The Sports Working Group (SWG) has been using this summer to find its grounds. Thus, being approved at the Agora Enschede, the SWG is well aware that there will always be members of our Network with the strong belief that sport has no place in AEGEE, however the SWG board members are together with the SWG members wearing yes-hats filled… Read more →
European Bodies
Green auditing the CD house
During the Green Week in Brussels at the end of May, members of the Environmental Working Group met in the CD house to catch up, but also to have a closer look at the house itself from a green perspective. In the past, CD members complained about the high energy costs, so we teamed up to turn the CD house… Read more →
UNinvolved in PEACE: Living Reality
“If blue helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, RUN.” Andrew Thomson, Emergency Sex Few days ago in the evening I was doing my usual stuff on the internet: surfing, surfing and again surfing internet news channels and Facebook/Twitter, when suddenly I noticed this controversial photo which at least for me was both… Read more →
Let’s talk about culture, AEGEE culture!
In a previous article the Culture Working Group said that 2012 would be a very important and very challenging year for them as they would be celebrating 15 years of activity. They said they needed an idea for a celebration, because this way they could highlight the multicultural potential that AEGEE has and that can be found everywhere. So the team came… Read more →
The role of Social Networks in the Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Processess in Egypt
The protests in Egypt, which started on 25th of January, 2011, toppled down the regime of Hosni Mubarak in 18 days. During the revolution frequent usage of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other social networks was noticed. State-owned media and television in Egypt were controlled by the authoritarian regime, and the information given to the public was bogus and favorable for… Read more →
Getting Employed – The non formal way
“Getting Employed – The non formal way” is the name of a youth exchange which took place in Lyon, from 20th May till 27th May 2012, thanks to AEGEE-Lyon and the support of the Youth in Action program, Lyon Town Hall and the program “Prodige”. This Youth Exchange “Getting employed – the non-formal way” was about offering a space where participants were invited to be… Read more →
Give me your hand! ACT more!
“Tiene un dia? Involucrate! “ is a project that AEGEE-Las Palmas started few months ago. The antenna from the Canary Islands decided to set one day a month when they would be collaborating with one local association, in order to raise awareness of our members about different realities. It was a sunny day in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. A beautiful day,… Read more →
Working Groups’ Monthly Newsletter – June 2012
+ Do you know what the Working Groups did in June? + Are you aware of what kind of tasks they develop and which topics they are tackling? + Do want to know more about them but actually you never had the chance to do so? Here you are, the Issue 6 of the Working Groups’ Monthly Newsletter – June 2012. You can… Read more →
Putting Sports into AEGEE
A little more than a month ago the Sportive Working Group was introduced to the Network at Agora Enschede. A nervous introduction by AEGEE-Koebenhavn member Patricia Anthony, a suggestion of name change to Sports Working Group and some abstentions were part of the scenario that took place before this working group eventually was approved by the Agora Enschede delegates. Hard… Read more →
Visa Chronicles of One Agora
Starting any visa process in AEGEE is like a lottery – you never know how organisers will behave, how attentively the visa officer will look at your documentation, and what will you get in your passport in the end. After Agora Skopje we all had a sad experience in visa issues, when no Caucasian locals were able to attend the Agora… Read more →