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ESNNewsletterJuly2008

EU50

Newsletter Summary


1. Reminder

Fill in the Survey! learn more

2. Get involved

• Open call for members of the new Webteam! learn more

• 20th anniversary of ESN – Call for the logo designers. learn more

3. Topic of the month

Written declarations on youth in the European Parliament. learn more

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

Read more about the French Presidency on the Council of European Union. learn more

1. Reminder

Have you already filled in the ESN Survey 2008: Exchanging Cultures? The survey is still open and waiting for your input. Check it at www.esn.org/survey

 

2. Get involved

  • Are you a web-master or you have a sense of graphic design?
    Are you willing to work internationally?

We are searching for new talents, strong individuals to join the new webteam.

We provide wide selection of different projects and tasks to join and feedback from former webteam.

ESN mailbox ( wpa@esn.org ) and skype line (jcn-pl) are now OPEN!

  • In 2009, ESN will celebrate its 20th anniversary and now it is the right time to get ready for the big party!! The celebrations will go on throughout the whole year, with several big projects as the main pillars – such as AGM, ESN Train or Give20…

Now let's participate all together in the preparations. We are now looking for a new logo for the 20th anniversary and we encourage you – members of ESN – to design it!

Participate in the 20th anniversary logo competition, get inspired by the ESN Corporate Identity and send us your design until the end of August. Afterwards, all the network will vote on the logos and select the best one! It may be YOURS!!

For more information or to send the logo designs, contact vicepresident@esn.org .

 

3. Topic of the month

Last week, two important written declarations on youth passed in the European Parliament. ESN promoted both of them.

The declarations concerned the following issues :

  1. declaration to devote more attention to youth empowerment in EU policies – which means that in the future, European and national policy-makers should take young people more into account and involve them in a dialogue when preparing policies that would affect them (such as education, mobility, social inclusion, or employment). See more here.
  2. declaration on announcing 2011 as a year of Volunteering

ESN actively participated in campaigns for the both declaration and contributed to their success. Big applause to us and to all young people!

 

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

On 1 July 2008 France took over the Presidency of the Council of European Union after Slovenia . For the occasion the Eiffel Tower was lit by blue lights and European stars. After half a year the Presidency will be given to the Czech Republic .

The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, facing the most urgent issues of European Union like the Irish veto to the Lisbon Treaty announced deep changes in building the common Europe . The French Presidency is supposed to respond to the main concerns of Europeans like issues concerning immigration, agriculture and food safety, defence and security.

If you want to learn more about the French Presidency please read here.

 

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