The digital gender divide will not close by itself: we must act in order to make the digital revolution for all, with all, by all. Societies are becoming increasingly digital. Over 90% of jobs worldwide have a digital component, which has made it essential for people to have digital literacy skills in order to engage with, and function and participate… Read more →
Martiño Rivera
Local of the Month, April 2021. AEGEE-Gdańsk: “Adaptation to a new reality is difficult but really important for success.”
Dear Aegeeans, you didn’t need to vote that strongly, but you did anyway (AEGEE Spirit right there)! And with a landslide victory – really, sooo many votes – here you have your Local of the Month: AEGEE-Gdańsk. Their victory is well deserved, for they truly fought until they were down to their last men – literally, they were at the… Read more →
Member of the Month, April 2021. Iulia Simion: “Dare to try everything that AEGEE can offer”
And this member sure stuck to her word. An Aegeean for 6 years, she really has had the time to try everything: from Summer University and Agora organising to being president of her Local, and still with time for a bachelor thesis in the middle! Without further ado, let’s meet April’s Member of the Month Iulia Simion from AEGEE-Buçaresti! Question:… Read more →
AEGEE in 2020 at a glance
The year 2020 has been a weird, upsetting and unprecedented one, for the AEGEE community as much as for the rest of the world. The pandemic of Covid-19 has forced us to adapt and find new and innovative ways to still stay connected, both locally and globally. AEGEE has proven nothing can stop it and that its members are a… Read more →
“I have a vision of what society should be and I will work with every tool accessible to me to realize it” ~ Leonardo Manganelli, PAWG Candidate
Hey Leonardo, thank you so much for your time. How did you end up becoming involved in AEGEE? Actually it’s kind of a weird series of events, I had met an AEGEEan (without knowing that she was) at a Model United Nations. The week after I met her, I saw her helping at a Pulse of Europe Demonstration and I… Read more →
“Within my priorities are to make a good social media strategy to raise awareness and fight the stigma” ~ Laura Miranda, MHWG Candidate
Mental health, a topic that is extremely relevant in today’s fast paced world but seldom talked about. It is one that is still often stigmatised and considered not an actual disease. AEGEE decided to acknowledge the elephant in the room and proposed it as a possible working group at the Strategic Planning Meeting held in June 2019 in Köln. Having… Read more →
“There are many things we can do for the environment even if we are in a total quarantine” ~ Laura García, CEWG candidate
One of the most difficult challenges that our society urges to face nowadays is climate change. AEGEE is quite aware of this concern, thus this environmental topic has been set as one of the focus areas of our association for the period of 2020-2023. When it comes to Climate Emergency Working Group Coordinator applications, Laura García from AEGEE-A Coruña introduces… Read more →
Languages for all,languages forever. The European Day of Languages during 2019
In 2001, AEGEE started the journey to celebrate the linguistic richness of our continent and to promote language learning. The European Day of Languages (EDL) was also celebrated last year by AEGEE, in order to encourage all of us to continue learning languages, to praise the beauty of each language, and to remind us of the importance and necessity of linguistic… Read more →
Eastern Partnership’s 10th anniversary: AEGEE-Kyiv
The AEGEEan starts a collaboration with the AEGEE Eastern Partnership Plus project. This year, the Eastern Partnership bloc celebrates its 10th anniversary. The six-member countries plus Russia have been very active during the last decade, organising and hosting a lot of events within AEGEE and raising awareness about the EU in their respective countries. In order to show what has… Read more →
Eastern Partnership’s 10th anniversary: AEGEE-Moskva
The AEGEEan starts a collaboration with the AEGEE Eastern Partnership Plus project. This year, the Eastern Partnership bloc celebrates its 10th anniversary. The six member countries plus Russia have been very active during the last decade, organizing and hosting a lot of events within AEGEE and raising awareness about the EU in their respective countries. In order to show what… Read more →