10/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Launch of 2022 Charlemagne Youth Prize. The selection procedure for next year's European Charlemagne Youth Prize was launched on Thursday 10 November, the European Parliament announces in a press release. The prize is awarded to young people who have been involved in projects to promote understanding between people from different European countries. The deadline for submitting projects for next year's prize, the fifth since it came into being in 2008, is 23 January 2012. The Charlemagne Youth Prize, which is jointly organised by the European Parliament and the International Charlemagne Prize Foundation in Aachen, is awarded to projects undertaken by people between 16 and 30 years old. (LC/transl.rt)