Tag Archive for AEGEE-Europe

Power to men: Matthijs Overhaal wants to be the next Secretary General

During the Agora in Patra there will be elections held for not only new Network Commission and Juridical Commission members, but also for the members of the Comité Directeur and the more specific functions of Financial Director, President and Secretary General of AEGEE-Europe. Matthijs Overhaal from AEGEE-Tartu decided to apply for this last function, which means that if he gets… Read more →

AEGEE-Patra and AEGEE-Cagliari on organizing an Agora

This year AEGEE-Patra and AEGEE-Cagliari will organise the Spring Agora and Autumn Agora respectively. Why did they decide to take up this big task, and what makes the Agora in their city special? The AEGEEan spoke with Aris Konstantinopoulos (President of AEGEE-Patra and Incoming Responsible for the Spring Agora) and Damiano Deidda (President of AEGEE-Cagliari) to ask them these questions… Read more →

New Year, New House, New Rules

New Year is the time of new beginnings. Following this beautiful tradition, AEGEE-Europe has decided to start the year on a new track in a new house. The old AEGEE office is well known for its bad condition. 15 different CDs, numerous Working Group meetings and endless AEGEEans from all over Europe have simply worn out the place. It is literally… Read more →

European youth spreads global needs

A few days ago the ICPD Global Youth Forum took place in Bali, Indonesia, where 1000 young activists from all over the world gathered to propose concrete recommendations to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon related to youth needs worldwide. Luis Alvarado Martinez, President of AEGEE-Europe,  participated on behalf of AEGEE-Europe, and he answered a few questions to tell us what happened… Read more →

European Association for International Education Conference in Dublin

Dear AEGEEans, On the second week of September 2012 AEGEE-Europe was represented at the European Association for International Education (EAIE) Conference, which is the biggest Education Conference in Europe gathering more than 4300 participants and representatives of more than 1500 Universities from around 100 countries. The EAIE organises the conference on a yearly basis. This year it took place in Dublin.… Read more →

European Year of Citizens´Alliance in 2013

On 11 August 2011, the European Commission proposed 2013 as the “European Year of Citizens” to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the European Union Citizenship under the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. European civil society organizations and networks, members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Liaison Group have created a civil society Alliance aiming to advocate… Read more →

AEGEE and the European Civic Forum

As you might know even though AEGEE-Europe is an umbrella organisation where locals are the member organisations, AEGEE-Europe itself is also a member organisation (MO) in other Umbrella organisations or platforms like European Youth Forum (YFJ), European Movement International and the European Civic Forum. The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and… Read more →