AEGEE’s local of the month, May 2020 has been quite active recently, not only in their own antenna but also at a European level. These fellow AEGEEans had spread their love for the association doing a “Europe week” around Europe day, counting with the collaboration of EaP+ and ECWG for some of their activities, and they have also shown their… Read more →
AEGEE Member of the month, May 2020: Rik Smale!
It seems that the hardest times are over and AEGEEans from all over Europe are beginning to meet in person once again step by step. So there couldn’t be a better time to announce to our fellow AEGEEan who has been honoured as the Member of the Month of May: Rik Smale, from AEGEE-Enschede! Last month, Smale took a further… Read more →
The Culture Interest Group is back, and they have a lot of plans! As Ilse Driessen, the moderator, said “No other European Body focuses on arts and culture so explicitly”
One of the Interest Groups that has returned in 2020 after some years of inactivity in AEGEE is the Culture Interest Group (CIG). It started with some important steps done during the quarantine period as the formation of a core team, the publishing of articles about stereotypes and topics in European countries, some online cinema meetings and debates or the… Read more →
“We should never forget, the SU Project isn’t only an event, it is a feeling, an experience, a spirit” ~ Francesca Weiß, SUCT Candidate
This is a year we will hardly forget, especially when we remember the summer. Until the last moment, we held our breath hoping our wait for the sun would resolve in the Summer University Project of AEGEE to be just a little delayed, but in the end, it had to be cancelled. The situation was uncertain, and hard decisions had… Read more →
“The ultimate dream would be paving the way to a completely professional secretariat, led by a professional Secretary General” ~ Veronika Chmelárová
With the current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic, AEGEE will be organising an Online Agora for the very first time in its history. Like every year, different members have applied to different positions. In this series, we interviewed the candidates of the new Secretary-General. One of these candidates is Veronika Chmelárová from AEGEE-London. Hello Veronika and thank you for having… Read more →
“I love the responsibilities of that position and I am sure that I comply with most of them” ~ Elena Efremova
With the current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic, AEGEE will be organising an Online Agora for the very first time in its history. Like every year, different members have applied to different positions. In this series, we interviewed the candidates of the new Secretary-General. One of these candidates is Elena Efremova from AEGEE-Rostov-na-Donu. Hi Elena and thank you for taking… Read more →
“I want to see the Network grow, to develop and to overcome the current situation” ~ Marija Valentina Zuvic
With the current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic, AEGEE will be organising an Online Agora for the very first time in its history. Like every year, different members have applied to different positions. In this series, we interviewed the candidates of the new Comité Directeur. One of these candidates is Marija Valentina Zuvic from AEGEE-Zagreb. Hi, Valentina. You were the… Read more →
“I consider that our organization has a great impact in society” ~ Borja Torres, CD candidate
An Agora is the biggest statutory event of AEGEE, and it is time to vote for the new Comité Directeur members among many other positions. Today we are going to take a glance at Borja Torres Fuentes’ application, a strategy-lover and active AEGEEan. Borja joined AEGEE-Bilbao in 2015, where he has assumed the roles of Human Resources, IT and President… 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 →