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Topic of the month

Responsible party

On 21^st June 2010 ESN International and Pernod Ricard officially signed the European partnership agreement to develop the Responsible Party Program. The initiative includes a complete toolkit to help students organize parties in a responsible way, as well as a website for sharing information and good practices. During the trial period ESN Lausanne and ESN Gent organized parties in their cities. You can find their stories and photos from the events on the official Responsible Party website. Is your section organizing a big event or party? Would you like to be part of the initiative? Contact your National Representative.

ESN International has new Secretary

On 1^st July 2010 ESN International welcomed in Brussels its new Secretary Leo Smith from ESN Sheffield (United Kingdom). Leo will be the first reference person when it comes to administrative questions regarding our organisation. He will be working together with the new board for the next 6 months. You can contact him at secretariat@esn.org.

Get involved / ESN in Brussels

Publish your vacant Erasmus Placement and European Voluntary Service (EVS) positions on esn.org!

Share your open EVS and Erasmus Placement positions with the whole network and foster the network-wide mobility of ESN members and find the most suitable person for your section. The webpage of ESN will get a special page where offers from all over the network for EVS and Erasmus Placement positions will be collected. If you are interested or you want to publish your offer, please send it to vicepresident@esn.org.

Regional Platforms

Choose among SEEP, SWEP, CEP, NEP and/or WEP and meet your ESN peers.
However, the question is - where to meet in 2011? Why not in your town? For more information, contact either your National Representative or vicepresident@esn.org Below you can find the list of the Regional Platforms in 2010.

• CEP - Bratislava, Slovakia 21^st - 24^th October 2010
• NEP - Turku, Finland 28^th - 31^st October 2010
• SEEP - Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 4^th - 8^th November 2010
• SWEP - Padova, Italy 25^th- 29^th November 2010
  
• WEP - Groningen, the Netherlands 18^th - 21^st November 2010

YOUth for you

9th International Youth Meetings @ Zabinki Camp

9^th International Youth Meetings @ Zabinki Camp will take place this summer from 29^th August till 4^th September in Zabinki, a small village situated in the middle of Mazuria, Poland.

The camp is designed for young people (aged 18-30) from all over Europe. The participants are university students, graduates, youth workers, NGO members and young professionals. The program includes different kinds of activities and fosters non-formal education, integration and intercultural learning. All the details, programme, on-line registration form, can be found on the Zabinki camp's website .

Europe besides ESN

Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

On 1^st July 2010, Belgium took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Youth being one of the priorities of the Belgian EU-Presidency, Belgium plans to elaborate the aspects of 'youth work' within the new policy framework and come up with a resolution on youth work. The work will be based on the results of the Swedish presidency in 2009 From 7^th-10^th of July two conferences on the topic of Youth Work will be organised in Gent.

For more information about EU Belgian Presidency and its work in the youth field please visit the official webiste.

European Council adopts education targets in EU 2020 strategy

The European Council has adopted the so-called EU 2020 strategy for economic growth. After pressure from European Students' Union (ESU) and other organisations, the strategy includes a target to increase the share of 30-34 year olds having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40 per cent.

For more information please visit ESU website