The Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 was held in Belfast between 12 and 14 October 2008

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 - IMAGE GALLERY

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 – FINAL REPORT

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 - PRESS RELEASE (MS Word - 69.5KB)

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 - YOUNG APELDOORNERS' BOOK (PDF - 746KB)

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 - Programme (MS Word - 40KB)

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 - Themes (MS Word 24 KB)

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 - Format (MS Word 39 KB)

Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 - Joining Instructions (MS Word - 130KB)

Background
In 1999 Prime Ministers Wim Kok and Tony Blair agreed to instigate a bilateral conference: the Apeldoorn Conference. Their objective was to bring together a representative and informed group from the UK and the Netherlands on a regular basis to reflect on issues of political relevance and shared concern. The first conference took place in 2000 in Apeldoorn, from which the conference series took its name.

Young Apeldoorn Conference
When Foreign Ministers Jack Straw and Jozias van Aartsen met in 2002, they agreed to build on this success by establishing the Young Apeldoorn Conference. They wanted to bring together those young people whose views and decisions will affect Anglo-Dutch and European cultural, political and economic relations over the next decade. The central theme of the Young Apeldoorn Conference 2008 is Citizenship and Communities: Identity and State in the 21st Century.

Partners
The Conference series is organised by the British Council Netherlands, the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.