Who is behind the Academy?

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Here they are back again! The AEGEE-Academy board is more motivated and active than ever and has decided to give the AEGEE-Academy (ACA) a 180º turn in order to ensure its correct functioning and maximum contribution to the to AEGEE’s network.

With the aim of bringing the ACA closer to the network and making the most of AEGEE’s potential, we decided to meet in order to draft the strategy for the upcoming months.

During our meeting in Brussels, in AEGEE-Europe’s headquarter, we discussed, planned, argued, debated, and brainstormed for long hours to bring the ACA to its best shape, just like in its glorious years.

Get ready for many new trainings full of skilled trainers, inspiration and lots of passion which will for sure bring many unforgettable memories and will change you for better to become those skilled and efficient youth activist we want you to be.

And now…

 

 

Meet the people who are making this change possible:

Miguel Gallardo Albajar- Speaker

Miguel was elected for a second term as Speaker of the AEGEE-Academy and he will do his best to lead this amazing team until the Spring Agora Enschede 2012.

He has been actively involved in the local and European level since 2007. He was President in his antenna and still has an advisory role there. He founded the Environmental Working Group at the Agora Valletta with some crazy friends, with whom he also participated actively in all steps of the Flagship Project 2008-2009 Sustaining Our Future. He also contributed to publications like the Members’ Manual and several Key to Europe editions. He has also been Subcommie of the NetCom for 2 years.

In the training world he is a great fan of SUPS, a training course which has been a great pleasure for him until now. He has also been involved in PRES2, ES1 and provided the content for several NWMs and LTCs. As he said during Agora Alicante: “AEGEE has given so much to me, that I will never be able to give back enough”. But he tries hard by sharing his experience and motivating new members to pursue their dreams!

Edouard Mougin – Secretary

Edouard is one of the most recent Academy members, but he has lots of motivation to be the new secretary of this inspiring board. He started on the local level by being the secretary of AEGEE-Lyon in February 2010, then became President and now he is External Relationships Responsible. Eager to discover the European level, he started by being Juridical Commission subcommissioner and later was elected JC President.
Always looking for more experiences and news things to learn, he also recently joint several projects about developing HR in AEGEE with the NetCom and the newly created Human Resources Committee. In this field, he will also be the contact person for the upcoming HRES Kyïv 2012.

Esperanza Rodríguez – Treasurer

Espe is the new treasurer of the Academy, ready to study the numbers and any other challenge that may come up!

She is not a really old member in AEGEE, but she climbed the career ladder rather fast. She is very involved on the local level and has organised many kinds of events, including an ES1. She has also been in the board of AEGEE-Las Palmas as a treasurer, fundraiser and she is the President right now. She got really inspired during the ES1 and decided to become active on the European level too. She has been the President of the Audit Commission since Alicante, and was re-elected in Skopje.

 

Miroslava Garzarcikova – Human Resources Manager

Mirka has been an active AEGEE member for several years already. First on the local level (board member and later President of AEGEE-Bratislava) and then also on the European level – she was a project manager of “YOUrope needs YOU 2” and trainer for the Academy.
Last year, she was in the Comité Directeur 2010/2011, in charge of Human Resources.

Outside of AEGEE, she is working full-time in an international recruitment event agency, so she’s fully dedicated to the world of HR management.

 

Luis Alvarado Martínez – PR Manager

Luis Alvarado comes from AEGEE-Las Palmas and is a hyperactive AEGEE addict. After trying AEGEE out for the first time, he could not stop, and ever since he has been looking for more. He has been, and still is, active both on local and European level of AEGEE.

Throughout his AEGEE career, he has been the President of AEGEE-Las Palmas, advisory board, and currently he is External Relations responsible. He has also been Subcommie of Sara Vierna, and at the moment he is Network Commissioner for Spanish, French and Portuguese locals. He has also been involved in projects and in the training world. After having attended several AEGEE trainings  like LTC’s, being an ES1 participant and coordinator, attending an ES2 and external tranings (like Leadership Summer School by IFISO, or International Work School by Spanish Youth Council and European Youth Forum), he has become addicted to them, and is always looking for an excuse to attend a new one.

At the moment he is also involved in the Spanish Youth Council, working in the International Relations Committe. He has been trainer at SUPS, Manager of ES1 Passau and he is contact person for ACA for the next Traing 4 Trainers.

Florence Franks – Projects Responsible
Flo has been an AEGEE-addicted since 2008 and has participated in several European events within and outside AEGEE. Currently, she is also involved in other international project teams. She is a member of the Culture and Education Working Group. Of course she loves travelling, exploring ,and meeting cool people. She likes people that “read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do.”
She believes in the AEGEE motto: “We Make Europe Happen!”, for this reason she is an enthusiastic volunteer, addicted to trainings, and projects.
She started the AEGEE adventure being Vice-President of her first local, now she is enthusiastic member of AEGEE-Siena. She has been PR responsible in the Culture Action Days project and AEGEE25 project.She was part of the coordination team of Leadership Summer School 2011, organized within IFISO platform, and she is looking forward to contribute to the 2012 edition. In the Academy she will take care of the projects, ensuring a nice, smooth, and proper communication with hosting locals, trainers and ACA board. She will support PR and the implementation of new projects.
As if all this was not enough, we also count on the endless suport from Guillermo García Tabarés, HR Director of Comité
Directeur 2011-2012! Thanks to him once more.

Academically yours,

The AEGEE-Academy Board

Miguel, Edu, Espe, Mirka, Flo and Luis

Written by Luis Alvarado, the Academy

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