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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Youth programme2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991027.9.3-231"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-27-Speech-3-2322
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Stihler2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the Youth programme has been one of the most successful programmes in getting people from different nationalities to work together and learn from each other. If I can take Scotland, which I represent, as an example, there have been hundreds of Youth programmes benefiting thousands of Scots. For example, in Fort William in the Highlands of Scotland, a Youth group interested in outdoor projects developed a cross-country ski programme with Slovakian counterparts. In Dundee an exchange of views and experiences has developed with a Spanish project concerning the current problems being experienced by young people. In West Lothian a project has been developed on street work with a partnership from Munich. In fact only yesterday a group from the Lothians were here listening to a debate in this Chamber. To end my list of examples: a link between Larkhall in Lanarkshire and a French programme where young people have contributed to the construction of a cycle path in the south of Scotland. From youth work to cross-country skiing, from cycle paths to street work, the issues are as diverse as the participants. And if this is just a small number of examples of how the Youth programme has worked in Scotland, just think what an impact the Youth programme has had across the EU and the potential of what it can achieve in the future. However, funding for the Youth programme is not just critical, it is paramount. Young people like myself are the Europeans of the present and the future. We are the first generation to relate to a European identity as well as our own national ones. If these very institutions which we are members of are to have relevance today as well as tomorrow, funding of the Youth programme is essential. I encourage Members to go back to their constituencies and to speak to the organisers, participants and beneficiaries of this work, the work which brings the basic ideas of the European ideal to local communities: the ideal of people from different nationalities working together for the benefit of the common good. Please support this report and support the work of young people in Europe."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2000-02-17)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2000-02-17)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-22--2000-03-16)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Taylor (PSE )."1

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