REMINDER
Section in the Spotlight
Section in the Spotlight is "closed for vacation" and will come back in September!
Topic of the month
New Board 2010/2011!
On 15th July the new International Board starts its mandate! Evangelia Ntovolou (ESN Greece) is the new President, followed by Joachim Wyssling (ESN France) as Vice President, Damien Lamy-Preto (ESN France) as Treasurer, Marco La Rosa (ESN Italy/ESN Finland) as External Relations and Ourania Chantzopoulou (ESN Greece) as Web Project Administrator. Meet the Board!!
Get involved / ESN in Brussels
Propose/hold workshops on Regional Platforms
As an ESN member you have the right to propose topics for the workshops of the Regional Platforms. If you are present at the event you can also hold one of them! Are you a specialist in one specific topic that others may find interesting? Do you have trainer/speaker/team facilitator skills? Write your ideas to the Vice President of ESN.
Education Committee: Why Erasmus, why not?
The International Education Committee is currently working on a paper on the importance of mobility! We would like to also quote personal experience and stories of International and Erasmus students! Share with us your stories and help us convince and motivate all the students to go on exchange! Find out more on our group on Facebook!
YOUth for you
Training Course for Global Youth Work
From 12th to 19th September, in Molina, Spain, the Training Course for Global Youth Work will take place. Over the course of seven days the participants will be trained in different skills and knowledge areas relevant to support them in successfully managing international projects, establishing partnerships and carrying out advocacy work on behalf of their organisations. English and French are the working languages. The deadline for applications is 20th July. Are you interested?
Students for Europe Congress Lisbon 2010
From 7th to 10th October, in Lisbon, Portugal the 16th International Students Congress "Students for Europe" will take place. The event has the patronage of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. During the meeting there will be workshops and speeches about the topic "Opportunity? Challenge? Risk? - It's up to E(U)!". The congresses bring together up to 120 students from all European countries to discuss European issues with notable representatives from economy, politics and society. You can find more information on the official website
Europe besides ESN
Derry, Maribor, Goes and Karlstad - four cities shortlisted for one title: European Youth Capital 2013
Four European cities: Derry (United Kingdom); Maribor (Slovenia), Goes (Netherlands) and Karlstad (Sweden). One title: European Youth Capital 2013 (EYC 2013).
Their outstanding applications have been selected amongst 11 applications of cities from all over Europe. After the first assessment, an exciting second phase of the selection of the European Youth Capital 2013 is starting! The award ceremony will take place during the YFJ General Assembly, on November 18-20.
For more information about European Youth Capital 2013 visit the European Youth Forum (YFJ) website.
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Order your ESN flag today!
The new shining flags arrived at the ESN Office! You can order them from Leo, our Secretary, at secretariat@esn.org. The price is 12,00 euro plus the shipping costs. -
Final evaluation of PRIME Project
We are proud to announce that we received a positive evaluation of our PRIME Project from the European Commission. PRIME is a qualitative research done by ESN on problems of course recognition after an exchange period. The evaluation included recommendations for improving the next edition, PRIME 2010.
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National Platforms
- ESN Greece - 16th - 18th July in Thessaloniki
- ESN Bulgaria - 17th July in Varna
- ESN Italy - 30th July - 1st August in Reggio Calabria
- Network and Events Committee meeting - Osqvik, Sweden
From the 29th July to 2nd of August the Network and Events comittee members will meet in order to build the annual action plan of their committee. - Sunweek - Palermo, Italy
From 30th July to 6th August, ESN Palermo organizes the Sunweek! This 7-day event will take place in Palermo, 150 participants are going to be hosted by the University of Palermo and will have the opportunity to discover Sicily. More information on ESN Palermo website or write to sunweek10@esnpalermo.it - CoMeet Prague 2010
CoMeet, the first All Committee Meeting, will take place from 8th to 12th of September in Prague, Czech Republic. The aim of the meeting is to secure the ESN International Committees the possibility to meet, strengthen the cooperation with other Committees, capacity building and future strategy creation with the Board. - CNR Vilnius
The Council of National Representatives (CNR) meeting will take place from 23rd-27th September 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Does your section have topics which you would like the CNR and the Board to discuss? Please send your ideas to CNR Coordinating Team at coordinator@esn.org or contact your National Representative. -
Regional Platforms
- CEP - Bratislava, Slovakia 21st - 24th October
- NEP - Turku, Finland 28th - 31st October
- SEEP - Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 4th - 8th November
- WEP - Groningen, the Netherlands 18th - 21st November
- SWEP - Padova, Italy 25th - 29th November
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