{"id":7279,"date":"2012-05-01T10:28:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T09:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=7279"},"modified":"2012-04-30T07:30:04","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T06:30:04","slug":"students-mobility-making-the-dream-of-erasmus-a-reality-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2012\/05\/01\/students-mobility-making-the-dream-of-erasmus-a-reality-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Students’ Mobility: making the dream of Erasmus a reality for all"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobility is most probably the topic close to our AEGEE heart, a heart formed by different ideas and interests, but with a common aim: to fight for creating a Europe without frontiers and to allow the creation of a European community among the youth of Europe. In times of change people have to start thinking\"\"<\/a> differently. And I am sure I will not surprise you by saying the time of change is happening now. Change in the the focus of AEGEE, in the way it realizes things, in its values. But it is also a time of change for education in Europe. By the controversial proposal \u201cErasmus for All\u201d the reality we are used to will be re-ordered. That is why we, in the Education Working Group and the core team of the Flagship Proposal, think AEGEE has to be a part of this process. If we want to shape the education and mobility opportunities by our needs, we have to say what we want. \u00a0I already received some opinions saying \u201cThis is not the right time to support Erasmus\u201d, \u201cBy such a topic you support \u201cErasmus for All\u201d and AEGEE is against it\u201d. Actually \u2013 NO! We do not support anything but the fact that we want AEGEE to be an active part of the process of creating programs like \u201cErasmus for All\u201d. Because if it is not this programme, there will be another one replacing the Lifelong Learning Programme after 2014. Because big things start with a single change: more quality-oriented Erasmus for people from every part of Europe that you can think of. This can start from a small local conference in your city. And that is what we strive for. To make people aware and think about better visibility, better access, and better recognition of the mobility programs. Because that is what we are \u2013 students.<\/p>\n

AEGEE has done many big things in the past supporting the mobility of students in Europe. Students\u2019 mobility has<\/p>\n

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Europe without frontiers<\/p><\/div>\n

reached the level it has now on our continent partly due to the work our association has done in the past. The Erasmus Working Group (WG) was one of the first Working Groups of AEGEE and the Tempus WG would appear a bit later. AEGEE has organised many actions with this topic throughout its history: conferences, congresses, materials (such as Erasmus manuals and newsletters), Socrates Actions Days and Weeks, as well as projects like Socrates on the Move or Education for Democracy. However, during the last years, students’ mobility has not been a priority in the work of AEGEE.<\/p>\n

Now, in 2012, we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Erasmus programme. 25 years after the Comit\u00e9 Directeur of that time had dinner with the French President Fran\u00e7ois Mitterand and convinced him to make France support the Erasmus programme economically, making this new initiative possible.<\/p>\n

What we actually propose:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The aim of this<\/a> proposal is to make the possibility of the dream of Erasmus reach all the students in Europe, allowing as many youngsters as possible take part in mobility programmes. We have four main purposes:<\/p>\n