Alicante, Spain, April 9, 2010 – YES- the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs and the Eyprom Foundation signed today a Memorandum of Understanding, which encompasses a variety of fields and actions and lays the basis for future cooperation between the two organisations.

The MoU was signed by the YES President, Mr. Ivan Sempere, and the Eyprom Foundation President, Mr. Roberto Francia, during the EXECOM Meeting of YES that was taking place in Alicante, Spain.

 

Both YES and the Eyprom Foundation share the goal of promoting a stronger role for young professionals and leaders within our societies. The two parties established three broad areas of action: to act international level by promoting common values and principles; to facilitate cooperation between the parties at a board level; to encourage link between their members and fellows.

As a first outcome of the signed MoU, YES members will be invited to join a team of selected European young professionals and leaders during their forthcoming visit to Russia, to take place during the Belgian Presidency of the European Union (2^nd semester 2010). The initiative, which is aimed at facilitating exchanges of ideas and building partnership opportunities between European and Russian young leaders, is officially supported by HE  Herman Von Rompuy, President of the European Council.



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