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STARS AWARDS 2010

The Stars of ESN Competition 2010 is now open. Your sections can apply to seven awards which are as follows:

Starlight (the most active section at the international level)

LogoSTAR (the best adaptation of Corporate Identity)

WebSTAR (the best ESN website)

STARter (the best newcomer section)

STAR Worse (the best trash picture)

MovieSTAR (the best section promoting video)

STARland (the best development of the country within ESN)

The deadline for the applications is 15th March. For more information visit the website or contact the coordinator at stars@esn.org.

Get involved / ESN in Brussels

Section in the spotlight

The project has started – it is time to show off your striking section with its members and unique activities!

Section in the Spotlight is a project of ESN International, which give a section every month the opportunity to stand in the spotlight of the whole network. Publicity and nice prizes are assured.

To find out how to take part of this project and to find additional information, visit please the homepage.

Call for Helpers at AGM!

As every year, ESN International is searching for Helpers for AGM who want to contribute to the smooth running of the event! The vacant positions are: financial auditor, language auditor, procedural auditor and secretary. The deadline for applications if 1st of April.

Further information on application procedure and detailed descriptions of the positions can be found on esn.org . Don't miss your chance and join the team!

ESN Alumni Prize for Knowledge Transfer

Last year the alumni of ESN for the first time awarded the Prize for Knowledge Transfer. The idea of the Prize is to support and acknowledge activities at all levels of ESN aimed at development of precious yet vulnerable asset - knowledge which is behind all ESN' activities.

Las year it was ESN Tallinn with its project called ESN Diary which won the prize and got 150 EUR collected by alumni. This year the alumni are going to award this prize again - during the AGM in Istanbul. Check alumni website to find out more. The deadline for applications is 31 March.

YOUth for you

Leadership Summer School (LSS), Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Leadership Summer School is a one week high quality training event organized as a joint project of international youth organizations. The LSS aims to gather about 80 motivated students from all different kind of student associations and from all over Europe. The objective of the training week is the exchange of knowledge and best practices between the organizations involved. Furthermore, after completing the Leadership Summer School, participants will have attained and practiced leadership skills.

This year Ljubljana will be the host of LSS from 16th-25th July 2010. You have the possibility to apply as a trainer or as a participant. For more information visit LSS website..

First European e-Skills Week on 1-5 March

European e-Skills Week highlights the growing demand for skilled users and professionals of information and communication technologies (ICT) to drive a competitive and innovative Europe. This campaign seeks to inform students, young professionals and SMEs about the vast range of opportunities that ICT-related jobs present. The European e-Skills Week 2010 is expected to involve 300,000 participants in more than 100 activities.

Throughout the coming months, public authorities, ICT companies, education institutions and students will engage in hundreds of activities, training events, competitions and much more. The events will take place across Europe with more than 20 participating countries. This exciting collaboration ensures that the European e-Skills Week 2010 will be one that is both informative and memorable for a wide and diverse audience.

Europe besides ESN

EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Barroso II

The second European Commission headed by José Manuel Barroso took up its duties on 10th February following a three-month caretaker period. The Commission's term in office ends in 2014. Barroso said he had decided to rotate all the commissioners who had been renominated for another term lest they get “into a rut” or “a little bit bored” if they stayed in the same portfolio for two terms. He said that he had applied this rule across the board to avoid “misinterpretation” that a commissioner who was moved had not performed well.