Tag Archive for VFWG

Local of the Month AEGEE-Sankt-Peterburg organized an extraordinary NWM against the odds

When AEGEE-Sankt-Peterburg wanted to organise a Network Meeting (NWM) several people doubted it could become a success due to being far away and because of expectations of visa issues. However, Mayri Tiido from the Comite Directeur, Monika Duda from ACT and Maria Arends from the Network Commission helped the antenna with the preparations and sessions and the NWM was organised… Read more →

Visa Freedom Workshop Full of Participants

During Agora Rhein-Neckar, the Visa Freedom Working Group (VFWG) organized quite a successful workshop! The main leader and speaker of the workshop was an American citizen living in Germany and the Czech Republic, Mrs. Kimberli Jo Lewis, who has a certificate from the London Coaching Academy. Kimberli Lewis, International CEO, executive coach, and mentor, talked about transitioning and being culturally… Read more →

SU Story: From Danube to Vltava – Playing the game of the summer

Is there anybody who likes playing games?  If so, check this out! Recently the biggest game of the summer took place in Hungary and Czech Republic. Twenty five players from Europe and beyond were guided by the best game masters from AEGEE-Budapest and AEGEE-Praha following one single rule: take all the AEGEE spirit you can to make this Summer University… Read more →

Secret Travels and Smuggling

AEGEE- Utrecht has its very own local event committee: MestadCie (which translates to something like ‘my own little city’), which regularly organises local events that are not only fun, but also often have a deeper meaning behind them.   Maartje Natrop, President of the Mestadcie: “In this way, we keep members of our antenna entertained but also inform them about… Read more →

SU Story of the week – Visa fun? The impossible made a reality with AEGEE-Paris

Let’s face it. Borders do exist, otherwise we would not be fighting so hard to bring them down. It is nice to know that some people continue fighting this battle even on their vacation. This year’s Parisian Summer University took place in cooperation with the Visa Freedom Working Group and broadened the horizons of all of their participants. The charm… Read more →

Getting the VFWG Back On Track

Why vote for the Visa Freedom Working Group (VFWG) to win the AEGEEan Choice Award 2012 rewarding the most efficient Working Group of 2011? When the VFWG was taking what seemed to be its last breath last year, Jana Pokorna (AEGEE-Istanbul/AEGEE-Praha) and the rest of the motivated VFWG members picked it up and put it back on its wheels. The… Read more →