The document outlines plans for the "Y Vote 2009" campaign to encourage and empower young people in Europe to vote in the 2009 European Parliament elections. The campaign's objectives were to develop young voters' opinions on social issues, share best practices for youth participation, and increase youth turnout. It describes the campaign's methods, such as street actions and campus events focused on citizenship, EU issues, jobs and other topics. Conference locations and dates are provided, as well as information on coordination teams, partners and boards of patrons involved in the campaign.

2. Encourage and empower young people in Europe to make informed choices at European Parliament e lections in 2009. Idea

5. Street Actions , oriented towards general audience, Campus Actions , oriented towards students, Arena Actions , connecting the message to sports and popular culture, Spotlight Actions , spreading the message towards media, Voice Actions , facilitating dialogue with politicians . Methods

10. Y Vote 2009 Campaign Intercultural Dimension

11. Y Vote Launching Conference Vienna, September 14-21, 2008

12. Y Vote on Citizenship Groningen, December 6-13, 2008

13. Y Vote on EU and the World Poznan, January 9-15, 2009

14. Y Vote on Multiculturalism Ljubljana, January 20-26, 2009

15. Bologna, February 1-7, 2009 Y Vote on Jobs and Mobility

16. Y Vote on Creativity Munich, February 21-27, 2009

17. Y Vote on Knowledge and Employment Riga, March 18-24, 2009

18. Y Vote on Education Budapest, April 6-12, 2009

19. Y Vote on EU Social Model Porto, April 27 – May 3, 2009

20. Y Vote on Migration Cologne, May 10-16, 2009

21. Y Vote on Regionalism Sofia, May 20-26, 2009

22. Y Vote Final Convention Cagliari, May 28-June 1., 2009

27. Fleur Stadhouders, The Netherlands Giovanni Soffietti, Italy Zsanett Czifrus, Hungary Efi Chronopoulou, Greece Thomas Leszke, Germany Diana Ferreira, Portugal Agata Gurzawska, Poland National Managers

28. Partners European Movement EurActiv

29. Board of Patrons André Brie, MEP Andrew Duff, MEP Angelika Beer, MEP Brian Simpson, MEP Christa Prets, MEP Claude Turmes, MEP Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, MEP Dushana Zdravkova, MEP Elisabetta Gardini, MEP Emine Bozkurt, MEP Eoin Ryan, MEP 45 Members of the European Parliament

30. Board of Patrons Esther de Lange, MEP Fabio Ciani, MEP Filip Kaczmarek, MEP Fiona Hall, MEP Gisela Kallenbach, MEP Grażyna Staniszewska, MEP Helga Trüpel, MEP Holger Krahmer, MEP Istvan Szent-Iványi, MEP Jacek Saryusz Wolski, MEP Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, MEP

31. Board of Patrons Jean Lambert, MEP John Attard-Montalto, MEP Karin Resetarits, MEP Klaus Hänsch, MEP Kurt Joachim Lauk, MEP Margaritis Schinas, MEP Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassitou, MEP Markus Ferber, MEP Martin Schulz, MEP Mathieu Grosch, MEP

32. Board of Patrons Mechild Rothe, MEP Michael Cramer, MEP Norbert Glante, MEP Ramona Nicole Mănescu, MEP Richard Corbett, MEP Ruth Hieronymi, MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin, MEP Sophie in 't Veld, MEP Urszula Gacek, MEP Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, MEP

33. yvote2009.blogactiv.eu

34. Y Vote Newsletter Y Vote Newsletter