Temporary Steering Committee is set up, fundraises, does trainings, and prepares for launch

Through initiative of CHOICE, a youth group in Denmark working toward the promotion to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and meaningful youth participation internationally, efforts were started to build a European Youth Network on SRHR, that would actively engage young people from Europe on SRHR awareness raising. 

A Temporary Steering Committee (TSC) for this new network was set up in July 2003 in Geneva. The TSC consisted of 8 young people from different European countries, who were committed to establish a European Youth Network on sexual and reproductive rights. All members of the TSC were aged between 20 and 25 and had a diverse background in sexual and reproductive health and rigbhts (SRHR); such as peer education, lobbying, advocacy, outreach and research. These 8 people were 

Aron Mir Haschemi from Germany

Paulo Jorge Vieira from  Portugal

Jessica Burnett from The  UK

Cristian Nita from  Romania

Elina Juntunen from Finland

Elisabete Gomes Ramos from Portugal

Olga Kaminska from Poland

Zaire van Arkel from The Netherlands