{"id":41281,"date":"2017-12-29T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=41281"},"modified":"2017-12-28T23:49:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T21:49:21","slug":"gunnar-erth-aegee-needs-ideas-inspiration-and-skills-to-put-ideas-into-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2017\/12\/29\/gunnar-erth-aegee-needs-ideas-inspiration-and-skills-to-put-ideas-into-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunnar Erth: AEGEE Needs Ideas, Inspiration and Skills to Put Ideas into Practice!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure that attending your first statutory event, especially Agora, was a great experience, but at the same time quite a shock; seeing 700 to 1000 AEGEEans gathered for the general assembly of our association, meeting your friends from all over Europe and of course making new ones. While every Agora is different, with a different location, different Chair teams, different participants, one figure stays the same; Gunnar. And then you ask yourself and your fellow AEGEE members; Who is this person taking pictures and posting on Facebook? Why is he still around? What stories and experiences does he possess? Spyros Papadatos from AEGEE-Ioannina interviewed Gunnar Erth and here is the full interview.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Spyros: We always see you active at events, taking pictures and posting on Facebook, but how does a normal day of your everyday life look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_0026\"Gunnar:<\/strong> Currently I am working as editor for two business magazines in Stuttgart. However, at the moment there is no normal life. I decided to quit my job by the end of March 2018, so now I am searching for a new one! I already had\u00a0some\u00a0nice job interviews and one of them was successful. All this takes time, that\u2019s why unfortunately I don\u2019t have that much time for the Golden Times these days. Aside from that I am also supporting my mother who unfortunately has some health issues. Also this requires a lot of attention.<\/p>\n

You were recently part of the “Project Lab” initiative. Can you share with us a few words about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Project Lab was a training and brainstorming event about developing and organising projects in an AEGEE environment. It was a three-day event that took place right before Agora Catania in the beautiful location of Favara. The local organisation was done by Mario Luparello and his great AEGEE- Agrigento team, the trainers were R\u00e9ka Salamon, Philipp Blum, my fellow honorary member Olivier Genkin and me. It was an honour to work with all of them!<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to be part of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I decided to be part of it because a lot of AEGEE members have ideas about great projects, but they are not aware that it is actually really easy to turn them into AEGEE events! Because of this, the number of international thematic events in AEGEE has been in decline for the past ten years. We now tried to put a hold on it, the first Project Lab was only the first step!<\/p>\n

We see that several projects that have written AEGEE history, like Europe on Track and Y Vote are now running or will run their 5th and 3rd editions respectively and of course Summer University its 30th edition. How possible is it to reinvent older projects?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is actually very easy. Lots of international projects could easily take place in these days. I just want to give two very different examples:<\/p>\n