Dear AEGEEans, On 18th of September, AEGEE-Europe was present at an official launch of the European Charter for Rights and Responsibilities of Volunteers in the European Parliament, represented by Vice President and External Relations Kathrin Renner, Secretary General Lucille Rieux and President Luis Alvarado Martinez. This Charter is an initiative lead by the European Youth Forum (YFJ) as a follow… Read more →
At Spring Agora Enschede, The AEGEEan editor Patricia Anthony received the nickname ”AEGEE fairy” by fellow editor of The AEGEEan, Szabó Kata. A nickname that will stick, since she is taking up the challenge again. But this time, she will be joined by former “fairy” and current Financial Director of AEGEE-Europe, Anna Gots, as well as by the new “fairy” in town,… Read more →
Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to explain to anyone what AEGEE is about? Starting with the facts and figures is easy (40 countries, 200 antennae etc.), but making an impression with fancy words like “interdisciplinary” will not have the same effect in all cases. ”And what are you guys doing exactly?” – This is a tough… Read more →
The summer is over, but that does not mean that there are no stories left to be read from the Summer Universities. The AEGEEan editor Patricia Anthony came up with the idea of having a “Summer University Story of the Week” every week of the summer, an idea that became reality over this summer. The story behind “SU Story of… Read more →
Quite often after being involved in AEGEE work on full-time basis, lots of AEGEE members are leaving AEGEE “to get some rest”. However, the candidate for Chair Team Alla Resheten, whose name is usually followed by countless AEGEE titles, is not tired. “How you can be tired from something you thoroughly enjoy?”, says Alla. The AEGEEan was lucky enough to… Read more →
On 11 August 2011, the European Commission proposed 2013 as the “European Year of Citizens” to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the European Union Citizenship under the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. European civil society organizations and networks, members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Liaison Group have created a civil society Alliance aiming to advocate… Read more →
It is a summer school which was attended by 135 participants from 69 countries. It already sounds awesome! It was the third edition of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Summer School which was held by the University of Coimbra, Portugal, between 6th and 11th August. The two main objectives of the summer school were to promote the empowerment of… Read more →
You might not recognize his name, and it is likely that you have not seen his face, but Bartosz Sudorowski has been active on local as well as European level thus not having the experience of participating in a statutory event. He is planning to make up for that by attending Agora Budapest, and at the same time he is… Read more →
A new AGORA is approaching, a new set of candidates are preparing their speeches and getting ready to impress our AEGEEans with their ideas, perspectives and views. One of these candidates is Ilona Bogomolova, from AEGEE-Kyiv, who is aiming for a position in the Audit Commission. Besides this, there is also a new country which is anxiously awaiting to accept… Read more →
