every one of the delegates in one of 63 guest houses. This job is always a big puzzle, but she did it.
Also important are Erasmus+, who wasn’t only a sponsor for the project, but also made the exchange of the participants to Belgium possible, the province of Antwerp, the city of Lier and the Sint-Gummaruscollege, because without them the session would have been practically impossible to realize. And last but not least are the 63 guest families, who exist of students of the Sint-Gummaruscollege, old students, teachers, the people of the school basketball team, citizens of Lier and politicans.
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