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ESN International Board candidates 2010/2011

The Annual General Meeting in Istanbul is approaching and the new ESN International Board will be elected. We are very happy to announce that we have an unprecedented number of candidates for the International Board this year and we would like to thank them for their decision to run for the International Board of ESN, as well as to wish them all a very good luck.

This year we decided to launch the blog where ESN members have the opportunity to ask questions to the candidates, and to get to know them better.

Pay your membership fees with Paypal

To make it easier for sections to pay the membership fee, we have set up a PayPal for you! The sections will find different options, based on the date of joining the ESN Network.

Note: Since there is a transfer rate at PayPal to pay, sections using the PayPal option will be asked to pay 5% tax rate!

For more information about the membership fees visit the ESN website or write an e-mail to treasurer@esn.org.

Get involved / ESN in Brussels

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 1^st 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.

Last 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^st March.

YOUth for you

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs' programme

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a project initiated by the European Union (EU). It aims at helping new entrepreneurs to acquire relevant skills for managing a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) by spending time in a business in another EU country. It contributes to improving their know-how and fosters cross-border transfers of knowledge and experience between entrepreneurs.

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is financed by the European Commission and operated across 24 EU countries by the help of more than 100 intermediary organisations competent in business support.

Europe besides ESN

Swiss join European programmes “Youth in Action” and Lifelong Learning

Swiss representative and Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter signed on 15^th February an agreement with the European Union that engages the participation of Switzerland in the “Youth in Action” programme and in the action programme relating to education and Lifelong Learning (2007-2013). Under the agreement, young Swiss nationals will be able to take part in European education and youth programmes from 2011 on. Switzerland will thus become the only European country taking part in both these programmes that is neither a member of the EU, the EEA nor a candidate country.

Budapest-Vienna Declaration & Vienna Bologna Policy Forum Statement adopted

On 12^th March 2010, the Minsters of the now 47 countries participating in the Bologna Process adopted the Budapest-Vienna Declaration and officially launched the European Higher Education Area.

The Conference of the European Higher Education Area Ministers was followed by a meeting with Ministers from different parts of the world in the Second Bologna Policy Forum on "Building the Global Knowledge Society: Systemic and Institutional Change in Higher Education" that was concluded with the Vienna Bologna Policy Forum Statement .