Local of the Month

Local of the Month of June AEGEE-Utrecht: “As a Local We Stand for Equal Rights For Everyone”

AEGEE locals are very sensitive to LGBT+ issues, so much that Equal Rights is going to be one of the focus areas in the upcoming Strategic Plan 2017-2020. Out of all the countries where AEGEE has antennae, The Netherlands is definitely one of the most active in promoting LGBT+ rights and Dutch locals are actively organising events on the topic.… Read more →

AEGEE-Ploieşti, Local of the Month of September: “Dare to Think Big”

AEGEE-Ploieşti, Local of the Month for this September, is a small, but strong antenna who is proving that dreams can come true if you dream big enough. This fall they organised a Network Meeting (NWM) called Racking up milestones, that was a big success among participants and they do not seem to want to stop. AEGEE-Ploieşti is filled with AEGEE… Read more →

AEGEE-Podgorica, Local of the Month – Summer Edition: “We Have the Momentum, We Thought It Was the Right Time”

AEGEE-Podgorica is not very big, but with only a couple dozen members, this local in Montenegro has accomplished some amazing feats. Most recently they have organised a Summer University (SU) with AEGEE-Beograd and AEGEE-Kragujevac, even though none of the organisers of AEGEE-Podgorica have ever organised a SU before or even been on one. To accomplish something like that with a… Read more →

AEGEE-Bergamo for Local of the Month of May: “Organising a Statutory Event is a Very Complex Goal”

The winner of Local of the Month of May is none other than AEGEE-Bergamo! The organiser of the spring Agora 2016 hosted 1000 people, a huge number of participants even for an Agora. We had a talk with the board of AEGEE-Bergamo about the challenges encountered for organising AEGEE’s biggest statutory event, about their antenna and of course, about their… Read more →

Local of the Month AEGEE-Voronezh: “We Are a Team and Each of Us Contributes a Lot to the Development and Success of Our Local.”

During Spring Agora Bergamo, our magazine got some space to hand out the certificates for Local and Member of the Month. One local in particular had a nice surprise, AEGEE-Voronezh, that discovered they are the Local of the Month of April. We asked Svetlana Merenkova, President of the local, some questions to know more about this them! The AEGEEan: Please, introduce… Read more →

Local of the Month for February: AEGEE-Leiden, the Hosting Local of European Planning Meeting 2016

Did you miss the European Planning Meeting this year? It was organised by AEGEE-Leiden and took place between the 25th and 29th of February. Thanks to their amazing work and team coordination, they managed to organise a great European Planning Meeting. Not suprisingly, AEGEE-Leiden was voted Local of the Month for February for this great accomplishment. So, we had a… Read more →

Local of the Month AEGEE-Maribor: “Our Strongest Assets are Experience and Motivation for New Things”

With our organisation more and more focused on training, an event made in March captured our attention: the TnT (Training of new trainers) organised from the 16th to the 23rd by AEGEE-Maribor. After having received a lot of good nomination, we decided to elect the Slovenian Antenna as our Local of the Month. We spoke with Nina Piberčnik and Petra Žula… Read more →

Local of the Month of January: AEGEE-Peiraias and the Syrian Odyssey

Last year, over 800,000 Syrian refugees crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece to find a home in Europe. Being the largest port in Greece, the city of Piraeus is directly confronted with this seemingly endless influx. It is therefore no surprise that AEGEE-Peiraias is also deeply involved in events about the Refugee Crisis, and this commitment has been worth… Read more →

Local of the Month AEGEE-Zaragoza: “A Perfect Cocktail of Fun”

AEGEE-Zaragoza was chosen as the Local of the Month of December. However, with so many locals to choose from, what did this enthusiastic local from the northeast of Spain do to earn it, and what are its  plans for the future? AEGEE-Zaragoza explains.   The AEGEEan: Could you tell us something about your local? AEGEE-Zaragoza: AEGEE Zaragoza is a very active… Read more →