{"id":34865,"date":"2016-05-05T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=34865"},"modified":"2016-05-12T23:12:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T21:12:06","slug":"pablo-hernandez-presidential-candidate-questions-from-the-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2016\/05\/05\/pablo-hernandez-presidential-candidate-questions-from-the-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Pablo Hernandez, Presidential Candidate: Questions from the Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pablo Hernandez Rodriguez is currently External Relations Director and he decided he wanted to continue his work for AEGEE by running as President. He has a Master Degree in Law but, as he think that \u201d AEGEE as a European Students\u2019 Forum should keep the student perspective\u201d, he is\u00a0studying a second master in European Affairs. He will turn 25 in June and is from AEGEE-Alicante, but he studied also in Thessaloniki, Greece. Here is\u00a0the question you asked.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"10985559_10206107159661482_368996566150848515_o\"<\/a>In your candidature you say that you were in charge of myAEGEE and it still needs to be finished. Who will do it?<\/b><\/p>\n

MyAEGEE is a project that has been running in AEGEE for several years already. From the most recent history, Pavel Zbornik coordinated the part of the project were the discussions on the structure were held and he put them into strategic documents that have been taken over by the following CD responsibles. Last year Paul Smits and his team had to find someone to transform the papers into reality, so Fabrizio Bellicano was the one in charge of development of the founding of MyAEGEE. This year, my team and I have had to develop the part of the project that is visible to members, still counting on Fabrizio and other developers to do it. Pavel is still very involved in the development of MyAEGEE in order not to repeat the same discussions and to move forward as fast as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the timeline that we proposed, we still have some time to continue working on the project before finishing our cycle. Once the first version of MyAEGEE will be released, the next chapter will open with the objective of making improvements to it. For that another developer and project manager will have to be found. If I\u2019m elected I will be able to give full continuity to the project. <\/span><\/p>\n

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You wrote that you want to focus on knowledge transfer (KT) for the members. How as president would you be able to put it into practice? <\/b><\/p>\n

When I referred to training and knowledge management, I was referring mainly to the fact that the time a person stays in the organisation is very limited, so that once that person has learned and luckily has performed in some position, this person leaves without, in many cases, passing the knowledge on to the next generation. This is a structural problem of a student-based organisation that, in my opinion, can be tackled by improving the amount and quality of our trainings, by using the already available resources (as the <\/span>board roles KT<\/span><\/a>) and by focusing on the validation of non-formal education. <\/span><\/p>\n

The role of the president in this sense has two sides. First, regarding the internal side I (my team) would work together with the Academy to develop quality materials to be implemented in the Local Training Courses (LTC) that the antennae have to organise, the existing guidelines would be promoted and a task force would work on validation of soft skills in AEGEE. Second, regarding the external side, AEGEE has the duty to advocate for its main principles and in this sense, it should get more involved in projects and activities shaping the validation and certification of soft skills.<\/p>\n

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The Corporate & Institutional Relations Committee (CIRC) has not been active for a long time now. You said that the Committee will be in charge of the FR, how would you gather new people who are able and are interested to work in it? <\/b><\/p>\n

I have to say that the CIRC is working really well for some months already. Mainly under Ander\u2019s coordination, they are managing to undertake some challenging projects and the meeting in the house that they will have the weekend before the Agora will help them to keep doing a good job.\u00a0<\/span>Anyhow, new people is always needed in every AEGEE body to ensure sustainability and proper knowledge transfer so a recruitment campaign will have to be carried out.\"11755874_1020556664635455_909270834937930258_n\"<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

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How would you establish an online representation system? Who would take care of the technical realization? How much could it cost?<\/b><\/p>\n

The pilot of the online representation system will be developed by the current Comit\u00e9 Directeur which means that next year we will be able to analyse and develop it further. The intention is that every local will not need to wait until the Agora to express their opinion on a certain topic but that the Comit\u00e9 Directeur can ask directly a remote delegate to give the opinion of his or her antennae. The results should be considered as not binding, but consultative so by the end of the term the Agora is able to judge better the performance of the Comit\u00e9 Directeur based on the attention paid to the answers. <\/span>The idea is currently under development, so I\u2019m unable to get more technical right now. Regarding the cost, we don\u2019t expect it to have high human resources cost and zero financial costs.<\/p>\n

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How quick do you answer e-mails?<\/b><\/p>\n

As the main communication channel among the different members of AEGEE, the e-mail communication has to be a top priority for all the board members. In my case, I try to stick to the rule that I use also for this year of answering within two days unless there is an event or any other cause that stops me from checking them.<\/p>\n

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Last year, you stated “I would like to strengthen the cooperation with other NGOs like ESN, BEST, AIESEC and JEF”. Can you tell us if this has happened, and if yes, in which sense?<\/b><\/p>\n

To write in detail all the cooperation we have had with these organisations would be too long, so I also encourage you to drop me an e-mail once the activity report is sent to give more details in each case. In general, this is the status:<\/p>\n

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