If there is one “language” that can be understood by each human being, it is probably music. Music can bring people together. So there was no question for AEGEE-Düsseldorf to take the fact that Europe´s largest song contest, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), organized in Düsseldorf, as an opportunity to organize it´s very first international event –“Your Own Vision”, 12th to… Read more →
This is the name of one of the albums we have in our heritage. A piece of happiness given to the others. Trying to make others not to feel rejected or alone. This is what AEGEE-Beograd has been trying to do during the last two years. Every project we make is followed by a humanitarian action for children without parents.… Read more →
Once more AEGEEans have proved that distance is not an obstacle to carry out our favorite activities on our European playground. Despite having more than 4000 km separating them and many differences between each other, Las Palmas GC and Riga found their similarities and are Twin Antennae today. It was at the Autumn General Assembly in Istanbul where our association… Read more →
For most of the readers of “The AEGEEan” this word combination is unknown, especially for new AEGEE members. Nevertheless, we all know for sure that this is not just an empty and important-sounding word combination which cannot and does not make any difference in our lifes. Yes, there are people in our Network who have turned this word combination into a personal bet… Read more →
We often hear words such as “Network”, “Projects”, “Training Courses”, “Commission”, and “CD”. But who is really hiding behind all those “big” words? What do these entities which keep AEGEE running even mean? I wonder if it could be described within few sentences or words. A whole Network implementing projects, Training Courses following certain procedures by Commissions and run by the CD.… Read more →
Name: AEGEE-Yerevan Founded: September 2010 Motto: Ցանկանու՞մ ես լինել մեզանից մեկը, գերազանցի’ր մեզ: The translation from Armenian is roughly this “If you want to be like us, do better than us!”. Motivating, isn’t it? Funny fact about local: When the contact in Yerevan had just started, future president of the local Shushan was receiving e-mails from new members starting with “Dear… Read more →
“If we want change, we must include everybody in the process.” Imagine that you are a youth from one of the largest ethnic minorities in Europe, you can’t speak perfectly the language of the country you live in, you have a different cultural background, you are suffering from poverty and you receive the lowest level of education. Therefore you are… Read more →
People do not have equal opportunities in Europe. Young people cannot participate in the European events simply because of the visa border, resulting in frequent rejections. They cannot take part in European educational programmes because of limited places and there are still frozen conflicts and closed borders… Some areas in Europe still suffer from exclusion in many different aspects and… Read more →
Imagine a nice weekend in the end of August: beautiful blue sky, extremely hot weather, sunny days – lazy days… I guess that you can imagine yourself having fun on the beach in Spain, enjoying Italian sun, hiking in Austrian mountains or hitch-hiking with Dutchies around Europe. But now, try to imagine a bunch of crazy AEGEE people, gathered in… Read more →
