Fancy flying the French flag for Jersey in Luxembourg?

Sunday 11 December 2016

If you are young, interested in local and international politics and if your French is très bien you could be off to represent Jersey in Luxembourg next summer.

The ninth French-speaking youth parliament is being held there from 6 July and the hunt is on to find two young people aged between 18 and 23 to go to the three-day event as ambassadors.

The Parlement Francophone des Jeunes is held every two years in countries where French is either the first or second language and gives young people a chance to see parliamentary democracy in action and debate a range of topics in the spotlight today with young people from across the French-speaking world.

Young Islanders have represented Jersey in the past at Parlements des Jeunes in Quebec, Gabon, Bern and the Ivory Coast.

The President of the Jersey Section of the APF, Connétable Juliette Gallichan, said: “All the young people from Jersey who have attended the Parlement ds Jeunes in previous years have found it to be an extremely worthwhile and enjoyable experience and many have formed long-lasting friendships with other participants from across the world. The Parlement is also a very useful opportunity for anyone studying French to use the language in a very practical way and would be of great practical benefit for any young person wishing to improve their fluency in the language."

If you want to represent Jersey you must be aged between 18 and 23 in July 2017 and must have an excellent level of spoken and written French. You should also have a keen interest in, and knowledge of, local and international politics so that you can be a good ambassador for Jersey.

You need to apply by Friday 20 January and interviews will take place shortly after in French and can be done remotely by Skype or FaceTime if you are away studying outside the Island.

You can find out more bout the event and how to submit an application by emailing the Deputy Greffier of the States here.