As you might know, four new locals signed the Convention d’Adhésion in the last Spring Agora Enschede: AEGEE-Sumqayit, AEGEE-Lanzarote, AEGEE-Sevilla, and AEGEE-Rostov-na-Donu. Let us focus our attention on a beautiful town in Andalucía, Spain: Sevilla! You might know Seville, the capital of the autonomous community of Andalucía, for the beauty of its university founded in 1505, or for the numerous… Read more →
Dutchies and their suits. It is a combination like bread and butter and being in the city of Enschede, you will probably find yourself surrounded by suits, ties, dress-shirts and even the occasional tailcoat. Admired and ridiculed alike, this tradition is more than just another wacky expression of local culture. The habit of students suiting up for meetings, workshops and… Read more →
On a boring Sunday, while watching a documentary about climate change, I came up with the idea to calculate how much I have contributed to this phenomenon. As we in AEGEE are all avid travellers, keen on exploring other countries and meeting our friends all over Europe again, I started to calculate how polluting all my flights I ever took… Read more →
In AEGEE, we are used to a lot of action days – or weeks, or months – to raise awareness for different topics or to encourage people to become active. Whether it is the Higher Education Days, the European Day of Environment or the Youth in Action Months, it is easier to activate people for a certain issue if you… Read more →
“Such initiatives once again prove that AEGEE is not only about voting, candidates, and committees, but about people connected with each other and helping on a distance of thousands of kilometers.” This is what Olga Iatsyna, former Network Commissioner, wrote on her Facebook profile. We never thought otherwise! The members of AEGEE-Poznań united their enthusiasm and willingness to promote the cultures… Read more →
Just one year ago I was one of the millions of Europeans that had no idea about the Arab world. I had these negative pictures in my head and was thinking in stereotypes. Then one day Shift – Euro-Arab Youth Initiative established a partnership with the European Students Forum AEGEE-Kraków and I became the coordinator of the second stage of… Read more →
Last weekend, probably the first Regional Training Course with the Romanian-speaking locals in the last decade took place. The initiative came from AEGEE-Bucureşti, but what was amazing and truly AEGEE-spirited was that all the locals were involved: AEGEE-Ploieşti were the ones who applied for the financial support, AEGEE-Sibiu took care of the accommodation and logistics, AEGEE-Iasi and AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca brought a… Read more →
I am writing this article as a simple Business student, proud member of a European Student Organization and critic young Spanish “Indignado”. My trips abroad and my post as Erasmus responsible in Santander, Spain, get me in contact with young students from all over Europe. I wish to share with you one of my and most young people’s biggest concerns:… Read more →
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is dead. What should happen with Libya after that? This current topic, after serious bloodshed in the country, raised questions about the role of international community in dealing with the consequences of Qaddafi’s fall. Preparing for the event This topic was the theme of the event ‘IPWG goes The Hague’, held in Utrecht, Holland. The main focus… Read more →
Human Resources European School (HRES) – Kyiv, 1st – 8th April 2012 During one week, young people from AEGEE and other organisations gathered in Kyiv to improve their knowledge about human resources and to live through a wonderful experience together. Are you more of an implementer or a shaper? Is everything alright regarding human resources in your local? If your… Read more →
