Newsletter Summary 1. Welcome ESN invites you to read the December issue learn more 2. ESNLive: Share your Erasmus experience! The 20 years website www.20erasmus.eu has been launched Find out how to upload and share your Erasmus experience together with pictures and audiovisual materials. learn more 3. Topic of the month: Compe-t-shirt: design ESN’s official t-shirt and win! Did you ever want to work for big designers like Gianni Versace, Chanel or Gucci? learn more 4. Our partners introduce: SkyEurope: No taxes, no charges when purchasing a ticket until 31 December. Also find out which new summer routes are already open for sale. learn more 5. Get involved: Treffpunkt Europa/Network Europe Be a Europan radio journalist! learn more 6. What's going on in Europe besides ESN? YEPPIES: Young European People in Torino Between Thursday the 25th and Sunday the 28th of January, 2,000 students will join 3,000 athletes of the XXIII Winter Universiade in order to share their experiences, their knowledge and their ideas about the future. You can be one of them! learn more

1. Welcome

Dear ESNCard holders & Dear ESNFriends,

ESN is happy to inform you on many developments that have been going on in the last month:

ESN International is proud to present their website for the celebrations of the 20 Years of Erasmus Programme. On www.20erasmus.eu you will find more information about the Opening Conference, the Erasmus Days and you can upload you unique Erasmus experience and maybe find back your Erasmus-friends!

As the Christmas/Pallomeri spirit is among us, you will find out that we're giving out several prices, flight discounts and opportunities to be a radio journalist.

Enjoy reading the new and improved newsletter. ESN International wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Yours,
Davide, Ewa, Tomaso, Corinne and Jakob

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2. ESNLive: Share your Erasmus experience!

The 20 years website www.20erasmus.eu has been launched. All Erasmus students are invited to upload their Erasmus experience and contribute to create a strong documentation for the next generations of Erasmus. The nicest, most original ones and funniest will receive prizes.

Additionally, all the best testimonies uploaded before the end of February will be included in the Compact Disk "20 Years of Erasmus Programme" that will be produced in March 2006 and distributed throughout Europe during the Erasmus Days.

Celebrations are coming soon and we are already overbooked for the Opening Conference of the 20 years in Brussels! Much more is going to be prepared for the next year and will be published on the 20 Years of Erasmus Programme website.

3. Topic of the month: Compe-t-shirt: design ESN’s official t-shirt and win!

Did you ever want to work for big designers like Gianni Versace, Chanel or Gucci? This experience may not be so far away! ESN would like to ask you to design their official t-shirt for 2007. If you’re full of pallomeri-spirit after your exchange and would like to do something creative by designing a logo, original sentence or drawing that everybody in ESN can wear, don’t hesitate to take part.

How can you participate?

On www.esn.org/community a tool will be available to choose your t-shirt template and upload your unique design onto it. It’s very simple because a t-shirt practically designs itself.

From 22/12/2006 until 25/01/2007 your designs will be reviewed by an international jury and pallomeri prices will be given out to our top designers! (T-shirts, Lonely Planet guides, travel vouchers)

From December 22 you will find more information on http://www.esn.org/community/tshirts/make for questions please turn to Jakob at external@esn.org.

4. Our partners introduce:

SkyEurope

NO TAXES. NO CHARGES.*

New summer routes are open for sale now:

1. from/to BRUSSELS: Prague, Budapest
2. from/to CATANIA: Prague, Bratislava/Vienna, Budapest
3. from/to MALAGA: Bratislava/Vienna, Budapest
4. from/to COPENHAGEN: Prague
5. from/to THESSALONIKI: Prague, Bratislava/Vienna, Budapest, Krakow
6. from/to VARNA: Bratislava
7. from/to VENICE/TREVISO: Krakow
8. from/to ATHENS: Prague
9. from/to BURGAS: Prague

ESNCard holders enjoy a 15% discount on all SkyEurope flights.
For enjoying the discount you must at first subscribe in the new
ESNCommunity at http://www.esn.org/community/

After you submit your ESNCard number and code, you can click on the link for the discount and book your flights online!

The discount is valid all year long and involves the flight fare only (and not taxes and surcharges). ESNCards from the last year edition are valid as well.

5. Get Involved: Treffpunkt Europa/Network Europe

The European foreign broadcasters are launching new European radio programme called "Treffpunkt Europa" / “Network Europe”. The collaboration is broadcast once a week over shortwave, DRM (digital shortwave) and the Internet (podcasting/radio on demand). The address: www.treffpunkteuropa.eu respectively www.networkeurope.org As part of the series of broadcasts, Treffpunkt Europa/Network Europe are exploring what the European Union means for young people, what sort of issues interest them, and so on.

The idea is to work with students, who can speak German (English) and are studying German (English) language and literature or communications/media, from as many of the 25 EU-member states as possible. The students are expected to listen to the programme, "Treffpunkt Europa" or “Network Europe” (once a week, or at the very least, once a month), analyse it and then give their opinions (e.g. write a term paper). They will also have the opportunity to discuss the content and structure of the programme. We will respond to their suggestions and will even be prepared to alter our show accordingly. The programme will be podcasted, so that the students can listen to it any time. We should be able to provide them with manuscripts of our broadcasts, should the students need them for academic use.

What we can offer:

• collaboration on DRM programmes, if equipped (e.g. university radio)
• involvement with the Internet site
• contact with students from 25 countries
• short term traineeships at Deutsche Welle or its European affiliates (probably one for each country)

If the universities have their own internal radio stations, we can offer them the opportunity to rebroadcast our content (German, English, French) free of charge. We would also be very interested in working in conjunction with the university newspaper. Collaboration with local radio stations/newspapers is also a possibility.

Sincerely yours,
Petra Kohnen
petra.kohnen@dw-world.de

6. What's going on in Europe besides ESN?

We are very happy to offer you 3 nights/4 days of cultural exchange, debates, sport and FUN in Torino! All free of charge!! YEPPIES! is the biggest students' organisation meeting ever. Over 2000 students from all over Europe gather to enjoy the Winter Universiade atmosphere and competitions!
During three intensive days you're able to meet students from other organisations such as AEGEE, BEST, AIESEC, ELSA and many more!
This event is sponsored by Fondazione CRT and supported by XXIII Winter Universiade Organizing Committee and local authorities.

What are you waiting for?
Make yourself the best Christmas present ever!
Deadline is on December 31st.

For more information go to http://www.yeppies.eu