The European Youth Parliament (EYP) helps young people gain life skills, connect to their society, and discover Europe. EYP is for young people from all over the continent – not just the EU – who are interested in discovering their national society as well as the European society and identity. We are a Europe-wide organisation, with over thirty national chapters and 30.000 active members. The Dutch national chapter was founded in 1998 and organises a series of events each year, with the National Selection Conference as the highlight. The European Youth Parliament is entirely run by volunteers. Hundreds of young people, who devote their time and knowledge to managing this organisation, setting up events and raising European awareness.