In the north of Britain, pass the point where Wales breaks off from England and where the River Mersey makes its way to the sea, lies the city of Manchester. It’s a city that was once famous for its textile industry and its factories giving off noxious gases. However, time has changed. The textile mills don’t spin on the scale… Read more →
Last October was quite a busy month for all AEGEE locals with the preparations for the Autumn Agora upcoming. However, there were locals still organising events related to the Action Agenda! The outstanding local among those was AEGEE-Ploiești, which worked hard to organise events related to two of our Focus Areas: Spreading Europtimism and Civic Education. Their events were a good… Read more →
The Civic Education Working Group is a team that deals with all the plans of AEGEE’s Action Agenda related to Civic Edication, such as being present in Network Meetings and defining AEGEE’s position on civic education for the policy paper. We have spoken with Joanna Pankowska, who told us about the main aims and tasks of her Working Group and how an AEGEE… Read more →
AEGEEans are used to working online sending an insanely high amount of mails per day, but this work, especially if done by boards, sometimes needs to be done in a cosy office where everything can be stored. We decided to take a tour to AEGEE-Budapest, AEGEE-Cagliari, AEGEE-Enschede and AEGEE-Verona offices, discovering that not every local has one. AEGEE-Budapest got… Read more →
AEGEE-Barcelona is an antenna which usually organises a meeting per week: despite the fact that sometimes members don’t have too much time to organise or talk about serious stuff. They are a group of friends that enjoy meeting. We talked with Katy Sánchez, Communication Responsible, Public Relations and Vice-President, and with the Board of the Spanish antenna. In particular, she… Read more →
There is a body in AEGEE that deals with what is most important in our association: members. It’s the Human Resources Committee, working on the wiki, knowledge transfer and mentorship system among others. We spoke with the soon-to-be-former speaker of the HRC, Carmelo De Marco from AEGEE-Agrigento, who was a Member of the Month nominee some time ago. The… Read more →
Have you been to AEGEE-Heidelberg’s Gala Ball? If not, find out in this article a few details about the event that took place on 20th February at the famous Heidelberg Castle. The AEGEEan: How many Gala Balls has your antenna organised so far? 19. What was the theme of this year’s edition? A Song of Fire and Ice. How many participants… Read more →
June the 23rd kicks off an entire new season of Summer Universities, which, this year, offer 75 SUs in over one hundred locations. A lot of creative effort has been put in some of the SU’s names, such as BarceYOLOna, Re:bRUSh it UP!, Shake it off, and, of course, AEGEE-Agrigento’s; “Yellow”. Some of these names, however, have an interesting layer… Read more →
This spring, AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca is organising a thematic conference about the benefits and/or disadvantages of a Europe without borders. During the event, they will commemorate Franck Biancheri, the founder of AEGEE, and celebrate their 25th Anniversary. Bellow you can find more information about the event that will be organised in collaboration with Your Vision for EUrope Project. The AEGEE congress in… Read more →
It’s 6pm in Brussels, there is light rain over the city. The lights are going off in the giant buildings of the European institutions: another busy working day has ended in the heart of Europe. Now it’s time for us to meet some of the people working behind these doors, to talk about their work and life in Brussels, their… Read more →
