You may all remember one of our candidates for the best-dressed award from EBM-Izmir. The other day, I had a great opportunity to do a face-to-face interview with the same girl who is now one of the candidates to Comite Directeur of AEGEE for upcoming term – Anna Gots. She is one of the lucky ones without any competition for… Read more →
You might not know Stephanie Müller’s name yet, but you have certainly come across the work she has done. As editor-in-chief of The AEGEEan, she works behind the scenes every day to make sure that us, AEGEE members, can share our latest achievements and get inspiration from others in the organisation. Now she aims even higher: as the newly selected… Read more →
Do you want to know if there will be the space and opportunity for young people and youth organizations to develop in the EU? On the 27th March, the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) organised a public hearing to discuss about the future Education and Youth programme and the proposal of “Erasmus for All”. The Members of the European… Read more →
AEGEE-Kebab, AEGEE- Cthulhu, AEGEE-Night Ballroom Dancers, AEGEE-Ababa and AEGEE-Pssss. One may think that we have again some fake locals in AEGEE, but believe me – they really existed during three days of Network Meeting Kharkiv with their own board, own projects and own members. But let us start from the very beginning. It may seem complicated to organise a Network… Read more →
Spring is associated with being reborn and coming out of hibernation. Also AEGEE-Amsterdam has also came up with new initiatives making it worth to be proclaimed Local of the Month. Organising a Network Meeting (NWM) may be not a big deal for such a big local, but what made AEGEE-Amsterdam’s NMW extraordinary was the topic: until a couple of years ago,… Read more →
The governor of Saint-Petersburg has recently signed an amendment to the local “Law on administrative violations” imposing financial penalties for promotion of homosexuality among people under 18. Frankly speaking, for us as for residents of this city it would be much more important if local parliament discusses more pressing issues, such as the situation in public health, taxation of small… Read more →
Recently, I tried to attend a Network Meeting (NWM) for the first time in my one and a half year of AEGEE life. Despite obstacles such as the short period of time (three-four days), location was not too far away so I could go there any time, workshops similar to others made me doubt attending it but in the end… Read more →
The cradle of AEGEE in France has unfortunately for many years been dormant. Things seem to be changing and we know that the AEGEEans in France are defenitely ready to revive the AEGEE spirit. One piece of advice: Be prepared. It has been a challenge for me to work on the development of this part of the Network, but in… Read more →
Network Commission, Public Relations Committee, Visa Freedom Working Group; The European level of AEGEE definitely has a lot to offer. Yet only a handful of AEGEE members are actively involved in one of the many European projects or bodies of AEGEE. What can be done in order to tackle this problem and to “europeanise” an antenna? The Network Meeting (NWM)… Read more →
Who said that contributing to the thematic priorities of AEGEE was difficult ? It is high time every member realises that words as « Strategic Plan » and « Action Agenda » are just complicated phrases which actually hide a simple reality : if we want AEGEE to have a bigger impact and to have shown internal and external coherence in its activities, we… Read more →
