AEGEE-Europe to Represent the YFJ in the Advisory Council on Youth

Last week, some really good news came to all the AEGEEans. It was during the COMEM (Council of Members) of the European Youth Forum (YFJ, which stands for ‘Youth Forum Jeunesse‘) in Brussels. AEGEE-Europe had just been elected to be one of the 30 organizations inside the Advisory Council (AC) on Youth of the Council of Europe, representing the European… Read more →

Branding AEGEE antennae and projects with merchandise

At Agora Rhein-Neckar several different merchandise products were presented to the Network and it is proving to be more and more popular to have different types of products carrying the AEGEE logo in one form or the other. One antenna that proves to be good in promoting themselves through merchandise production is AEGEE-Agrigento. The Italians were nominated for The AEGEEans… Read more →

Fresh Member Domenico Villano on his first event in Brno two days after joining AEGEE

Domenico Villano joined AEGEE-Napoli on the 12th of April and only two days later he attended his first European event: the EAP Conference in Brno. Nicola Guida from AEGEE-Napoli took the chance to interview Domenico about his first event and how it was. Nicola: Domenico, most AEGEE members start their experience in the Network with a Summer University that is usually… Read more →

Kicking the Ball Against Racism

While many AEGEE members were spending their time green travelling with the destination Mannheim, the Sports Working Group (SWG) was hosting a football tournament for the ones already in the city. The idea behind the active afternoon was not only to raise awareness about physical activity but also to inform members about the topic of racism in sports. In a… Read more →

How Sport Is Connected to Bullying

One of the activities that the Sports Working Group arranged for Spring Agora Rhein-Neckar was hosting a workshop with the theme of bullying. Despite few participants, the workshop was a successful example on how an interesting topic can gather AEGEE people together. For Agora Rhein-Neckar the Sports Working Group (SWG) invited Adam Wilde from the LGBT rugby team in Berlin… Read more →

New speaker of the AEGEE-Academy: Maartje Natrop

While Agora Rhein-Neckar took place, the new board of the Academy was elected trough online voting by the Academy members. Costas Deltouzos from AEGEE-Patras is the new secretary / IT-responsible, Patrick Scholz from AEGEE-Aachen is the new treasurer and Maartje Natrop from AEGEE-Utrecht,  whom I spoke to over a nice cake dinner, is the new speaker. Firstly, can you tell us… Read more →

Do it like a Dutch

Before Agora Rhein-Neckar started, AEGEE-Utrecht organized a pre-event. The main topic was reliability of the media, which was also the event title. Twelve lucky participants from all over the Europe took part and had a lot of fun. They partied, went sightseeing, they had a European night and many other activities that every other AEGEE event has… But what were the… Read more →