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You can still send us your Birthday Book Pages.
Please send the pages to:
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Belgium

If you have not filled in your section questionnaire yet,
then please fill the section questionnaire before the 31st of December.
You can find it at www.esn.org/section-questionnaire

Topic of the month

PRIME Results

Have you ever wondered what the main problems in recognition are? How to improve the recognition process and thus the quality of the exchange stay in general? Here come the answers – PRIME final report. After months of active research, evaluation and anlysis, the final report is ready and available for download at ESN.org. Not only the report shows clearly the current situation, but most importantly outlines the possible solutions and recommendations.

Get involved / ESN in Brussels

Final PRIME conference

In January 2010, ESN will organise the final conference to present and discuss the results and findings of the PRIME research - supported by the European Commission. The conference will be held in Brussels from 21 to 23 January 2010. 100 places are available for ESN members and thus, we would like to invite all ESN members to register for the conference. The accommodation is provided and the travel costs will be reimbursed up to EUR 100. For more information click here.



Registration for Insight Weekend is open!

The Insight Weekend for potential candidates for the International Board 2010 / 2011 will take place from 21st to 24th of January in Brussels.

You can register until 20 Decemeber. Further information: ESN.org



CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE ESNSURVEY TEAM

Are you an ESNer interested in the international level and studying social sciences or statistics? If at least one of your answers is yes, then join the ESNSurvey team! Help prepare, analyse and promote one of the biggest annual project ESN runs.
For more, information click here or contact the Survey Coordinator.


New video clip for the ESN song "On Our Way"

We are making a new video clip for the ESN song, in which we wish to include photos and videos from the ESN sections! So if you would like your section to appear in the new clip, please send us your pictures or videos (of good quality and maximum 30 sec. long) to bobdewilde@hotmail.com by 01/12/09.

YOUth for you

Conference on Creativity and Innovation

The third conference of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation - Beyond the crisis: design for a sustainable future is planned as one of the major events of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. It will be held in Brussels on 23-24 November 2009 and there is no registration fee. The conference objectives are to develop an understanding of design thinking as a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary process that bridges creativity and innovation, culture and the economy and to identify how Europe's sustainable competitiveness can be strengthened by developing both design skills and awareness of the importance of design thinking for successful innovation. For more information click here.



Europe besides ESN

International day of students – November 17th

On November 17, 1939, students' resistance in the streets of Prague against Nazi occupation inspired the establishment of an anti-Nazi students coalition. In 1941, November 17 was declared International Students Day by the International Students Council in London, which became the starting point of the founding of the International Union of Students. Today, International Students' Day is treated as an international observance of student activism, in a manner different than its original meaning. A number of universities around the world observe it as a nonpolitical celebration of the multiculturalism of their international students.

  • Northern European Platform - Stockholm
    The second regional platform of this year took place in the city of Stockholm from 5th-8th November 2009. The first local PRIME conference was held on the first day of the meeting. Around 90 ESNers were present at the meeting.

  • Local PRIME Conferences
    Local sections of the ESN are in the months November and December going to organise the     PRIME conferences to present and discuss the results and findings of the PRIME research - supported by the European Commission. There are going to be 11 conferences organised in 9 different countries.

  • Section meeting Budapest
    From 6-8 November 50 section members from Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Hungary met in Budapest for a section meeting. The main aim is to share knowledge and know-how among the sections, get to know each other and establish personal relations between section members to facilitate future cooperation. The highlight of the meeting was a SPArty - party in one of the spas of Budapest.

  • Organizing a fun and responsible party
    Pernod Ricard is initiating across Europe its new corporate social responsibility program developed in collaboration with students: “The Responsible Party Project”. Its aim is to provide student party organizers with an efficient toolkit including all the necessary information with elements such as budgeting, logistics, regulations, effects of alcohol misuse and tips on prevention methods.

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