The European Parliament says “YES” to Youth!

“YES Europe” will be the brand new programme as approved on Tuesday, the 27th of November 2012 by the Culture and Education Committee (CULT) of the European Parliament. The new programme proposal, presented by the Chair Ms Doris Pack (already patron of the Higher Education Days project), has been approved with a great majority and will be presented to the plenary for… Read more →

Above us, the same sky

After the historical result of the vote during the last General Assembly of the United Nations held on the 28th November 2012, a possible new chapter opened in the history of the Middle East. With an overwhelming majority, the United Nations welcomed the Palestinian Authority as “Non-member observer State”, upgrading it from the previous status of “entity”, and in this way implicitly recognising Palestine… Read more →

Youth work, mobility and education: the next focus within the European Youth Forum

During the last General Assembly held in Maribor, Slovenia, the European Youth Forum (YFJ) elected the new board to lead the platform for the upcoming two years. In the new team there is also Miroslaw Krzanik, experienced member of AEGEE and former member of the Comité Directeur! Together with the best congratulations for the great success, the AEGEEan interviewed Miroslaw… Read more →

CD Telegram October 2012

If it is October, then it is Autumn Agora and neverending work for the Agora. We had our first time to present the projects and ideas all together to the Network personally, therefore we spent the weeks before this enormous event with feverish preparation. This was not only challenging in professional terms, but also a great possibility to strengthen our… Read more →

Improving the society through taking care of others

Two locals, AEGEE-Skopje and AEGEE-Kragujevac, celebrate different humanitarian events and help out people by teaching them, gathering basic supplies and giving them the best thing they have: their time. It can be seen how, in times of austerity, the budgets start to be reduced. As a consequence, governmental decisions, but especially daily citizens’ lives begin to shift. It is in this… Read more →

EduCoach kick-off meeting in Eindhoven

On 8th-9th of November 2012 Kathrin Renner and Anna Gots took part in the kick-off meeting of the EduCoach project – last initiative of Study Portals, supported by the European Commission under the Erasmus Mundus Action 3, in Eindhoven. EduCoach project will help millions of students and PhD Candidates with personal professional advice to improve the quality of their decision… Read more →