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“The most important quality and most difficult thing is neutrality” ~ Natascha Jürgens

Mediation Commissioner for 57th Agora AEGEE-Europe Natascha Jürgens believes in the power of conflict solving in order to improve situations. Empathy, active listening, and neutrality are some of her musts when it comes to mediation. Although she joined AEGEE last year, she’s already a member of the YDWG and very enthusiastic about our organization. Let’s see what motivates Jürgens to… Read more →

Dear AEGEEans, mental health matters!

Mental health awareness is one of the YDWG’s objectives for 2018/19 When it comes to physical health, everybody seems to be concerned about it and tries to live an acceptable lifestyle. Nevertheless, the mental aspect happens to be quite forgotten.  We had a talk with Desireé Van Langen (member of the Youth Development Working Group), and Sara Þöll (member of… Read more →

CEWG Essay Competition: What if YOUth could shape Europe?

Some months ago, the Civic Education Working Group launched a competition for essays with the title: “What does the ideal political system look like?”.  Participants had to submit an essay over their ideal political system and then organise an activity within their local. The working group chose one winner, how had the possibility to win an Interrail ticket, but the ECWG… Read more →

Today’s interviews: Julia Roshan Moniri, Brian Brands, Novak Simin, Refik Barış Özçelik

Like every year, The AEGEEan is giving a platform to candidates for a position in the European Level boards and commissions of our association to answer to some questions in order to present themselves. This year, we established a cooperation with the Golden Times and, together with his Editor Gunnar Erth, former and current journalists of our magazine will interview the candidates… Read more →

Gunnar Erth: AEGEE Needs Ideas, Inspiration and Skills to Put Ideas into Practice!

I’m sure that attending your first statutory event, especially Agora, was a great experience, but at the same time quite a shock; seeing 700 to 1000 AEGEEans gathered for the general assembly of our association, meeting your friends from all over Europe and of course making new ones. While every Agora is different, with a different location, different Chair teams,… Read more →

Francesca Zorcolo for Network Commission: “That’s what I would like to do: support locals, make them shine and be present for everything they could need”

When you meet Francesca Zorcolo from AEGEE-Cagliari, you can tell straight away that she is an active member of our association. She was vice-president and president of her local, main organiser for NWM Cagliari 2106, subcommie for the Rainbow for Netcom Gabriele Scollo. Now candidating for the Network Commission.    The AEGEEan: How would you describe yourself? Francesca: My name… Read more →

Vasiliki Andrioti for Member of SUCT: “I Think that Quality Should Be a Priority When It Comes to a Project like Summer University, and I Am in the Position to Offer This Quality as Content Manager”

Vasiliki Andrioti, member of AEGEE-Ioannina, main organiser of a Winter University and of a NWM, is one of the most active members of her Antenna. She also collaborated as SubCommie with Network Commissioner Spyros Papadatos.  Now she wants to share her passion for the SU project and improve it. Furthermore, Vasiliki shares some proposals about the 30th anniversary of the… Read more →

Iuliia AgaKulieva for the Mediation Commission: “It Is Better to Prevent a Problem than to Solve its Consequences”

Iuliia AgaKulieva found out about AEGEE two years ago. She was president of AEGEE-Tyumen, where she worked hard to upgrade the contact to a contact antenna and she succeed. Her next challenge is running for member of the Mediation Commission. The AEGEEan talked with her to learn more about her and her plans.   The AEGEEan: Can you tell us more… Read more →

Member of the Month of May Marta Wnuk: “AEGEE has Empowered me to Strive for the Best”

She started locally in 2012 in AEGEE-Poznań, then moving to AEGEE-Warszawa, joining also AEGEE-Enschede last year. She has been part of  Eastern Partnership Project team, Network Commissioner from Autumn Agora Cagliari until Autumn Agora Kyïv, and Network Commission responsible for locals in Poland and in Ukraine. She was in the Chair Team in 2016 and then Chairperson of Spring Agora Enschede last… Read more →