Background

The Model European Parliament (MEP) was founded in the NL in 1994 to educate young people about European integration and cooperation.

The MEP Baltic Sea Region Foundation was founded in 2002 by five Swedish high schools (Tensta Gymnasium, Thorildsplans Gymnasium, St Petri Skola, Allvar Gullstrand Gymnasiet and Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium), and two Danish high schools (Metropolitanskolen and Sankt Annae Gymnasium) and one Finnish high school (Grankulla Gymnasium) together with the House of Europe in Vilnius, Lithuania.