>From rags to riches in 40 minutes? If you’re a CD member, it just happens.
One moment you are struggling with the shower cabin of a kranky house in Schaarbeeck and half an hour later you find yourself in the middle of one of the finest rooms of the European Parliament face-to-face with MEPs and high rank politicians.
Last Thursday Percin and me were invited to take part in a high profile conference organized by the YFJ and PES about the visa regime: The EU visa policy – a perspective from Western Balkans and ENP countries. The focus was on the visa regime present in the Western Balkans and on the countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy agreement.
In spite of the general skepticism about the efficiency of Visa Facilitation Agreements, our president Dragan, back from Serbia with a freshly obtained visa, is convinced they work – and he is the living example!
The ‘serious’ report of the conference can be found here.
Apart from E.U. policy, it was also the perfect networking opportunity: in one afternoon we met – had lunch – a glass of wine with several MEPs, invited them and their assistents at CD’s Christmas conference in Atomium and at Y Vote events, arranged a probable new AEGEE Contact in Mostar (Bosnia) and started the agreements for a partnership with FLARE, apart from, of course, strenghtening the ties with the YFJ Bureau & Secretariat members.
No doubt: spending less time in front of the computer and getting out of the house every now and then really pays off.